Cover art for Westword for the article "A Dam Shame." On newsstands now.
Church-key Charlie
Here's the final assemblage: a mix of old springs, bottle openers, letterpress blocks, keys, and collage on wood.
He's intended for a good home where he'll hopefully open a lot of beer. See more here.
Personal Work
Collage detail for a sculpture currently in progress. More to come.
American Illustration 30
Two of my pieces were selected to be included in American Illustration 30: "White Anxiety" for Time Magazine and "Codeworld" for The New York Times Book Review.
Science News Cover
I did this cover for the May 7th issue of Science News for the story "Target Cancer".
5 biggest Health Risks for Men
Series of illustrations I created for Denver's 5280 Magazine. Check out the article here.
Cutters Exhibit goes to Gestalten Space in Berlin
The Gestalten Space exhibit opens April 29th and runs through May 28. Curated by James Gallager. More info here.
NPR Calendar Image
This image was created a few years back for the NPR calendar. Even though its a collaged image it has a quality that's evocative of a Paul Davis painting, which I rather like.
Double-Dipping Cover
Hope I don't get pulled over in San Francisco this week
Here's an illustration created for the cover of San Francisco Weekly. On newsstands now. You can view more of AD Andrew Nilsen's covers here.
Aprihop Tee
The 2011 Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Aprihop Tee featuring my artwork is now available! The off-centered organic tee is $20 and can be purchased right here.
Original Art at Giant Robot for Unicef
I did this piece for the Unicef TAP Project Fundraiser at Giant Robot. There are several original works of art for sale by many different artists as well as hand-signed glass water bottles, a collaboration between various artists and TAP. You can browse the gallery and purchase art of your own right here. 100% of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to Unicef.
Sensate
Here's the poster Spur created for Sensate. As performed by Carrie Ahern Dance at Baltimore's Theatre Project: March 25-April 2, Sensate is an innovative installation piece with live music and a company of five dancers.
Diabolique
The Diabolique cover I designed and illustrated has been included in Time Magazine's Top 10 Criterion Collection Covers
This new package created for the 1954 French, classic thriller can be ordered in both Blu-ray and DVD formats at www.criterion.com
Aprihop!
First in a series of screenprints for Dogfish Head Craft Brewery's seasonal beers. Signed prints will be available at www.dogfish.com on March 1.
Cutters/Cork
If you're in Ireland this month you can see my work in Cutters/Cork, an exhibition curated by James Gallagher featuring collage works by 50+ international artists. The show opens February 7 and will run until March 12 at the West Cork Arts Centre.
Exhibiting Artists include: Rubén B, Michael Bartalos, Melinda Beck, Brian Belott, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Stephen Brandes, Paul Burgess, Dennis Busch, Hollie Chastain, Alejandro Chavetta, Cless, Barrett Cook, Liam Crockard, Valero Doval, Jesse Draxler, Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, Erik Foss, James Gallagher, April Gertler, Jason Glasser, Eva Han, Sean Hillen, Ashkan Honarvar, Jordin Isip, Eva Lake, Greg Lamarche, Dani Leventhal, Leif Low-Beer, Max o Matic, Jeffrey Meyer, Vincent Pacheco, Melissa Paget, David Plunkert, Garrett Pruter, Kareem Rizk, Javier Rodriguez, Jenni Rope, Jason Rosenberg, Valerie Roybal, Joe Ryckebosch, Cay Schroder, Baby Smith, Kerstin Stephan, Katherine Streeter, Sergei Sviatchenko, Alejandra Villasmil, David Wallace, Jessica Williams, Oliver Wiegner, Lulu Wolf, Bill Zindel and Anthony Zinonos.
1000 Indie Posters
Over a dozen of my posters were included in the new book 1000 Indie Posters by John Foster, author of New Masters of Poster Design. The collection is superbly curated and features inspiring and eclectic work by such talents as The Heads of State, Art Chantry, Post Typography, and Exit10. You can buy the book online right here. Limited edition prints of the posters are available at Spur Stor.
Post-It Show 6
Here are 2 collages created for Post-It Show 6 at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles. Curated by artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson in conjunction with Giant Robot, the show is slated to feature roughly 2,000 works by noted contributors for only $20. All pieces are on standard-sized 3" x 3" Post-It notes. Show opens Saturday, December 11, 6:30pm at GR2, Los Angeles, CA.
Cover Art for LA Weekly
My cover illustration for this week's LA Weekly: Greens Vs. Big Oil.
13th Annual Pulp, Ink and Hops
Join AIGA Baltimore in the heart of Baltimore's Station North Arts District for the region's largest paper show, featuring paper and print samples from more than 20 vendors and free hops from a local microbrewery. Get connected to the latest trends in papers, design services and swatches while viewing live letterpress demos.
I designed the poster and postcard for this year's event, and I'll be there signing copies, so be sure to visit Spur Design's booth and get a signed poster from me! You can learn more about the event here.
Cover Art for NYT Book Review
My latest cover illustration for The New York Times Book Review is for the article "Code World."
