Boston Globe and Men's Health!

Last week my girlfriend, Ashley, and I took a last minute trip up to Boston for a day. I hadn't been there since I was very little, so I was really excited to finally make it up there again. We walked through Cambridge, Beacon Hill, and the North End in Boston. The North End was my favorite part, although everywhere we went was beautiful. I was able to do a drawing of the North End, which was described to me as the Little Italy in Boston. Pretty cool place! This drawing was done right outside of the Paul Revere House (seen on the far left).

So when I sent this drawing around as a little promo/update email last week... Heather from the Boston Globe asked if she could run it in this past weekend's Boston Globe for a story on giving directions! She asked me to add just a couple of little elements to make sure it made sense. Thanks for that Heather! Hope everyone in Boston liked it!



ALSO new out this month is some work I did for Men's Health (September 2010 issue). Art Director at MH, Dena, called me and asked if I'd like to do some how-to illustrations for them (which I have done in the past and really enjoy), and also some hand lettering and scribble-like handwriting for their BBQing section. I really commend Dena and and Brandon at Men's Health for having faith in me to do this for them, especially since there's not a whole lot of that kind of work in my portfolio. Thanks again to Dena and Brandon for this fun assignment. I hope to do more like this in the future!

Some new work!

I've been waiting for a bunch of illustrations to hit the stands before I throw them up on here, so here are a few that I've done recently! Excited to finally get to show some of them. I've also got a bunch of stuff coming out in the September issues, so check back here for some more work from Men's Health, Chicago Magazine, Delta Sky Magazine, and Harvard Business Review!

Spread (and two half page illustrations) in September's Car and Driver.



Art for the Op-Ed article on the recent WikiLeaks, for the Boston Globe.



















Portrait of ASU President Michael Crow for Phoenix Magazine!




















Portrait of Bryce Dallas Howard for Time Out NY

Portraits for Washingtonian Magazine

I was recently asked to do some portraits for Washingtonian's annual "Best of Washington" issue. This section was a bit on some local Chefs around the DC area. This was a really fun job and I'm happy with the outcome! Thanks to Mike for this project.

Recent illustrations for Phoenix Mag and Toronto Life

Here are a couple of recently illustrations I completed. I was asked to do a portrait of Jan Brewer, the Governor of Arizona for Phoenix Magazine, which was a blast. Also, a quarter page drawing for Toronto Life on a story about Money Marts in the Toronto area. Thanks to Nicole and John for the fun assignments! Enjoy!

Fashion drawing!

I really love old school fashion illustration. Every once in a while I have to do some fashion drawings! I wish there were more fashion illustrations out there - on magazine covers, ads, storefronts, etc. All you can do is hope that it catches on again! Enjoy!

America's favorite past time taking up too much time?

Here is a recent illustration I completed on the length of Major League Baseball games. A couple of weeks ago, I had the Yankees game on in the background while I worked on a drawing for one of my monthly gigs. I realized that I ended up finishing up my illustration from start to finish, before the game was over! I am a huge fan of baseball (used to be obsessed), but I can't help but think about how long the games are now. The pitchers, batters, coaches, all of them take too much time! Anyway, that's my little rant - enjoy!

Car and Driver Feature!

A couple of months back, I got a call from Darin at Car and Driver to do a few illustrations for a feature story written by PJ O'Rourke. Darin wanted a series of drawings of PJ driving around his home town of Toledo, OH in a Jeep Rubicon. This job was amazing because I love drawing people, places, and telling a story while doing it. I get so excited when a client gives me the opportunity to do a full spread because I love to work with the designer to make the most interesting opener possible. Thanks to Darin for the great assignment! Enjoy!

Law and Order SVU!

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is one of my favorite shows on TV right now (especially love those USA Marathons they have). This is a piece that I was able to do on the SVU cast. I have really been trying to push my color lately, using the opposite of my first instinct. I was really happy with how I was able to play around a bit, and thrilled with the outcome.

Keep your eyes open for some new work soon! I will post as soon as the new stuff hits print! Enjoy this for now...

American Illustration 29

So I am very excited to say that my Mafia Hit illustration has been "chosen" by American Illustration 29. It's great to have a personal piece get some good feedback like this. I did this illustration based on a book I was reading at the time on the mafia in Brooklyn in the 1950's - present. This particular part of the book was describing Mafia Boss Anthony Casso's first commissioned kill in a bar in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, 1970s.

Thanks to the judges! Enjoy

Beautiful illustrations from the 60's

Yesterday (Easter Sunday) my girlfriend and I went to her mother's house in New Egypt, NJ. A couple of doors down from the house is an amazing used book store that my girlfriend has been raving about. I figured it couldn't be better than the Strand in NYC, but boy was I wrong. In the back left corner were piles and piles of old Saturday Evening Posts, Boy's Life, Collier's, and Fortune Magazines from the 40's-70's. I rummaged through for over an hour, promising my girlfriend "one more, just one more" before calling it a day. I picked up a few that caught my eye with some great illustrations. Below are a couple of the beauties I was able to get my hands on. I chatted a bit with the owner, George, telling him that I am an illustrator and have been in the Saturday Evening Post and others. He told me next time I come in to bring him a print signed of my work, and he'll "take care" of me. I can't wait! This is a new hobby of mine - and I'm going to end up broke.... Until then - enjoy a couple of the beautiful oversized illustrations below!


Saturday Evening Post, April 1962














Boy's Life, January 1968