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Gelato, Piazza Navona, Rome

Gelato, Piazza Navona, Rome

I discovered gelato on a trip to Rome. My favorite gelataria was located on the Piazza Navona pictured here.

Portfolio Piece-Lion Tamer

Portfolio Piece-Lion Tamer

Art for the food and drink pages of The Spectator

Art for the food and drink pages of The Spectator

The article is about dining al fresco in cold weather during the pandemic

Creative Quarantine

Creative Quarantine

A depiction of one couple’s method for coping with covid isolation

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog [portfolio piece]

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog [portfolio piece]

Working Remotely

Working Remotely

Client: Harvard

Portrait of Waugh

Portrait of Waugh

Art for a Spectator UK article about novelist Evelyn Waugh

Art for University of Utah magazine

Art for University of Utah magazine

The Literature of Anger

The Literature of Anger

Art for a Spectator article about writer Lucy Ellmann

British Country House Murder-Illustration for Airmail

British Country House Murder-Illustration for Airmail

British Country House Murder-Illustration for Air Mail

British Country House Murder-Illustration for Air Mail

Illustration for PlanSponsor magazine

Illustration for PlanSponsor magazine

Illustration about graduate research at the University of Utah

Illustration about graduate research at the University of Utah

#research #university #college #graduateschool #illustration #alumnimagazine

Art for Harvard's Colloquy Magazine

Art for Harvard's Colloquy Magazine

Gelato Map of Rome-Client: Pentagram Austin

Gelato Map of Rome-Client: Pentagram Austin

Americana [bagatelle]

Americana [bagatelle]

This “bagatelle” style is inspired by the cut paper art of Hans Christian Andersen.

A book cover I did for ORBooks

A book cover I did for ORBooks

Art for Brown University Magazine–two alums bringing climate activism to city policy

Art for Brown University Magazine–two alums bringing climate activism to city policy

The Carnivore Menu

The Carnivore Menu

art for The Spectator UK

Op-Ed NYTimes–the Obliteration of Congress

Op-Ed NYTimes–the Obliteration of Congress

An op-ed illustration done for the NYTimes as Donald Trump was deconstructing our democracy

Portfolio Piece-Neighborhood Fascism

Portfolio Piece-Neighborhood Fascism

Fall Books Cover for The Nation

Fall Books Cover for The Nation

During the pandemic lines were longer but at least you had something to read.

Portfolio Piece-Warmonger on Wheels

Portfolio Piece-Warmonger on Wheels

Rival Authors-Raphael&Steiner-for the SpectatorUK

Rival Authors-Raphael&Steiner-for the SpectatorUK

French Exit cover for HarperCollins

French Exit cover for HarperCollins

Bird Man

Bird Man

portfolio piece. print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Sketchbook

Sketchbook

Global Strategy conducted by Old White Men

Portfolio Piece-Argy Bargy

Portfolio Piece-Argy Bargy

Unused Illustration for a surfboard company, client: Pentagram

Unused Illustration for a surfboard company, client: Pentagram

Portfolio Piece-Heroic Statuary

Portfolio Piece-Heroic Statuary

I did this illustration of QAnon for the Washington Post

I did this illustration of QAnon for the Washington Post

America's Incontinence Problem

America's Incontinence Problem

Created at a moment when it seemed a number of states were opting out of the United part of the United States. Unpublished.

Portfolio Piece-Jazz Sextet

Portfolio Piece-Jazz Sextet

Suburbia

Suburbia

Watercolor. Poetry magazine, Winterhouse Design.

Portfolio Piece-Faces

Portfolio Piece-Faces

Sophisticates accompanied by their daemons–this drawing appeared in 3x3

Sophisticates accompanied by their daemons–this drawing appeared in 3x3

print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Art for The Baffler–The Gun Business

Art for The Baffler–The Gun Business

Free Labor [portfolio piece]

Free Labor [portfolio piece]

Donald Hiding Inside His Wealth

Donald Hiding Inside His Wealth

This image was chosen by American Illustration

Profiles in the U.S.A. [portfolio piece]

Profiles in the U.S.A. [portfolio piece]

Christmas Goose or Christmas Turkey?

Christmas Goose or Christmas Turkey?

art for The Spectator UK

A Bagatelle created for my print gallery

A Bagatelle created for my print gallery

print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

My Christmas card for 2020

My Christmas card for 2020

#Christmas #suburbia #Xmas #holiday #winter

Portfolio Piece–Professors

Portfolio Piece–Professors

New York By Night-portfolio piece

New York By Night-portfolio piece

Portfolio Piece-Cocktail Party

Portfolio Piece-Cocktail Party

Art for WarbyParker

Art for WarbyParker

Teapot/Bucolic

Teapot/Bucolic

I have a fondness for rural landscapes and teapots

A North Carolina BBQ map done for Southern Living

A North Carolina BBQ map done for Southern Living

Laurel Canyon–portfolio piece

Laurel Canyon–portfolio piece

The Importance of the Humanities

The Importance of the Humanities

Published in the quarterly magazine from St. Olaf College

America's Gun Capital

America's Gun Capital

This illustration appeared in AIRMAIL. print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Man in the City

Man in the City

a portfolio piece

Notable writers visit Brown University

Notable writers visit Brown University

Client: Brown University

He-She-Cityscapes [Portfolio Piece]

He-She-Cityscapes [Portfolio Piece]

An illustration for Arizona Highways

An illustration for Arizona Highways

Gin, Tonic, Sandwich, etc.

Gin, Tonic, Sandwich, etc.

Portfolio Piece–print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Vox Populi

Vox Populi

a portfolio piece

from the sketchbook

from the sketchbook

collage illustration for Macalester College

collage illustration for Macalester College

collage art for The Mockingbird magazine

collage art for The Mockingbird magazine

Back to School–client BlueCross/BlueShield

Back to School–client BlueCross/BlueShield

from the sketchbook (ballpoint + color)

from the sketchbook (ballpoint + color)

Illustration (graphite line) for National Endowment for the Humanities.

Illustration (graphite line) for National Endowment for the Humanities.

print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

sketchbook drawing of airport noise (graphite line)

sketchbook drawing of airport noise (graphite line)

Expressway (a study in irony)

Expressway (a study in irony)

New Yorker umbrella series (graphite line)

New Yorker umbrella series (graphite line)

Caribbean map for PentagramNY

Caribbean map for PentagramNY

Poster for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, 40th anniversary of Steppenwolf Theatre (Ogilvy/Chicago)

Poster for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, 40th anniversary of Steppenwolf Theatre (Ogilvy/Chicago)

Twin mugshots of bank robber Clyde Barrow and a Renaissance prince (graphite). Drawn while artist-in-residence at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Published in American Illustration.

Twin mugshots of bank robber Clyde Barrow and a Renaissance prince (graphite). Drawn while artist-in-residence at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Published in American Illustration.

 Portfolio piece

Portfolio piece

Art for the NYTimes–American Nomads

Art for the NYTimes–American Nomads

 Illustration for The Baffler

Illustration for The Baffler

Bagatelle-with glyphs-portfolio piece

Bagatelle-with glyphs-portfolio piece

Cover for The Martin Chronicles–Hachette

Cover for The Martin Chronicles–Hachette

From the John Waters book "Make Trouble" published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

From the John Waters book "Make Trouble" published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

I Just Adore A Penthouse View

I Just Adore A Penthouse View

The words belong to Mrs. Oliver Wendell Douglas but the view belongs to some apartment on the upper east side of New York.

From the John Waters book "Make Trouble"

From the John Waters book "Make Trouble"

Funeral Flowers

Funeral Flowers

A portfolio piece-print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Label illustrations, designed by Todd Piper-Hauswirth

Label illustrations, designed by Todd Piper-Hauswirth

Marigold Thief

Marigold Thief

A downmarket variation on orchid thievery from my portfolio

The Old Devils–one of the covers I did for NYRB's series of Kingsley Amis titles

The Old Devils–one of the covers I did for NYRB's series of Kingsley Amis titles

 One of a dozen illustrations done for a recent issue of The Mockingbird  

One of a dozen illustrations done for a recent issue of The Mockingbird
 

Harper's magazine graphite drawing of a mockingbird

Harper's magazine graphite drawing of a mockingbird

This depiction of the Trump presidency was selected by American Illustration

This depiction of the Trump presidency was selected by American Illustration

C'est la Gare [portfolio piece]

C'est la Gare [portfolio piece]

print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

sketchbook drawing of an Italian hill town (pen line)

sketchbook drawing of an Italian hill town (pen line)

Romancing during a pandemic, an updated version of Boccaccio [for Bowdoin College]

Romancing during a pandemic, an updated version of Boccaccio [for Bowdoin College]

LATimes feature illustration

LATimes feature illustration

The article was by a woman who writes about home and family issues.

Cover design for Daniel Menaker memoir (HoughtonMifflin)

Cover design for Daniel Menaker memoir (HoughtonMifflin)

State Maps for Family Circle

State Maps for Family Circle

Downtown Mpls map for Twin Cities Business magazine

Downtown Mpls map for Twin Cities Business magazine

from the sketchbook

from the sketchbook

sketchbook drawing of generals from WWI

sketchbook drawing of generals from WWI

 Watercolor. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Watercolor. Unpublished portfolio piece.

 Watercolor. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Watercolor. Unpublished portfolio piece.

The Green Man-Kingsley Amis-NYRB

The Green Man-Kingsley Amis-NYRB

Sketchbook drawing

Sketchbook drawing

Supreme Court depicted as eight owls and one cuckoo. print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Public School v Charter School [unpublished]

Public School v Charter School [unpublished]

Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

 Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Leica

Leica

Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses

Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Book cover for Faber&Faber–one of AIGA's 50 best book covers

Book cover for Faber&Faber–one of AIGA's 50 best book covers

Art directed by Charlotte Strick

Balloon Head

Balloon Head

Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

 Pencil and color.  The Atlantic  magazine.

Pencil and color. The Atlantic magazine.

 Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Camera Setting

Camera Setting

Pencil. The Believer magazine (McSweeney’s). print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

 Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.

 Pencil. Book cover. Art Directed by Susan Mitchell and Mr. Waters. Client: Farrar Straus. Photo by Jennifer Carrow, FSG Chosen as one of the 50 best book covers of 2011 by AIGA.

Pencil. Book cover.
Art Directed by Susan Mitchell and Mr. Waters.
Client: Farrar Straus. Photo by Jennifer Carrow, FSG
Chosen as one of the 50 best book covers of 2011 by AIGA.

Nun on a riding mower, with cigarette

Nun on a riding mower, with cigarette

 A letterpress card published by the Cranky Pressman.

A letterpress card published by the Cranky Pressman.

 Watercolor.  Das Magazin  (Zurich). Art directed by Raffinerie Design.

Watercolor. Das Magazin (Zurich).
Art directed by Raffinerie Design.

 Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.

Cover for ORBooks-CBD

Cover for ORBooks-CBD

An homage to the William Steig picture book and a handy guide to CBD

Small Banker in various disguises

Small Banker in various disguises

Pencil. The Believer magazine (McSweeney’s). print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

 A Book of Ages:  An Eccentric Miscellany of Great & Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous & Infamous, Ages 1 to 100.  More information at  abookofages.com

A Book of Ages: 
An Eccentric Miscellany of Great & Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous & Infamous, Ages 1 to 100.

More information at abookofages.com

Roadscapes-six from a series-unpublished

Roadscapes-six from a series-unpublished

Watercolor. Portfolio piece.

Toy Cannon

Toy Cannon

Watercolor & gouache. Portfolio piece. print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Winter Suburb

Winter Suburb

Watercolor, gouache, ink. Portfolio piece. print available at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/999179

Vox India

Vox India

Watercolor, gouache, ink. New York Times Op-Ed Page.

“Bagatelles.”

“Bagatelles.”

Watercolor, gouache, ink.

 Gouache. Aesthetic Apparatus.

Gouache. Aesthetic Apparatus.

 Gouache. Aesthetic Apparatus.

Gouache. Aesthetic Apparatus.

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Gelato, Piazza Navona, Rome
Portfolio Piece-Lion Tamer
Art for the food and drink pages of The Spectator
Creative Quarantine
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog [portfolio piece]
Working Remotely
Portrait of Waugh
Art for University of Utah magazine
The Literature of Anger
British Country House Murder-Illustration for Airmail
British Country House Murder-Illustration for Air Mail
Illustration for PlanSponsor magazine
Illustration about graduate research at the University of Utah
Art for Harvard's Colloquy Magazine
Gelato Map of Rome-Client: Pentagram Austin
Americana [bagatelle]
A book cover I did for ORBooks
Art for Brown University Magazine–two alums bringing climate activism to city policy
The Carnivore Menu
Op-Ed NYTimes–the Obliteration of Congress
Portfolio Piece-Neighborhood Fascism
Fall Books Cover for The Nation
Portfolio Piece-Warmonger on Wheels
Rival Authors-Raphael&Steiner-for the SpectatorUK
French Exit cover for HarperCollins
Bird Man
Sketchbook
Portfolio Piece-Argy Bargy
Unused Illustration for a surfboard company, client: Pentagram
Portfolio Piece-Heroic Statuary
I did this illustration of QAnon for the Washington Post
America's Incontinence Problem
Portfolio Piece-Jazz Sextet
Suburbia
Portfolio Piece-Faces
Sophisticates accompanied by their daemons–this drawing appeared in 3x3
Art for The Baffler–The Gun Business
Free Labor [portfolio piece]
Donald Hiding Inside His Wealth
Profiles in the U.S.A. [portfolio piece]
Christmas Goose or Christmas Turkey?
A Bagatelle created for my print gallery
My Christmas card for 2020
Portfolio Piece–Professors
New York By Night-portfolio piece
Portfolio Piece-Cocktail Party
Art for WarbyParker
Teapot/Bucolic
A North Carolina BBQ map done for Southern Living
Laurel Canyon–portfolio piece
The Importance of the Humanities
America's Gun Capital
Man in the City
Notable writers visit Brown University
He-She-Cityscapes [Portfolio Piece]
An illustration for Arizona Highways
Gin, Tonic, Sandwich, etc.
Vox Populi
from the sketchbook
collage illustration for Macalester College
collage art for The Mockingbird magazine
Back to School–client BlueCross/BlueShield
from the sketchbook (ballpoint + color)
Illustration (graphite line) for National Endowment for the Humanities.
sketchbook drawing of airport noise (graphite line)
Expressway (a study in irony)
New Yorker umbrella series (graphite line)
Caribbean map for PentagramNY
Poster for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, 40th anniversary of Steppenwolf Theatre (Ogilvy/Chicago)
Twin mugshots of bank robber Clyde Barrow and a Renaissance prince (graphite). Drawn while artist-in-residence at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Published in American Illustration.
 Portfolio piece
Art for the NYTimes–American Nomads
 Illustration for The Baffler
Bagatelle-with glyphs-portfolio piece
Cover for The Martin Chronicles–Hachette
From the John Waters book "Make Trouble" published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
I Just Adore A Penthouse View
From the John Waters book "Make Trouble"
Funeral Flowers
Label illustrations, designed by Todd Piper-Hauswirth
Marigold Thief
The Old Devils–one of the covers I did for NYRB's series of Kingsley Amis titles
 One of a dozen illustrations done for a recent issue of The Mockingbird  
Harper's magazine graphite drawing of a mockingbird
This depiction of the Trump presidency was selected by American Illustration
C'est la Gare [portfolio piece]
sketchbook drawing of an Italian hill town (pen line)
Romancing during a pandemic, an updated version of Boccaccio [for Bowdoin College]
LATimes feature illustration
Cover design for Daniel Menaker memoir (HoughtonMifflin)
State Maps for Family Circle
Downtown Mpls map for Twin Cities Business magazine
from the sketchbook
sketchbook drawing of generals from WWI
 Watercolor. Unpublished portfolio piece.
 Watercolor. Unpublished portfolio piece.
The Green Man-Kingsley Amis-NYRB
Sketchbook drawing
Public School v Charter School [unpublished]
 Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.
Leica
Eyeglasses
Book cover for Faber&Faber–one of AIGA's 50 best book covers
Balloon Head
 Pencil and color.  The Atlantic  magazine.
 Pencil and color. Unpublished portfolio piece.
Camera Setting
 Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.
 Pencil. Book cover. Art Directed by Susan Mitchell and Mr. Waters. Client: Farrar Straus. Photo by Jennifer Carrow, FSG Chosen as one of the 50 best book covers of 2011 by AIGA.
Nun on a riding mower, with cigarette
 A letterpress card published by the Cranky Pressman.
 Watercolor.  Das Magazin  (Zurich). Art directed by Raffinerie Design.
 Pencil. Unpublished portfolio piece.
Cover for ORBooks-CBD
Small Banker in various disguises
 A Book of Ages:  An Eccentric Miscellany of Great & Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous & Infamous, Ages 1 to 100.  More information at  abookofages.com
Roadscapes-six from a series-unpublished
Toy Cannon
Winter Suburb
Vox India
“Bagatelles.”
 Gouache. Aesthetic Apparatus.
 Gouache. Aesthetic Apparatus.
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