LI artist paints history

Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler poses by all his supplies in order to make his next sketches. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler poses at his desk while at work on his next sketch. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler concentrates on his next sketch, the Delaware Crossing. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler poses by his workplace and next sketch. (Sept. 29, 2011)

A shot of Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler's paint caked brush jars. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler does a larger scale sketch of his most recent project, the Delaware Crossing. (Sept. 29, 2011)

Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler has developed an international reputation for painting highly researched and historically accurate scenes of the Civil War and other climactic events. (Sept. 29, 2011)

A shot of Cove Neck artist Mort Kunstler's glasses atop a brochure for Washington Crossing Historic Park. Kunstler is making sketches using the brochure as a guide. (Sept. 29, 2011)