Watercolor art, Illustration & Events by Ken Stanek

This is a compilation of the of illustrations I've made while observing the day to day hustle & bustle at coffeeshops, cafes, flower shops, toy stores, art stores, pools, community band performances, dive bars, gazebos, and everything local to Maplewood & South Orange New Jersey.

These places are the threads that weave the fabric of our towns and form the identity that we love about living here. 

There will be over 100 pages of my artwork captured here together for the first time with more than four dozen individual places! One of these has got to be your favorite spot. I know I've got a couple of mine:

The Able Baker, True Salvage, A Paper Hat, Honey & Hive, The Snug, Parkwood Diner, The Order, NJ Transit, Baker Street Market, Sabatinos, Artie's, Arturo's, The Breadstand, Porta Rossa, Jackie and Sons, General Store, Coffee Box Rahway, Elitist Coffee, Rock n Joe, Village Coffee, Osteria Del Corso, Fox & Crow, St James Gate, Valley St Eatery, Village  Barber, Bagel Chateau, Brave Floral, Coda, Coffee Mill Roasters, Cannaboss Lady, Liberty Tavern, Maplewood Community Orchestra, Peet's Coffee, Perch Home, Mplwd Community Pool, Village Hall, Sandwicheria, Toy Division, Yellow Rose, South Orange Pool, Bunny's, Three Daughters, Wildly Floral, St. Joseph's Church, Woolley Fuel, Botanica Boutique, N&K Prime Market, Elks Lodge Initiation, Lum's Cellars, The  Player Agency, Kimaya Kama, [words]