Sparks In The White Night Sky

Love is like this city - deep and flowing, with endless corners and shadowed crannies to get lost in.

Magic

Thanks to Tyler at Gypsé Eyes zine hit me up to do an image for the upcoming Magic Issue. The mag itself is printed in b&w but I just had to do a full color version as well.





Based out of Brooklyn, Gypsé Eyes is a limited run art publication connecting love, sex and design. Great work by this lot.

Summer Snow In Moscow

The day that me and V arrived in Moscow was a mild and dry one. We dropped off our bags at her grandparents apartment with a 14th floor view of the city and headed out for a cruise along the Moscow River. On our way there I couldn't help but notice this white fluff gently floating in the air over the entire city. From what I read this only happens a couple of days a year when the seeds of European willow ripen and blanket the city. All along the ground the fuzz scuttles about gathering into bunches - which I'm told is actually very helpful when sweeping up the street due to it's ability to snag any other detritus.

It only lasted a couple of days before the first rain came but it was beautiful while it lasted.

Carne Magazine #10

You can find an 8-page feature of my work in this month's issue of Carne Magazine which is available online for free. Carlo does a great service for new & emerging artists with his image-only magazine. Much appreciation!

New Elvis Paintings for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

It was 'round the clock work to get this batch out before the trip to Russia but thanks to Ellen at Late Night and a fairly streamlined process it went off without a hitch.

Midtown - Looking East From My Block

Unused TimeOut NY cover

I was asked to create a cover alongside several other illustrators for TimeOut NY's Date Issue which features 100 single New Yorker profiles to be conceivably snatched up by someone in their readership. In the end they editors went in another direction but the initial idea was to convey "single in the city".

Being single in NYC can be tough. The city is chock full of good looking and interesting people who are either taken by someone else or unavailable for one reason or another. I immediately acquainted this to trying to hail a cab in Manhattan which, other than time shared with a quality partner, is just what a New Yorker wants to find on a bustling Friday night.

We've all been there: endlessly you see a taxi turn onto your street six blocks away and as it gets closer you see that it's either off duty or taken. Finally you see that one open taxi and as it gets within hailing distance somebody else snatches it up.

So that's what I saw this date issue as - your lucky night. One of those random pink taxi cabs that you see around town looking available and inviting (with a prospective date inside) as other prospective but unavailable cabs blow by. For the ad space on the cab roof I put a placard flush with roses - the standard flower for date night. The light atop the cab, unlike the others, flashes available.

A nice idea that maybe was a little too subtle for the cover. Oh well, I'll get them next time.