Magazine Art

As a freelance illustrator I enjoy a variety of assignments. While the vast majority of my art is geared toward children’s books and products, one of my favorite things to do in particular are spot illustrations for magazines. Something about a colorful piece...

Go Van Gogh

Hi again. I’m just about to page 600, which will leave a bit less than 300 to go. I’m reading slowly as I’ve got a bad habit of reading several books at a time. I’m trying to correct that nonsense and limit myself to two. Here’s where...

Still Van Gogh

I’m moving along through the Van Gogh biography. He has left Paris and is now in Arles. If you know Van Gogh, you know that means he is nearing the end. I’m now in 1888 and Van Gogh died in 1890. More about that later, as there is some dispute as to how he...

Van Gogh

My daughter gave me the new Van Gogh biography for Christmas. Van Gogh, The Life is written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Hailed as “Magisterial” by the New York Times’ Michiko Kakutani, it is as heavy a bio as any I’ve read since...