Mary Amir, ink
Mary Amir, my old [Israeli] Hebrew School teacher, lacking depth perception. Even though she didn't allow ANY burping (or farting) in class, she was pretty nice. Though as a result of my fondness for drinking fizzy liquids, I was often sent to the Rabbi's chambers. There were 2 - one was an ego tripper ( I heard he moved to lead a Miami mega-temple) and the other one looked like a stereotype of cartoon SATAN - and he was the coolest guy EVER. Their names? Bookman and Brickman.
Teachers from Memory
I'm starting a new collaborative project with my good friend Renee French. The first phase: each of has to draw, from memory, portraits of our school teachers (I threw in my middie-school psychiatrist just for fun). Here are my first 7 (of 10) in ink. I plan to eventually finish them with watercolor. All are 8" x 10", pen & ink.
New Collaborative effort
I'm starting a new series of drawing in collaboration with my good friend Renee French. The first series are portraits, from memory, of our gradschool teachers. These are just pen & ink - I'll watercolor them once they're firther along. We plan on drawing 10 each per series.
I has Mrs. Otto for both kindergarten and second grade.
Dr. Fred Steiger was a shrink I saw in middle school.
Lucky Peach is Out
I was fortunate enough to be asked to contribute some drawings to a new magazine called Lucky Peach, which just hit news stands this week. From the press release:
All of the items in the stomach are objects that appear in the magazineGroup Show, June 29 - Aug 5, NYC
I'll have this drawing in a group show at Adam Baumgold Gallery this summer:
"Sully's Engines," 2010, graphite and watercolor, 10" x 12"
Sweet and Savory - the opening
Sweet & Savory - Group Show: I have two drawings and one sculpture in a group show at Pavel Zubock Gallery on 23rd Street in Manhattan through June 24.
Sweet & Savory group show opens June 1
I'll be in a group exhibition with some donut paintings and sculptures at Pavel Zoubok this summer.
More work for The Goods - from April 7, 2011
Here are a few more drawings to be printed in the Chicago Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle as part of McSweeney's The Goods. The following text will be printed with these pictures:
NOT GETTING THE GOODS?
WRITE TO YOUR PAPER AND ASK FOR "The Goods" by McSweeney's BY NAME!
(the features editor is your best bet.)
Pre Watercolor
I finlally completed the pencil for this 6' x 6'(ish) drawing. This is what it looks like before I wreck it with watercolor.
The Goods meets Sharpen Your Eyeballs
The square above is how The Goods appeared in newspapers. Below, you can see my contribution.Below is my first contribution to McSweeny's The Goods. It appeared on March 11, 2011 in the Chicago Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle. Text was placed over the water in the canal describing how a family secretly lives beneath a candy shop and occasionally sneaks above ground at night to steal sweets. The kids reading the paper were instructed to find all 20 missing pieces of candy throughout their underground lair. This weird shape fits into a square of 'The Goods' along with works from other children's books writers and artists.
To download a higher res version so you can actually FIND the damn candy - please click here.
