Breakthrough Contest

Earlier this summer I entered Richard Solomon's Breakthrough contest. Although I didn't win, I was chosen as a staff pick. You can read the spotlight on their blog here. Congratulations to the winner, the runner ups, and the other staff picks. The caliber of work is truly astounding.

Iron John

Did this for the Grimm fairy tales challenge on theartorder.com. Iron John is one of the stranger fairy tales that I've read. Part of it involves a hairy wildman being extracted from the bottom of a lake in a forrest...yeah.

Zombie Tourist

This was a quick job that I did over winter break of 2010. The art director wanted a zombified tourist in NYC who wasn't overly decomposed, but rather freshly turned.

Elie Wiesel

Another one from the Ringling Library Town Hall Lecture Series. This is a portrait for one of the greatest humans to ever live, Elie Wiesel.

18" x 22", Charcoal

Jay-Z: Decoded

This past summer I received my first freelance book illustration job, and it was quite a doozy. I was hired by Rodrigo Corral Design to illustrate Jay-Z's memoir Decoded which just hit bookshelves on 11/16/10. Here are some of the originals next to their respective pages in the book. All of these were done in graphite. More to follow soon.

Tata Gala 2010

Here's my entry for the 2010 Tata Gala.  20"x30" charcoal and acrylic on Strathmore 500.  It's a Maenad with a vineyard on her head and wine pouring out her mouth.  I'd drink it.

Never Say Die

So I found this awesome beer at Total Wine called Old Rasputin.  It's an amazing imperial stout, but even better than the beer itself was the packaging.  It inspired me so much that I just had to do a portrait of the mad monk.  This was done in charcoal as a live demo at the fundraiser night for the Illest Of Ill show.