2009 Review

December 19 It was rough out here this year, but there were some smiles along the way. Best wishes to everyone for a...

Metro Posters

December 12 I’ve been working on an on-going series  of illustrations for The Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority....

Name That Movie 5

November 20 Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars

Eric Davison

November 16 Recent Art Center graduate Eric Davison has a show at Le Basse projects in Culver City. Eric has done some beautiful...

Name That Movie 4

November 7 Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars

Za Zmeraj Mlad

October 26 I’ll be signing copies of ‘Forever Young’ in the Ljubljana Barnes & Noble on Saturday...

Enlighten

October 15 Tornado Design is putting together  a show of table lamps featuring printed shades by a group of...

Coltrane on WKCR

September 23 There's been some sad news on Drawger lately, maybe Coltrane can help. Today's his birthday, and WKCR will...

Richard Merkin

September 15 The wonderful artist Richard Merkin died  this week. I always admired the drawings he did for The New Yorker...

Studio Visit

September 3 Continuing the show-pictures-of-your-studio craze that’s sweeping Drawger,  here’s a...

US Postage Stamps

August 24 On September 9th the Postal Service will issue a series of four stamps I designed that feature a Thanksgiving Day...

Lester Young on WKCR

August 12 This month marks the centennial of the saxophonist Lester Young. His music is filled with the vitality and...

US Open

August 5 I designed the US Open Tennis Championship Theme Art for 2009. The artwork will be used on posters, banners,...

Ass Power

July 22 We’ve been doing some on-location drawing in my Illustrative Storytelling class at Art Center this summer....

2010 World Cup

July 9 Only 335 days until the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Faber and Faber in London called for a book jacket design...

Satchmo on WKCR

July 3 WKCR is celebrating July 4th by playing the music of Louis Armstrong all day. Satch gave July 4th 1900 as his...

National Infantry Museum

June 30 It was an honor to work on a project for The National Infantry Museum in Ft. Benning Georgia. The new museum tells...

Bloomsday on WBAI

June 15 Tuesday is June 16, Bloomsday, and WBAI is broadcasting a James Joyce Celebration from 7pm - 1:30 am...

Charles White III

June 4 The legendary artist-airbrush pioneer-illustrator-sculptor-visionary Charlie White is having a one-day sale at his...

Name That Movie 3

May 8 Six drawings per movie, in sequence, no movie stars.

Duke on WKCR

April 29 Today's The Maestro's birthday, Duke Ellington's music all day on WKCR. "And you are all invited...

An Afternoon at the Opera

April 18 The Los Angeles Times asked me to attend a dress rehearsal for the LA Opera's production of "The...

Billie Holiday on WKCR

April 7 WKCR is giving us twenty-four hours of Billie Holiday to commemorate her birthday today, April 7th. Phil Schaap will...

Fats is Huge!

April 1 I stopped by the Music Center yesterday to see the banners and posters for Ain’t Misbehavin.’ I like how...

Ain't Misbehavin'

March 18 The Ahmanson Theatre in downtown LA is staging a revival of the Fats Waller musical revue ‘Ain’t...

Ornette Today, Bix Tomorrow

March 9 Today on WKCR, Ornette Coleman birthday broadcast. Tomorrow Bix Beiderbecke. Two days of back-to-back 24 hour...

Make It Easy On Yourself

February 20 An old friend from Art Center, Douglas May, called for a portrait of the beautiful Dionne Warwick to benefit Dallas...

Posters for Art Center

January 28 I’ve been teaching at Art Center College of Design for the last few years, and we’ve had some fantastic...

Max Roach on WKCR

January 8 Saturday January 10th is the 88th anniversary of the drummer Max Roach’ s birth. WKCR 89.9 in New York City will...