Mini-illos!

Little piece about the Icelandic volcano and the air traffic re-routing.
There was a fire at Little Louis'! Not that I went there much, but combined with the building collapse last summer, Myrtle Ave Brooklyn seems like a dangerous place for buildings.

Incarnation by Mark Ryden

It's fun to see Mark Ryden at the easel but why do all time lapse videos have to have melancholy piano soundtracks?

New illos

Here are some new illustrations that came out recently:

Jean Renoir's "Toni," The New Yorker, April 12, 2010

"Toni" (1935) will be the first film in a five week retrospective of Jean Renoir's work. Check out some of my unused sketches here.

"On the Town: Boston," Go Magazine, April 2010

One of spots I did for Go Magazine! I did them awhile ago and had to resist posting until the issue came out. You can check out the rest of the spots here.

Small Favors

From the press release:

Giant Robot is proud to host Small Favors, a group art show featuring small works.

The Big Apple is a place where people have to pay big bucks to live in not-so-big spaces. But who says bigger is better? It's the little things in life that mean the most, and Small Favors is a group show centered around small, affordable works for people who want to support the arts but don't necessarily have a lot of wall space. Artworks created for this show can be in any medium, but most are no larger than 5 inches by 5 inches--a perfect fit for cozy city spaces.

Small Favors opens Saturday March 27th, 6:30pm. Hope you can make it!

Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street
Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net

Holy hell . . . th care!

He asked, he begged, he cajoled, and when all else failed, he bored the country into submission. You gotta appreciate that.

Eric White

Eric White's been a favorite since I was in school. He's a nice guy, great painter, fits admirably in the back of a cab for a man his size, and if you haven's seen his new collection of reworked album covers, you're really missing out. In these record size paintings (12x12) he lets some really beautiful impasto and brushwork in contrasting with the spot on rendering and slavishly redone and very witty type.

THERSIC

Our Kiersten Essenpreis has been a a busy little bee. Along with getting her Etsy site up stocked with a bunch of great new drawings, she's been collaborating with her betrothed, industrial designer Wes Cox on THERSIC, which continues to develop into one of my favorite blogs on the internet. They share a great aesthetic that's somewhere between American-industrial neo-classicism and a dystopian-pop-circus fusion. They've also kept up a pretty rigorous posting regime, so if you haven't checked it out, there's a boat load of great posts.

Heavyweights

Die Antwoord

Die Antwoord, The New Yorker, March 1, 2010

Die Antwoord is a South African rap band. Their name means "The Answer" in Afrikaans— just don't ask them what the question is.

Read more about them in "Answer Men" by Sasha Frere-Jones.

"This is like the coolest song I ever heard in my whole life." (4:04)

The Office

Piece for Annemarie Neff at American Medical News about the dangers doctors alotting too much power to their practice manager. Yet another piece where I was able to squeeze in some polka-dots!

Shackleton

I drew this portrait of Ernest Shackleton, Arctic explorer. Not sure if I will keep the colors just yet.

Happy Valentine's Day

Come Fly Away

"Come Fly Away," The New Yorker, February 15, 2010
(click to enlarge)

"Come Fly Away," Twyla Tharp's new show, is set to the vocals of Frank Sinatra and a live stage band. Performances begin March 1 at the Marquis Theater.

Listen to Ol' Blue Eyes sing "Come Fly With Me" here.

Thanks, Max!

Christoph Niemann on Gestalten.tv

Nick Dewar, 1973-2010

Very sad news in the illustration community, to hear of the passing of the extremely talented Nick Dewar.

Through his work it is clear that he was a smart, witty and incredibly talented individual.

What a loss.

Danger Ahead: Pedestrian With Cellphone

Here's a piece I did for today's Letters section of The New York Times.

Check out my recent slew of spot illos, too– here & here!

Show Tonight!!!

*But first, a special announcement— some big news for Jashar & me!

20/10 VISION

perceptive artists focus on the new decade

January 21 - February 19

Opening reception: January 21, 7-9 pm

gallery hanahou /galleryhanahou.com

611 Broadway, Suite 730, NYC

Come and see work from over 40 talented artists including Marcus Oakley, Lena Corwin & Ilana Kohn.

In light of the recent tragedy that befell the people of Haiti, gallery hanahou and the artists who are participating in "20/10 VISION" have decided to contribute 20% of all proceeds from this exhibition to disaster relief efforts in Haiti.

The opening this Thursday (1/21) will include a collaborative live drawing created by participating artists. It will be sold at silent auction, with 100% of the proceeds going to disaster relief efforts in Haiti. Please join us on Thursday and watch the piece take shape before your eyes!

Outlaw Amercan Idol!

Just in time for the new season (kill me now), a piece for Wes Gatbonton at Las Vegas Weekly using a bit more of the painted steez . . .

Easy Eater #2

Ladies' Constitutional

Just finished this and like it a lot. I am thinking about giving up the textures. But I can't decide.