Recently I was commissioned by a new client for a feature illustration, Investment Advisor magazine. Whenever I work for a new client I try to add something different to my work in order to keep evolving artistically as well as to offer something unique to the client. For this assignment I was able to get back to painting, something I truly love and I feel adds a much needed layer of depth to my work. It was a real joy to work on this piece and I had a great time working with the AD. If you’d like to read the article, click here.

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I had the opportunity to go out drawing in one of my favorite places last week, Bryant Park. In the summertime it overflows with life and is one of the best places for people watching. Here is a panoramic drawing I made while doing just that, and another drawing of a couple sitting near the park’s carousel…and oh yeah, a close-up of the carousel as well.

I spent Friday night at the South Street Seaport watching, listening to and drawing one of my favorite bands, the Wedding Present. It was a free show, and the final act of the 2010 Seaport Music Festival. They began with a few old songs, a few new ones, and then played their 1989 album “Bizarro” in it’s entirety to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary. I actually saw them do the album a few months ago, but I never get sick of hearing it…especially live. Hard to believe I first saw this band in 1994 and this was the first time I’ve ever drawn them. There is so much energy in the music that it just got into me as I drew. I would look down and my leg would be moving without me even knowing it. It was strange, it was great actually.

Anyway, I had a great time and I can’t wait to do it again.

This month’s illustration was about Master Sommelier Richard Betts’s travels through Italy in search of great wines. I really enjoyed creating this montage as there were so many interesting visuals throughout the article (which is actually a diary). Read more here.

Fellow Studio 1482 members Michele Bedigian, Despina Georgiadis and Dominick Santise and I have been working collectively on a series of prints and promotions titled Seasons of 1482. As Summer is upon us, we have just completed our work for the SUMMER season.

This is my piece for Summer: “hat. bright. painting.”

Prints from this series are now for sale at Imagekind.com.

I was recently asked to illustrate a monthly column for Denver magazine. The focus of the column is food, which is a favorite topic of mine, so I couldn’t be happier. Here is my first illustration for the column, based on an article about the ice cream craze in Denver. Read the article here.

I spent some time at Ground Zero Friday. It’s an incredibly powerful place, I imagine unlike any other. The site has been transformed into a city of cranes and construction. I can’t help but think that this is exactly how it must have looked in the 1970s during the building of the Twin Towers.

While I still terribly miss what once was, I’m happy to see a new beginning for lower Manhattan.