Gene Nelson

While computer-generated drawings are a commercial boon for architects and engineers, they simply cannot generate the alluring romantic splendor created by hand drawn architectural art, a skill that is fast becoming history. I am personally grateful for the passion that has guided me through sixty years of architectural and engineering drawing in various forms, the majority of which has been by hand as a draftsman and chief draftsman for architects in New York, New Jersey, and North Carolina in the sixties and seventies, and again as a design engineer in the eighties and nineties. My passion for hand architectural drawing has recently been rekindled by a family member's request for a drawing of the Eiffel Tower. Finding the fun in drawing again, I intend to capture as many historic landmarks as possible - from local favorites to world renowned icons -drawn by hand in pencil on Mylar film before the skill becomes history itself. To that end I have begun a portfolio of some very recognizable landmarks along with a few local historic homes, and I am enthused and motivated to make the portfolio grow with more favorites from around the world. Bear in mind that the original drawing of every landmark you see throughout my portfolio i...

Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York, majoring in architectural drafting and design, 1953-1957
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Undergraduate study, 1957-1958

League City Historical Society Windows of History display of historic homes