blue boy

Portrait commission for a friend. Oil on wood panel, 10x10"

factory, winter light

Crystal Amber Industrial Sand, Berkeley

the new yorker's eustace tilley contest 2012

For the fifth year now, The New Yorker has solicited readers’ takes on Eustace Tilley,the magazine’s mascot, and, for the fifth year running, I am among the winners. Tilley, a Regency dandy, is the creation of art editor Rea Irvin and has been on the cover of almost every anniversary issue — including this year’s — since his first appearance, on the début issue, in 1925.

Here is a slideshow of this year's winners, including mine, on the New Yorker's website.

Culture Desk: a cover story about this year's contest.

My winning images from 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.

Just as last year, one Grand Prize Winner will be selected from among the winning entries to be printed on a book bag from Strand Bookstore of New York. Stay tuned for updates, and wish me luck!

grey morning

acrylic on paper
9x9"

at camp

quick studies

From the last quick pose workshop at AAU this term. Two and three minute poses. Color added later in Photoshop.

the new yorker's eustace tilley contest 2011

My piece won:

For the fourth year now, The New Yorker has solicited readers’ takes on Eustace Tilley, the magazine’s mascot. Tilley, the Regency dandy, is the creation of art editor Rea Irvin and has been on the cover of almost every anniversary issue—including this year’s—since his first appearance, on the début issue, in 1925.

Twelve winners were selected from over 600 entries. You can see a slide show of all twelve, including mine, on The New Yorker's website here.

This is the fourth year I've won. Here are my winning images from 2010, 2009, and 2008. You can also see slide shows of all past winners on The New Yorker's site.

This year, for a twist, a Grand Prize winner will be selected from among the twelve and will have their winning image made into a Strand Bookstore tote bag. The Grand Prize winner will be announced in the Spring, when the bag is ready. Wish me luck!

UPDATE: The Grand Prize Winner has been chosen and the winning tote bag can be seen at the Strand Bookstore. Congrats to Michael Clayton.

red morning

acrylic on paper
9x12"

cafe philosophy

My cover for the August/September 2010 issue of Cafe Philosophy, a non-academic magazine about philosophy, published in New Zealand and available now. The current issue also features interior illustrations by my fellow urban sketcher, Lapin.

Featured in the foreground are Friedrich Nietzche and Arthur Schopenhauer. Also depicted are Sartre, Plato, Aristotle, Berkeley, Descartes, Spinoza, Vermeer's geographer, a Yagua Indian, a woman as the Sphinx, a man who may be Kierkegaard, and a tribute to the destroyed Klimt painting, Philosophy.

the new yorker's eustace tilley contest 2010

My piece won:

This is the third year the New Yorker has invited the public to submit their own takes on the magazine's iconic mascot, Eustace Tilley, originally drawn by Rea Irvin for the magazine's first cover in 1925.

12 winners were chosen from over 300 submissions. You can see a slideshow of all 12 on the New Yorker's website here.

This is also the third year that I've won. One of my pieces won in 2009 and two won in 2008. You can see all of the winners from the past couple of years at the New Yorker site as well.

Special congrats to Claire B. Cotts and Marcus Thiele, also among this year's winners.

amador county

Young cousins of mine at the ranch.
Acrylic on wood panel, 8 x 8".

the godfather 2

Here are some environment concept paintings I did for the Godfather 2 game recently released by EA Games.

the new yorker's eustace tilley contest 2009

My piece won:

This is the second year the New Yorker has invited the public to submit their own interpretations of the magazine's iconic mascot, Eustace Tilley, originally drawn by Rea Irvin for the magazine's first cover in 1925.

12 winners were chosen from over 300 submissions. You can see a slideshow of all 12 on the New Yorker's website here

My piece also appears, along with three others, in the current issue of the New Yorker on the stands now.

Two of my pieces won last year too. You can see those along with the rest of the 2008 winners at the New Yorker site as well.

sketchcrawl 20: the mission /noe valley, sf

Saturday, Oct 25th was worldwide sketchcrawl 20. Here are some of the sights from San Francisco, including highlights from the Noe Valley Harvest Festival. Click on the images to see them larger.




For more sketches from San Francisco and from around the world, check out the forums at sketchcrawl.com.

gallery nucleus

Opening this weekend at Gallery Nucleus: Endless Reflections - Commemorating 20 Years of Sandman Art, featuring two of my pieces and works by over 30 other artists.






If you're in the LA area, stop by!

Endless Reflections
October 4, 2008 – October 20, 2008
Opening Reception October 4, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Gallery Nucleus
210 East Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 458 - 7482

a few more in color

watercolor and pencil on paper
click to see large