Absinthe Illustration Series

Sketches created of Absinthe performers during a performance in the Absinthe Spiegeltent at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, NV in 2018.

Michael Arthur is a Brooklyn-based artist who specializes in both drawing the intimate moments of theater, dance and music as well as performing “live drawings”, visually accompanying music and performers with projected, real time illustrations. He draws mostly in ink without any pencils or rough drafts: each drawing is a live reaction to the moment.

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