 Series for Newsweek magazine
posted: March 16, 2010
This is a series of illustrations in this week's Newsweek magazine. I got the call last Wednesday from art director Leah Purcell to do five illustrations for an article about China's new world dominance. All the art was due on Friday. Once I figured out the opener image above, I decided to mirror the round shape of the globe on all the following images. Each subsequent image was supposed to illustrate China's rewriting of the rules in four separate areas—trade, technology, currency and world climate. I had fun figuring it out and like how the circular shape makes for a cohesive series. The article is titled "It's China's World We're Just Living in It" and is online here.
"Earlier this month China confirmed plans for its second unmanned lunar probe in October and the 2011 launch of a space module for the country's first docking exercise, all leading up to a 2013 moon landing. With NASA's budgetary rollback, China is now the only country making major investments in space exploration." 
China rewriting the rules of the web and technology by censoring websites and being involved in cyber spying. 
China has a horrible record on the environment but is actively involved in setting new international environmental standards. 
"Beijing's efforts to push the yuan as a rival to the dollar are now making tentative progress. In the last few months, China has inked $100 billion in currency-swap agreements with six countries, including Argentina, Indonesia, and South Korea"             10 comments |
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For TIME magazine
posted: March 12, 2010
This is for an article titled "The Twilight of the Elites" by Christopher Hayes in this week's TIME magazine, full article here.
"In the past decade, nearly every pillar institution in American society — whether it's General Motors, Congress, Wall Street, Major League Baseball, the Catholic Church or the mainstream media — has revealed itself to be corrupt, incompetent or both. And at the root of these failures are the people who run these institutions, the bright and industrious minds who occupy the commanding heights of our meritocratic order. In exchange for their power, status and remuneration, they are supposed to make sure everything operates smoothly. But after a cascade of scandals and catastrophes, that implicit social contract lies in ruins, replaced by mass skepticism, contempt and disillusionment." 
Rough sketches Show/Lecture in Philadelphia
posted: March 10, 2010
The University of the Arts in Philadelphia is hosting a show of my work from the past 20 years, a selection of drawings, paintings and posters, totaling about 40 works. I'll be visiting the school next Thursday, March 18th for the opening and to give a lecture. Please drop by if you're in town. Here's all of the information, and some of the works below:
Lecture: March 18, 1:00pm, UArts Hamilton Hall, CBS Auditorium, 320 S. Broad St., 19102 Reception / Show: March 18, 3:00pm, UArts Anderson Hall, Von Hess Gallery, 7th Floor, 333 S. Broad St., 19102 The show will be up until May and will be available to other schools after that, please get in touch with the studio if you're a professor and would like to bring it to your college, thanks! 
Magazine covers, 1994-2010 
"Rapunzel", 6" x 9", ink on paper, 1993 
Havana, 12" x 8", pastel and ink on paper, 1996 
"Macbeth", Broadway poster, pastel, ink, spray paint, acrylic on paper, 3' x 5', 2000 
"Rwanda", charcoal, pastel, colored pencil and ink on paper, 23" x 16", 2007 Work in S.I. Advertising Show
posted: March 5, 2010
Dellas Graphics calendar artwork, Acrylic and ink on paper, 16" x 23"
These are five pieces that were selected for the Society of Illustrators Advertising and Institutional show. The show opens tonight at 6pm. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63 Street, NYC.
"Nixon in China", Vancouver Opera poster art, acrylic on paper, 16" x 20" 
"Madame Butterfly", Vancouver Opera poster art, acrylic and ink on paper, 16" x 20" 
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concert artwork, acrylic on board, 20" x 24" 
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