A few pictures from yesterday’s event at the Oculus, the new shopping gallery at the World Trade Center in Manhattan. I was at the new Chase WTC branch, signing prints of the TriBeCa reportage illustration I created for the Chase Private Client cam ...
The other day my son and I went to see, draw and SMELL the famous and rare Corpse Flower at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. It was a great adventure waiting on long lines in the 90 degree weather, and squirming through crowds in the humid ...
The Bernie Sanders Rally took place in Washington Square Park in New York City in June. It was a very peaceful and interesting rally. At that time there was great hope that Bernie would be the Democratic nominee to run for President of the United Sta ...
I’m excited to share a project I worked on last year for the Danzante family of wines. Danzante, or dancing, was in the process of a brand redesign, including their labels, and I was asked to create drawings of dancers. Anyone who knows me or my wo ...
I’m excited to share some illustrations I created last month for Scientific American WorldView. The 6 illustrations all had the common theme of biotechnology in New Jersey…and being from New Jersey I was rather proud to hear that the garden st ...
Last month I was commissioned to illustrate a portrait of Mary Lou Gorno, alumnus of the University of Chicago, to accompany her interview about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I love doing portraits but most have been done as pr ...
Happy to announce that my Whale Song Coat kimono has been shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards, in the Public Realm category. The kimono depicts the paths of whale migration and human migration influenced by whaling, in a palimpsest moti ...
I had the privilege to travel to Hawaii this month. Everything you’ve heard is true. The place is paradise. I literally made some of these paintings at a place called the Garden of Eden. I was constantly inspired by the landscape, the beauty just d ...
A few months back I was thrilled to get a call from RCI. I was commissioned to conceptualize and illustrate a gate fold insert and brochure for their vacation exchange service. It was challenging, but the team was great to work with and I’m really ...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I took a class titled Connections during my last semester in high school. The elective was led by two of my favorite teachers. One taught Art and the other English, both focusing on “liberal” studies w ...
I’ve had a fascination with locomotives, railroads, and trains in general since I was a young boy. An old photo of my father and I sitting in the middle of a circle of Lionel track—train poised for departure—after setting up a new set when I wa ...
Last year I was commissioned to illustrate a national campaign for American Family Insurance. The illustrations focused on the linear path we take in life, how that path evolves over time, and how AFI can help you along the way. The illustrations wer ...
Last Wednesday afternoon, I met my friend Margaret Hurst at the entrance to Washington Square Park, to scope out where we would draw during the Bernie Sanders rally that was planned for the evening. And what did we find? People were already beginnin ...
If you will be drinking coffee any time soon in the Philadelphia area, you might try some Ellis Coffee, with poster and board art created on location by yours truly. :) This was a fun job to spend the day running around a great city, making drawings. ...
