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Pen & Ink Stipple Portraits for “Feed the Pig” Campaign
This summer I had a blast working on a new project with the creative folks at KSB+Partners. I created pen & ink stipple portraits to be featured in five new ads – billboards, bus benches and print...
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My Two WSJ Hedcuts of Forest Whitaker
I saw the film, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey this past weekend and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would (the previews made me roll my eyes a bit,...
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Pen & Ink Stipple Portrait of Michael J. Fox
“The Michael J. Fox Show” premieres tomorrow night on NBC. Guess I’ll have to record it…Thursday is my bowling night! Twenty-five years ago, I was commissioned to create a portrait of Fox for Universal...
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My Wall Street Journal Hedcut of Peter O’Toole
I was very sorry to hear of Peter O’Toole’s passing on Sunday. I always thought he was a pretty fun and surprising actor. Lawrence of Arabia – probably his most celebrated film – was a bit before my...
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Wall Street Journal Hedcuts of Philip Seymour Hoffman
My most recent posting commemorated the life and career of Actor, Peter O’Toole who died in mid-December. I wish I weren’t in the position to repeat myself here, but another wonderful actor has...
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My WSJ Portrait of Peter Dinklage
Okay, at the risk of alienating some of my friends and family – not to mention readers of this blog – I will admit that I don’t watch “Game of Thrones”. I’ve never even paid attention to its...
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World Cup Final
The 2014 World Cup has finally come to an end, so congrats to Germany! Let’s all exhale collectively now that it’s over, and turn our attentions back to what’s really important…my illustration work....
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Happy Earth Day
Back in the late nineties, when times were a bit lean for many of us illustrators, I spent some of my “free” time beefing up my portfolio with new images – hoping to broaden my range a bit. Although I...
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Pen & Ink Portraits for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Last year, I was commissioned by the Smithsonian Museum of American History to create a series of portraits for their new permanent exhibit, “American Enterprise”. A sampling of these drawings is...
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My contribution to “Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers”
A couple of years ago, my pal – Writer/Designer extraordinaire – Chip Kidd, created a short story for DC Comics’ limited series, Batman: Black and White. This particular collector’s edition was...
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Pen & Ink Stipple Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
The first season of Peter Morgan’s “The Crown” premieres tonight on Netflix, and I can’t wait! Morgan wrote the film “The Queen” and the play “The Audience” – both featuring Helen Mirren as Queen...
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Pen and Ink Stipple Portrait of Amy Adams
This past week I’ve noticed that people in my life are posting lots of pictures and videos of cute puppies and kittens – in an effort to get our minds off the election results. Anything to bring a much...
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Cover Artwork for “His Girl Friday”, Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
I have long admired the folks at The Criterion Collection, a film distribution company that specializes in restoring and re-releasing important classic and contemporary films targeted at film...
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Wall Street Journal Hedcuts of Samuel L. Jackson…and Kong
Kong: Skull Island opens in theaters today and I actually got tickets to see it over the weekend! One of its stars also happens to be one of my favorite actors – Samuel L. Jackson. I had the...
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WSJ Hedcut Portraits of Dwayne Johnson and Johnny Depp
A couple of heavily promoted blockbuster-hopefuls opened over the Memorial Day weekend: Baywatch and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Frankly, I have zero interest in seeing either...
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New Pen & Ink Portraits of Xi Jinping, Jack Ma and Steve Jobs
I often use this space to share hedcuts of celebrities that I’ve created for The Wall Street Journal over the years – usually coinciding with a new film opening. It’s been a while since I’ve posted a...
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Pen and Ink Stipple Portrait (Hedcut) of Donald Trump
Because my work is usually so precise and detailed, sometimes I like to loosen myself up with a Life-Drawing class now and then. A while back I spent a day sketching a young woman who posed for us...
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Pen & Ink Stipple Portrait of Saint John Paul II
The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center opened in March, 2001, in Washington, DC. Originally conceived as a Catholic think tank and museum, a newly constructed permanent exhibit called The Gift of Love:...
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Wall Street Journal Hedcuts for The Incredibles
I can’t believe it’s been 14 years since Disney/Pixar released The Incredibles! No one could possibly enjoy Pixar movies more than I do…I just love ’em! I usually try to catch them opening weekend and...
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Wall Street Journal Hedcut of Ben Kingsley
The new film, Operation Finale, opens this week and it stars two of my favorite actors – Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley. I haven’t had an opportunity to create a Wall Street Journal portrait (hedcut) of...
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