The Day the Whole World Became New Yorkers: In the days following 9/11, I travelled to New York to chronicle the aftermath in drawings - Toronto Life

A Toronto Life piece recounts how a Toronto-based artist came to view New York as a lifelong subject. The author first visited Manhattan in 1972 at age 15 from Hamilton, doing iconic stops like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, and keeping keepsakes including a pastel portrait taken with a twin and photos of the World Trade Center towers under construction. Returning in 1976 as an art student, the author developed “quirky, fluid line drawings” drawn en plein air, often getting conversations and commissions from passersby. After moving to Toronto in 1980, she kept returning to New York—once a year to months—especially to draw the Trade Towers from multiple angles before later changes.