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BURIAL RITES
Little Brown hired me to hand-letter this book. The fantastic portrait of the young lady was taken by the photographer Jose Picayo. The other cover, with a landscape drawing that I provided, is an outtake that I was quite fond of, but got killed pretty early in the process. It was a real pleasure working with the art director, Ploy Siripant on this project! -
FIGURES
from the sketchbook.
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ROB DEEBLE
I designed this Rob Deeble album a while back, but hadn’t seen it in print nor watched the “making of” DVD until now. It’s fantastic. I’m thrilled to be a part.
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The Echo Park TIme Travel Mart truly does carry all of your time travel essentials, but more than that it helps to financially support 826LA, the tutoring and creative writing center under the same roof. I was asked to design their storefront window on Sunset Blvd.
I was given a few quotes from the student writers at the center, who had been prompted to write about LA in the year 2050. LIke myself, many of them want to see flying cars. Of course they do. We still want our flying cars! We don’t want to be stuck down there on the Harbor Freeway, sandwiched between a huge truck and a huge building, breathing the exhaust of a thousands cars.
Most of the wood for the skyscrapers was salvaged from an old craftsman being renovated in my neighborhood. The motor that turns the mobile was meant for a disco ball. My six year old son helped me paint the flying cars.
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FARM WOUNDS
MGMT Design is teaming up with Ann Marie Gardner to launch a new magazine called Modern Farmer. These two drawings were for an article about farm wounds. -
IN CALAMITY’S WAKE
I did the lettering and design for this Bloomsbury novel. The publisher provided the old portrait of Calamity Jane and I punched it up a bit with textures and flowery swirls!
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Ritz Carlton Magazine
Here’s an opener and a few spots I did recently for a “What to do while staying in New Orleans” piece. Many thanks to Art Director James Truman, who was a real pleasure to work with.
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ART AND OFFICE INTERIORS
Finally getting around to posting these photos of a show I did with my brother last month. Wow, February just flew by like a whirlwind. The good news is the art is still hanging in the offices of Matarozzi Pelsinger Builders, our gracious friends in San Francisco who allowed us to dress up an already gorgeous space with our work. I made this black square series for the show, but the panorama-like village-scape is something I started years ago and continue to develop if/when I have the time. Check out the HINTERLAND’s site for better pics and a more concise description of the event.
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WHAT’S HE BUILDING IN THERE?
I will return to blogging more about ME soon, but in the meantime I had share these pics I’ve been getting from my brother up in the HINTERLAND. I’m always inspired to get a peek into Riley’s shop. I used to share a studio with him in ‘97 when we first moved to San Francisco—and by studio, I mean the corner of our front room where we covered the carpet with a tarp. Then we moved to Hayes Valley and he cleaned up an area under the stairs in the backyard and made some amazing paintings in the glow of a buzzing spot-heater. Now, of course, all I get is glimpses of the work and his process via Instagram, but that’s still pretty cool. Can’t wait to see the whole collection next week!
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THE POSTER
These are being screen-printed at APE DO GOOD in San Francisco. Owner and friend, Anthony Skirvin, was kind enough to keep me posted each step of the way. Come by our show on January 17th to see them in the flesh.
