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Have to say, with Mother's Day just around the corner, this book would be a great gift to the golfer mom in your family. :^)

In the current The NATION Magazine. Robert Best, design director. Reference was quite limited (amazing how much time is spent looking for appropriate imagery online) but enough to mash together a visual narrative, a little bit from here, a little bit from there. And limited to two colors- blue and black. #thenation @nationmag #illustrationartists #illustration #illustrator #editorialillustration #israel #farmworkers

I hope to write a couple blogs soon- one about collaborating with author extraordinaire Steven Pressfield , and one about another successful and satisfying collaboration with writer John Rota who has just released his book of observations on playing the game of golf, LET GO, LET GOLF. I had great fun coming up with ideas through the various transformations of the book and here are some of my favorites.  #golf @johnrota #letgoletgolf #sportsillustration #illustration #illustratorsofig #humorous #mindfulgolf

A real fun project and another opportunity to collaborate and play with ideas that complement the very smart text by John Rota. Golfers, and probably even non-golfers, will get enjoy his insights and observations. I hpoe to blog soon about the process of working on the images. #golf #illustration #humorousillustration #mindfulgolf @letgo_letgolf https://lnkd.in/e5tmXFFs #sportsillustration #golfillustration

Happy to report that two paintings from a series of images documenting life at The Citadel military academy in Charleston, South Carolina, have been selected by American Illustration for this year's AI-AP 43. Many thanks to the jury for the inclusion. @american_illustration_winners #thecitadel #illustration #illustratorsofig #painting #summerallguards #illustratorlife #americanillustration

Back in 2021, James Reyman recommended me to the editor of First Things Magazine, a conservative Catholic publication he was helping redesign. Brad Holland had created some beautiful images for the magazine, as well as Riccardo Vecchio. I was flattered but also intrigued and asked James if my recovering Catholic status would jeopardize their wanting to work with me. He described them as very cool and great to work with. Apparently I was a hit with managing editor Lauren Wilson Geist and our working relationship has been a joy. Once again I find myself doing what I like to do best, draw. Stylized portraits, is how I like to describe the caricatures I do nowadays and they appear regularly in the magazine. A good portion of the people I have drawn for First Things have been unfamiliar names to me. This has created many opportunities to do additional background research on the subjects while Googling good reference photos to draw from, and hopefully the research brings something of the character of the person into the finished artwork. Some of the people I've found fascinating, others pretty appalling personalities philosophically. But I shoot to bring some element of connection with the subject in every drawing. So as not to flood this thread with portraits, I'll be breaking them up in sets of 10 or so. L to R J.D. Salinger, Louisa May Alcott, John Milton, Jean Raspail, Joan of Arc, James MacMillan, Ivan Illich, Judith Butler, Leo Strauss, Bill Clinton #illustrationartists #illustration #illustrators #caricature #caricatureartist #portraits #drawing #pencildrawing #firstthingsmagazine

I really resist using the term "genius" when referring to people of achievements. It's a term that has been grossly abused and rendered near meaningless and banal. But one contemporary artist does fit that degree of praise IMHO. Werner Herzog. One of the greatest directors in cinema, an artistic madman of sorts, obsessed with overcoming the most incredible and, oftentimes, potentially fatal, obstacles in pursuit of realizing his vision, whatever that happens to be at any given time. I have been listening to his distinctive voice reading his memoir (unabridged), "Every Man for Himself, and God Against All", on my frequent long drives or while working in the studio. It is a breathtaking, though not chronologically ordered, recounting of major events in his life, his significant influences, the brutal poverty of his childhood which unquestionably shaped the toughness and resiliency of his character, and his countless near death experiences. There are endless circumstances of artistic gambles that tempt financial ruin. There are no lulls, his spirit is in constant quest of something seemingly unattainable. In his 81 years he has lived several dozen lifetimes of experience and been witness to the extremes of the human condition, from acts of magnanimity to horrific barbarism. There are many instances of either intended or unintended humor. I'm getting to the end and I wish the stories could continue for volumes, because they are so fantastic, bizarre, otherworldly, the material of dreams or nightmares, so far from the comfort and presumed security of our own lives. And, of course, there is Klaus Kinski. I dug this oldie but goodie from the files, an illustration done for The New Yorker Magazine, for a movie review of his documentary, "My Best Fiend". I heard from the art director that he saw it and was very amused. I'd be happy to give it to him as a thank you for all the great art he's produced. #wernerherzog #klauskinski #caricature #illustration #illustrationartists #wernerherzogfilmproduktion #cinema #fitzcarraldo #humorous

Last round of turning 70 selfies. I apologize if I made it seem like my birthday was last week when I first started posting them. It's the 19th. No need to re-wish birthday greetings if you've already done it. Grateful for every day I can be useful and have the opportunity to do something creative. #selfportrait #selfportraiture #drawing #sketch #drawingoftheday #illustrationartists #illustrator #illustratorslife #pencildrawing #illustratorsofig #whatweseewhen welookinthemirror

January was a remarkably chaotic month. How I was able to manage deadlines is a mystery to me; that professional attitude under stress felt far more exciting at 23, 30 or 40 or even 50 than a few days off from 70. Recovery time gets more complicated. Add a new pup to the mix and there's not much time for reflection in personal work. That said, I began making it a point of doing selfies around the beginning of February to tap in to some sort of visual approximation of hitting the "milestone", living longer than most of humanity throughout history. But what good is living long if there is no sense of purpose? I keep reminding myself that gratitude for the opportunity to do something useful every day I awaken is not to be taken lightly. As Ahnold would say- "Be useful." #illustrationartists #illustration #illustrator #illustratorslife #selfie #selfportrait #drawing #drawingoftheday #prismacolor #drawingfromlife #beuseful

A privilege to say that I am a friend and admirer of Antonia's investigative journalism. We're not related but might as well be.