Gabriel N. Huizenga is a young and aspiring artist, poet, and musician based in Western NY. ​

 

Ever inspired by things in motion, he seeks in his sketches to capture some of the beautiful moments in between all the goings-on of bustling city life. In the years since graduating college, he has honed in on two primary genres of subject: (1) strangers on public transit and (2) avian life. Inspired by several birders among his close relatives, Gabriel has taken to capturing sketches of all manner of birds - from life - in parks, along rivers, and at his family's rural home. ​More recently, he has ventured into the longer, painstaking, and deeply rewarding process of capturing birds in more intricate detail from photos. 

 

​Simple, human moments make a frequent source of inspiration for Gabriel, too. People across a train, bus, or cafe are likely to end up portrayed in his sketchbook. More fantastical subjects, too, make occasional appearances therein; knights, dragons, wizards, and the like still ignite a childlike joy in this middle-twenty-something's heart.

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