It’s taken me a long time to finally post these images! Last summer, I spent an incredible morning studying several key J.C. Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post paintings up close and in person, and was able to take the following detail shots of a few of them. I’ll keep the owner’s identity anonymous to preserve privacy, [...]

I’m heading down to ICON later this week, and am excited to be part of a group show that is tied into the conference. The exhibition is titled ICON 6: A Labor of Line, and features a great lineup of illustrators. The knight painting above is my contribution to the show, and it is for [...]

Last Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to hear Neil Gaiman speak as part of UCSB’s Arts & Lectures series. Anyone who has heard Neil give a public lecture knows how witty and entertaining he can be, and this particular night was no exception. He read two new stories; reflected on the upheavals, both good [...]

The sketchbook project with Peter Cusack moves along, albeit at a snail’s pace, and it’s my fault it’s taking so long—I had a busy February and finally got to work on it just in the last few days. I know I keep saying this, but I’ll get to it quicker next time, Pete! Last time, [...]

My students with Margo outside her studio, which is in a converted office building that still has the original pesticide signage. Margo’s in the middle with the black shirt, and I’m the guy on the far right squinting in the bright sunlight. I’m going to shamelessly name-drop here for a moment. Two Fridays ago, I [...]

So, I’m pretty late to the game here with an Andrew Wyeth tribute, but I’ve been thinking about his work constantly since his passing on January 16th. I had literally been talking to my students about his work just hours before he died. I didn’t care for Andrew Wyeth’s work at first. His subject matter [...]

Just a quick post to give a big thumbs-up review to the new J.C. Leyendecker book. Good biographical information, well-edited, and most importantly, filled with top-notch reproductions of Leyendecker’s work. I’ve been waiting for a book like this for a long time, and it’s gratifying to see that they got it right. Go buy it [...]

After months of procrastinating and being occupied with other things, I finally finished my latest entry in the Dialogue sketchbook that I’m passing back and forth with Peter Cusack. Sorry this took me so long, man. I’ll be quicker about it with future entries, I promise! For those just tuning in, Dialogue is a pretentiously-titled [...]

This is going to be a massive post, as I’ve just come back from a full and amazing week at the Illustration Academy, hosted by the Ringling School of Art & Design. Robin and I got to work with an amazing group of students, and had the added help of the one and only Anita [...]

Big ups to Johnny over at Drawn! (one of my favorite websites for finding out about cool new artists), for featuring me a few days ago. I found out about it right as I was leaving on vacation, so I’ve only just now been able to get on the internet and check my blog and [...]