Archive for the ‘Kansas City’ Category

“I have several different workspaces. And none is very neat or orderly, which is weird because oh you should see my sock drawer! (It’s a bad habit we Virgos have.) This is my main desk. The office is a little pocket in our kitchen. I am surrounded mostly by pictures of my family. These photos […]

“I was going to wait till I got it cleaned up and well-lit, but it’s never cleaned up or well-lit, so in the spirit of the project here you go. This was an old unfinished wood drafting table my father in-law built for himself when he was doing commercial art before he switched to cabinet […]

“My desk is a quarter sawn oak drafting table from the 1920’s. My friend Ekene Okobi took this right after I got it. I was so happy. I fell in love with it at Architectural Salvage and went on Facebook asking people to be my table fairygodpeople. I was half kidding but people came out of the woodwork and […]

“When I finish xxxx, I’m going to clean up this mess and send a picture to Kate. But, I never really cleaned up the mess. So, finally, I came to terms with reality and took a picture of messy desk, and that is what you have here. I spend a lot of time at my […]

“I have a great view of my backyard from my desk, so I get to watch my dog chase squirrels.  I was happy to take this photo because it caused me to clean up some of the clutter on my desk. I was working on a submission for a public art project last night (my […]

Paul Donnelly is a lawyer living in Kansas City (where he was born and raised). He’s a pop cultural aficionado and has taught me a thing or two about Angus beef. My sister, Jenny, and I painted his self portrait circa 1982.  Paul loves Kennedy, Italy, Ireland, Apple products, the Godfather films and of course, […]