Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Amelia Earhart

 


This aviator went missing somewhere in the Pacific. But this high-flying spirit was so inspiring, even a Barbie doll was created in her image.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Polar Bear

 


Without a doubt, the mighty polar bear lives in the crosshairs of climate change. Because the environment they thrive in has been so dramatically altered by global warming, these magnificent creatures have been classified as a vulnerable species. 

Signed prints of this of this piece are available here, in my Etsy shop



Small Works Show

 

I’m thrilled to have this tiny turtle drawing, measuring 5” by 7”, included in the juried Small Works show at @440gallery , 440 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY. The opening is December 2, 4-6 PM. To any of my Brooklyn friends, I’d love to see you there. Enormous thanks to the juror, Grace R Freedman, for including me in this exhibit.

Mollie Burkhart

 


I was very moved by both the book (by David Grann) and film adaptation (by Martin Scorsese) of Killers of the Flower Moon. Molly Burkhart, of the Osage indians, was the emotional center of this horrific chapter of American history. I drew this piece in tribute to her.

Signed prints of this piece are viable here, in my Etsy shop 

Trilobite


As a kid growing up in Buffalo, I used to go fossil hunting in creek beds east of Lake Erie, where we’d find trilobites aplenty. These tiny marine arthropods may have died off 251 million years ago, but they left their stamp all over Western NY.

Monday, October 23, 2023

Hopi Indian Woman

 

 
This portrait of a Hopi woman was drawn on an 1893 map of Arizona. Without a doubt, Hopi Indian culture is so unique and wonderful, its influence travels to galaxies far far way. This is part of a series called World Tour - in which I use maps and pages from an old atlas as canvases - painting images relating to the place on each map.


Signed prints of this piece are available here, in my Etsy shop.

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Vladimir Putin


I drew this portrait of portrait of Vladimir Putin for Foreign Affairs Magazine (@foreignaffairsmag) . It accompanies an in-depth and nuanced critique of his foreign policy. Enormous thanks to art director, Ed Johnson, for this assignment.