Here is an illustration entitled "Disinclination" that I created for the Gallery section for The Atlantic.  It was a joy making this picture for Jason Treat, the Art Director.  Jason loves illustration and you really see his passion throughout the publication.  In that regard, for me there was total inclination.

I love working with AD Nicholas Blechman at The New York Times Book Review.  Nicholas always gives me assignments that resonate with the way I see things when I draw pictures.  I love that feeling when I think, "You get me!".  It's a mark of a GREAT art director, as we all know.

This Illustration was a for book called "Bright-Sided - How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America" by Barbara Ehrenreich.

This Saturday, "True Self" a group show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery opens this Saturday, October 24th.  Gary Baseman curated the show and there is an impressive lineup of over 40 artists featuring Adam Wallacavage, Alex Prager, Amor Muñoz, Boris Hoppek, Christian Clayton, Cleon Peterson, Dalek, Dave Cooper, David Sandlin, Deedee Cheriel, Eric White, Esther Pearl Watson, Fons Schiedon, Frieda Gossett, Gary Taxali, Gary Baseman, Gerard Dubois, Gretchen Ryan, James Jean, Jonathon Rosen, Korin Faught, Lauren Bergman, Leah Hayes, Lola, The London Police, Luke Chueh, Marion Peck, Mark Ryden, Mark Todd, Martha Rich, Mike Shinoda, Miso, Natalia Fabia, Orly Cogan, Ray Caesar, Rob Clayton, Robin VanValkenburgh, Ron English, Ryan Heshka, Ryan Jacob Smith, Shag, Shannon Freshwater, Tim Biskup, Travis Lampe, and more to come!


Please come if you can!  Here are details.

A few days ago, my great friend and esteemed illustrator Anita Kunz made a well-written reply on my blog regarding the Google issue.  I thought it was something that needed to be read by all so with Anita's permission, I am re-posting it here along with my comments.  First off, let me make it clear that Anita is one of my favourite people.  She's a great pal to me and I love her dearly.  She has done more to help me than any other illustrator I know (Anita taught me how to register my copyright and because of her, I have benefitted tremendously from that means of image protection).  She has done more than most artists for illustration advocacy and artists' rights and I respect her as an industry leader.  Anita and I hang out and love having lively chats about the state of the industry.  The exchange below is exactly that.  I also think this is a very hot topic and warrants discussion by all.  I'd love to hear what people think and I am sure Anita does too.  Again, this is NOT me versus Anita, it's Anita and I having differing opinions on an issue.  We both have the same goals for the industry.

WARNING:  Any negative comments that make anonymous snipes will not be posted.  It's my blog and that's my rule.

Here is an illustration I completed for the cover of Trinity Magazine.  It's a University of Toronto publication and the feature was on the Arts & Letters Club.  I created this for Dean Mitchell at Fresh Art and Design here in Toronto,  Dean is a wonderful AD whom I've had the pleasure of working with extensively over the years.  The illustration was created traditionally using a Gocco screen printer using 3 screens.