The Jan/Feb 2014 PLAYBOY marks its 60th Anniversary. It’s a great honour to be included in this issue. I was commissioned to create a full page illustration for an article by Ben Smith (famous for Politico and now, editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed) who wrote an essay on 5 reasons why social media is replacing journalism. The magazine is on the newsstands now.
I don’t often do portraits in my work (at least not of real people). In those rare instances the challenge comes my way, I enjoy trying to capture the subject while still retaining my visual lexicon. Just recently, I was contacted by Chris Curry at The New Yorker to create a portrait of African American…
I just received the good news today that 2 of my pieces were accepted into the Communication Arts Illustration Annual! This juried competition receives the most entries out of any professional illustration competition, so to get recognized is quite the honour. This year, they received just under 4000 entries from all over the world, and…
3 years ago today, Aviva Michaelov at the NY Times messaged me about a quick commission. She asked me if I would create a piece of tribute art and write a small obit for Maurice Sendak, who had just died that day. Still in a daze from learning that terrible news, I agreed. I don’t…
I love working for Intelligent Life Magazine. It’s a beautifully designed publication packed with great articles and information. For a while now, I’ve been illustrating the Science Column for the magazine and am learning a lot about such topics as quasi crystals, infared earth sounds, Mars and hunting new planets (to name a few). Here’s…
I have been very fortunate to work with Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan for the past few years. This past February, I had a solo show of selected works and have participated in many European art fairs with the gallery. It’s a wonderful relationship that I value tremendously. Antonio also is the owner and…
“Solutionism has become a problem, in part, because both the public and the policymakers are so excited about having technology companies step in and solve problems that were previously handled by some public agency or, more likely, were not seen as problems at all. So as gadgets and connectivity become ubiquitous, it becomes possible to…