Chicago Mural in Progress

I’ve been in Chicago now for a sizzling week working on a 150 foot long mural at Addison and Avondale. I arrived on Wednesday for a wonderful celebration with the dedicated organizers and volunteers held at the National Museum of Mexican Art. I’m headed...

National Book Festival Poster Evolution

“The book’s role in passing knowledge from person to person, from generation to generation,  is unique and irreplaceable.”   -Librarian of Congress James Billington. What a thrill to work on the poster for the 2012 Library of Congress...

Calder’s Magic and Children

Alexander Calder embodied a spirit of play. He invented the whimsical mobile and created a fantastic traveling circus from cork, wire, buttons, scraps of fabric, wood and paper. He breathed life into his work with boundless imagination. He packed his clever circus in...

Hail the King of Wild Things

An 8 year old boy wrote: “Dear Mr. Sendak,  How much does it cost to get to where the wild things are? If it is not expensive, my sister and I would like to spend the summer there”.                    ...

Chicago Community Mural

I’m excited to travel this June to Chicago to paint this mural with children and families at the intersection of Addison and Avondale. Please click on this short video I created for the National Museum of Mexican Art who have organized the project to explain the...