Monthly Archives: September 2010

WON OVER FREQUENCY

Here is the final portrait I did a few weeks back for Gavin Castleton’s new album, “Won Over Frequency”. It was a nice change of pace and I’m really happy to have been able to contribute, he’s a fantastic musician. I’m sure at some point we will make posters and possibly limited edition prints to go along with the album release and tour, so I’ll be sure to post that info for anybody interested. Continue reading

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TWITTER / BRUSHES / ANOTHER START

So, to start…I have very reluctantly started a Twitter account. actually, my friend Steve Choi (here’s his dumb twitter secret code name: @rxchoi,) set one up for me and called me every night to harass me until I activated it. he does have a point, it’s obviously become a pretty important social networking tool and I know a lot of good people who are way into it. I still don’t really get it though, and I consider myself pretty tech-savvy generally. Continue reading

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ON THE EASEL

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DESIGNING OBAMA

I just got my copy of “Designing Obama”, a book chronicling the design of the Obama campaign, and how its use was innovative in American Politics. It covers everything from the logo design and type-treatment, to a collection of Obama art from a huge list of artists. The Obama portrait I did back in early 2008 is in there, and there are some really nice pieces from Adam Doyle, Marlene Dumas, Ron English, James Widener, and tons more. The book was compiled and designed by Scott Thomas, the design director of the Obama Campaign and was funded entirely through Kickstarter. Continue reading

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MUSICAL DETOUR

This week I’m taking a little time off from my usual stuff and working on some artwork for Gavin Castleton’s next album. Gavin is a fantastic musician and is making some of the best and most honest music around today, and it’s criminal that he’s still relatively under the radar. Continue reading

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