Tales from Ovid, for The Phoenix

This is for the anouncement / review of a play in the Phoenix (formerly the Boston Phoenix). In this staging of Tales from Ovid, some scenes have the players perform hanging on fabric that is suspended from the ceiling.

It was interesting to read up on the background, on Ovid and his writings, and Greek Mythology. The inspiration for this image is the story of Phaethon, son of Helios, who was allowed to steer the sun-wagon, lost control and almost set the whole earth on fire. I enjoyed working with energetic brush strokes to emphasize raw energy in the piece.
Many thanks to AD Kevin Banks.

Carbon Emissions

You can see my latest illustration for the Boston Phoenix here. Originally, the subject was Carbon Allowances and the ways they are being purchased, traded, or even given away for free. Carbon Allowances give companies the right to pollute (to a certain extent).

In this week's paper, my illustration has been used in a more broad environmental context.

Sightings

This illustration is for the forth installment of Sightings, an occasional series published in the Boston Phoenix, written by Ian Sands. For this series, he picks an everyday observation and creates a fictional story around it. AD Kevin Banks. You can read the story here.

A poor environmental record

I did some illustrations for a feature in the current Boston Phoenix, that criticizes G. W. Bush's environmental record and hopes for a big improvement under Barack Obama.
Here you can see my images in their context about National Parks, air pollution near schools, Superweeds, and transmission lines.

Open Mic in Boston

This was for an article about Open Mic venues in Boston, published in the Boston Phoenix. Thanks to Kristen Goodfriend and the lovely people at the Phoenix!

Bridging the Gap

This is a new illustration for an article in the Boston Phoenix. The text explores possibilites of bridging the gap between red and blue, to overcome the partisanship and the divide in the country, in the aftermath of Barack Obama's election.

"Sightings" for The Boston Phoenix

Besides the Generation Kill Cover, I have a second piece in the Boston Phoenix this week: An illustration for the third installment of the series Sightings by Ian Sands. You can read Ian's full story here.

Art Section Cover for Boston Phoenix

This is an illustration about the upcoming HBO series "Generation Kill", based on the book by Evan Wright, who was embedded in a the US Army during the invasion of Iraq. Initially, his story was writen as a reportage for the Rolling Stone, later he expanded it into a book. The illustration is featured as cover image for the arts section of the current issue (though it doesn't appear online).

You can read the entire feature here. Also, here you can see a crop of my original drawing. Thanks to ADs Kevin Banks and Kristen Goodfriend!

The Gossip Tearsheet

The friendly people over at The Boston Phoenix have mailed me a copy of the issue with my "Gossip" cover. Thanks to Ian Sands for sending!

Illustration for The Boston Phoenix

Here's my latest illo for the series "Sightings" in Boston's largest weekly, for a text by Ian Sands.

Cover for The Boston Phoenix

This is a drawing of the voluptuous Beth Ditto and her colleagues of The Gossip, that just came out on the cover for the Arts, Music + Events feature of The Boston Phoenix. AD Kevin Banks

Boston Phoenix & New York Times

Here's two pieces that came out today, in The Boston Phoenix and in The New York Times. The first one is about the baseball statistics guru Bill James, who's working for the Red Sox now. You can read the entire story here.
The second image is for the Letters Page of today's The New York Times, titled "Hillary Clinton, Fighting to the End".

Dunkin' Rage

This is an illustration for the BOSTON PHOENIX. It's for their new series “Sightings”, where a writer takes a true, observed incident and riffs on it, creating a fictional background story around it. You can check out the elaborate backstory behind this image here.