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 [...]

Ok, so things have finally calmed down enough for me to finally post again. Time to make good on my promise and do a nice thorough process post. The assignment was a poster image for Westmont College, for their upcoming Christmas Festival concert. I was given the sub-theme of “Lo How a Rose” and told [...]

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 [...]

Had an awesome time at the Illustration Academy, and I’ve got a full post written up that is just waiting on some photos to come in from a few people before it’s ready to post. But in the meantime, here’s a shot of me working on my demo in front of the Academy students. Full [...]

Tomorrow morning, I leave for the Illustration Academy, held at the Ringling School of Art & Design. I’ll be one of two guest alumni instructors for the week, teaching alongside my good friend and former student Robin Eley. We’ll be giving an assignment for the students to complete in a week, doing demos of our [...]

website-screenshot It took forever, but my newly redesigned website is finally live. Go check it out.

garykelley garykelley2 I don’t intend to turn this blog into a tribute to other artists, but when you find the good stuff, you gotta share it. Just came across this video interview with my good friend and mentor, Gary Kelley (you can find samples of his work at his rep’s site here). It’s a fascinating [...]

berkey I just discovered that SF illustration legend John Berkey passed away on Tuesday. I didn’t know John, but he was a friend of my friend Steve Rude, and one afternoon at Steve’s house, he called up John and I had the privilege of briefly speaking to him. Steve called John to have him repeat [...]