some recent personal work

Lost At E Minor Artist Features

I've been doing a little bit of writing for the art & design blog Lost At E Minor. Pretty exciting as this has given me the opportunity to share with everyone some amazing artists who have been an enormous influence on me, artists whom people may or may not already be aware of but most very certainly ought to be.
Check 'em out!

ohio magazine: quotes from famous ohioan's

just did this full page for lesley blake at ohio magazine. from top left on down: gloria steinem, neil armstrong, toni morrison and the wright bros.

colorado avid golfer

for the monthly head games column. this month, how to improve one's practice techniques so that they carry over from the pratice range to the course.

storytelling in business

so much fun this assignment! this piece was done for shane luitjens at my midwest magazine for a story detailing the effectiveness of storytelling as a business tool.


i also did another full page to serve as the opening page for the article. the title & dek will go inside the book.

AG Show

i'll be showing a couple of pieces at the about glamour gallery in williamsburg, brooklyn next friday.

"dream + reality"
about glamour gallery
103 north 3rd st., brooklyn, ny
5/9-6/16

opening reception friday 5/9, 7-10 pm

the line-up:
kiersten essenpreis
lizz hickey
ilana kohn
amy kligman
jessica langley
sandy litchfield
joel morrison

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Jordan Awan Interview

i've had the wonderful opportunity to interview the talented jordan awan for lost at e minor! you can read that article here! unfortunately, what appears on the site is a rather significantly abridged version of the original interview. so luckily jashar has posted the interview online in it's entirety. you can read that here!

it occurred to me the other day that i had never gotten around to posting this small b&w spot i did to go along with the houston press cover i did awhile back. from the archives. enjoy!

here's a sneak peek of some stuff i'm working on for an upcoming group show (also includes the amazing kiersten essenpreis!) at the ag gallery in williamsburg. i'll be sure to post the all the info on that when the date gets a little closer.

on another note! anyone who appreciates a little potty humor will enjoy this silly stop motion short by the awesomest megan o'neill. click here to watch. enjoy!

the stranger: robert l. jamieson

just did this portrait of seattle columnist robert l. jamieson. the essence of the article essentially asking 'who in the world reads this guy's column'?? i enjoyed coming up with this slightly tongue in cheek solution. this assignment was definately a challenge on technical side of things. i think i had the worst reference of all time to work with here. a 100 x 100 pixel thumbnail of the guy's face! indeed a test for my painting skills. jashar awan also has an illustration in this issue of the stranger. you can see that here!

max baucus, no friend of the canadians

i recently did this (somewhat unflattering) portrait of montana senator max baucus for domenic macri over at report on business. up above is the rather colorful initial version that i turned in. what can i say, i like it colorful! the art director requested that i make his suit black, however. below is the version that was finally accepted. the drop caps from the previous post go along with this piece as well.

drawn!

the nice folks over at drawn! have posted about our awesome group blog welcome friend or foe!
in other news, i'm sitting on a load of new work that i should be able to share soon. check back in the next week or so for a blog chock full of exciting new work!

letters

i just wrapped up an assignment where the ad requested that i create some painted drop caps to go along with the illustration. fun!

jashar's got a new site!

be sure to pay a visit to jashar awan's brand spankin new website!

happy tuesday

was still enjoying my morning coffee when i stumbled across this small ode to brooklyn creativity which certainly put a little tuesday morning smile on my face.
thanks again zolton!

stealing first

personal experiment here! i wanted to see how far i could push a piece before i crossed that fine line into 'too much'. sometimes i feel that my work becomes so spare that information gets lost at my personal aesthetics expense, unfortunately (i like strong, uncluttered graphics, what can i say!). so i was really aiming to reconcile that here....and while i was at it, i thought it might be fun to do some sports related work, dig into some dynamic action poses.....

la vie en rose revised

threw in the rose on an off hand whim

blog day

seems to be the day for new blogs!
that said, here's some awesome news, welcome friend or foe has arrived! check it out to see who's participating. should be chock full of exciting news and artwork real soon, so go ahead and add this one to your bookmark bar for sure.
http://welcomefriendorfoe.blogspot.com
and today sees the launch of emily eibel's new blog, poppypod, as well! be sure to check out the adorable picture of scamp, holly's slightly larger cheerio beard loving cousin. this is certainly another one to bookmark.
http://poppypod.blogspot.com

the pixies

wine bars tearsheet

yet another spectacular layout by shane luitjens!