Time for the Gym? For the NY Times

An essay piece for the tale of a woman who is trying to balance her schedule and make time for exercise, as she slips ungracefully into her middle-aged body.

Asset International - Portrait of Jerome Booth

Booth, in this essay, talks about the potential reward that waits at the end of a risky investment road.

T Pain for the Washington Post

The rapper, T Pain, uses autotuner to make his voice sound much better (and in key) - my concept was to show a swarm of bees coming out of his mouth and being transformed, when passing through a digital field, into songbirds.

Jose Saramago Portrait for LA Weekly

This was a full page illustration of the writer, José Saramago, who lives in the Canary Islands.

Oakland Magazine Cover

Finding the Perfect Chair, for the Hartford Courant

Palin for The Guardian

This was a Guardian cover for a series of humor pieces about what would happen at the inauguration if Palin and McCain won. The art director gave me freedom to create whatever I thought would be funny.

Can Obama Rescue the Economy? Los Angeles Times

This Business Section Cover for the LA Times was a great chance to do an unorthodox Obama portrait.

Bloody Andrew Jackson for The New Yorker

For the musical, 'Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson.'

Romeo and Juliet for The New Yorker

In this Mark Morris Group adaptation of the Prokofiev version of Romeo and Juliet, the lovers do not really die. Instead, they ascend together into some kind of heavenly destination - it's a rarely performed version of the familiar story.

Fall Movie Preview Portraits for Entertainment Weekly

Clooney, Hathaway, Mortenson, and Streep - what could be more fun?!

Twitter Cover Concept

Though this was not accepted as a cover, I turned it into a successful art print.

Black Friday for the Washington Post

Favorite Things for PlanSponsor

HR Employees listed their favorite things for this feature. Pizza, iPods, and soda were tops on the list...

Christmas Memory for Virginia Living

This full page opener introduced a section of Virginia Living dedicated to local celebrities' memories of their childhoods in Virginia. Virginia Living is an oversized publication and it's a great showcase for illustration.

TV Shows in DC for The Washington Post

More and more television shows are choosing to shoot on location in DC.

Spots for ESPN Survey

These fun spots covered a wide range of topics: Divine intervention in sports, fixed matches, confusion over mixed martial arts, economic impact on fans' spending habits, fans and drinking, pro athletes as roll models...

TV Learning for Bicycling

Apparently, you can learn an awful lot about how to win the Tour De France by watching it on television. That was the angle of the essay in this piece for Bicycling, one of my favorite clients.

Gostkowski for ESPN, The Magazine

This illustration was for a special Fantasy Football issue of ESPN Magazine.

Winter Training for Bicycling Magazine

Using rollers in the winter can keep bicycling enthusiasts in shape. A woman who subscribes to the magazine saw this illustration and ordered a print for her husband - apparently, they have two kids (a boy and a girl), the same basement setup, and he trains with rollers! How strange...

The NTRP Dilemma, For Tennis Magazine

4.0 players are taking over the self-rating system in league tennis and wreaking havoc! I am a tennis fan and play all the time - it was a blast illustrating a full page for Tennis magazine.

Old Crow Medicine Show for The New Yorker

Ghostland Observatory for The New Yorker

The high energy band, Ghostland Observatory is too much fun to watch on stage. Though the deadline for the drawing loomed, I got sucked into their performances in online video footage. The band's manager actually contacted The New Yorker when this issue came out and requested a print of this image.