John Ritter asked me to come down and kick off a lecture series called Speaking Of Illustration which was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators. I got to share my story and meet some amazing people. I made some new friends and caught up with some old ones. The experience was life changing and I was proud to be apart of it. The event was held at Artist Image Resource (AIR) which is this 10,000 square foot facility that has a Lithography shop, screen printing shop, a digital imaging lab , exhibition and archive spaces. Such a perfect backdrop to help everyone feel laid back and approachable. Afterwards we played some music and talked art late into the night. Here’s some pics below

Here I am stumbling through my intro

Here Ilene Winn-Lederer and I were sharing our process with one another

A long time goal of mine was to work with Rollingstone. I finally had the chance but unfortunately after the art was finished the story was pulled. I still had a blast and look forward to working with them again.

It was a music review for Foxboro Hottubs which are better known as Green Day. They had a real 60’s vibe to their music and as such they wanted to push that with the concept. I looked at a bunch of old concert posters and ended up here.

Idid this illustration late at night when no one was around…