2006

Millie

December 28 Today, I juggled gratis work with my deadlines. This is the poster art for my daugher's high school play. She is the...

A Christmas Tradition

December 26 Each year, our big event is to host a dinner party for family and friends alike, on Christmas Eve. This year, the guest...

Christmas Eve Guests

December 23 Every Christmas Eve, we host a dinner for friends and family. I create place settings with a theme. These are always...

The Studio

December 21 A while back, there was a flurry of Drawgers posting pics of their studios. I missed that boat, but am taking the time...

Disney

December 15 Disney; either you love his legacy, or you hate it. Tom Trapnell (LATimes) let me rip with this one. I was afraid the...

Turning Point

December 15 Mostly, I think of good art direction as deference...to me, of course. But a really good art director can locate the...

Man-O-War

December 14 I've been shackled to the drawing board this last week, finishing this piece for the upcoming "Sequential...

Artists' Holiday Cards

December 7 I learned just how anticipated are artists' holiday cards one year, when instead of creating a new image, I sent a...

TORNADO!!!

December 2 A tornado ripped through the woods and down our road Friday night, leaving trees toppled and snapped in half, roofing...

Walton Ford at the Brooklyn Museum

November 30 Yesterday, Jos.A. Smith and I visited the Brooklyn Museum to take in 3 extraordinary shows. I wasn't familiar with one...

Africa's suffering

November 13 "Let no good idea go unused". Some time ago, I was asked by Edel at TIME to create an image for the back...

Thumped!

November 9

This one's for RAG

November 9

HEROES AND VILLIANS; a tale of friendship

November 6 A weekend ago was a birthday to remember. Randy and Leann Enos, James and Guzzy Grashow, visited bearing gifts of art...

A Testimonial

October 27 I balked at the fax machine when it first made the scene, but it allowed me to choose where I make my home and studio....

Eat your heart out....

October 19 What has this to do with art? I dunno, but it's my creation, and it's big and beautiful, and heart shaped, and...

It's CHA-CHA time....

October 18 The campaigns are heating up and so we must watch the dance of empty promises, manipulation, greed, and malice. So if I...

An event....

October 1

Last Call....

September 29 This is a last feeble attempt to lure some fellow Drawgers out to our show's opening tonight, Friday, from 6:00 - 8:00...

When things get HAIRY

September 27 Confession: I love quick turnovers....for me it's the ultimate challenge. To solve an assignment conceptually, sketches...

Another rush job bull

September 21 Assignment: A good economy powered by companies using symbols and slogans. Well, I just had to have some fun with this....

Where's the Bacon?

September 20 For those of us that feel less than tidy as concerns our studios....here is a glimpse of the late great Francis Bacon &...

A blast from Halloween past...

September 19 Time warp....this is an early job that brought a good deal of attention (1982 - checkitout!). I was repped by a legend...

What was he thinking?

September 19 Today's illo, on the Pope's unfortunate comments. I wanted an austere image, to emphasize how polarizing religion can...

That's right, I'm not from Texas.

September 18 My one and only ever music post..... Last night, Lyle Lovett and his big band performed in Princeton, NJ and I was...

911

September 11

An Odd illo....

September 6 This piece illustrates the recently released 911 phone calls. There was no story at the point of assignment, just an...

While on the Subject of religious icons

September 6 This self portrait, more in the spirit of Nietzsche, I suppose, is titled "a bad day in the studio". I'm really not...

Announcement....

August 29 It is truly my privilage to share the walls with these guys. eDavid Gallery, 535 Main Sreet, Bethlehem, PA....

Weekend quickies...

August 13 Work used to be a little more predictable. Now I'm doing quick turnarounds on weekends and at night. and I've become...

NEWS SPLASH!!!

August 6

CALLING ALL DRAWGERS!!!

July 26 For all you Drawgers within striking distance of the sleepy hamlet of Bangor, Pa. (85 miles from NYC / 65 miles from...

Drawger Mike Moran's Surprise Birthday Party!!!

July 10 This past weekend, Mike's super wife, Kristen, threw a fab surprise birthday party in his home. It was great to be in...

A reflective moment...

July 5 A belated Happy 4th of July all !!! We are finally back from a lengthy vacation at the shore, and my cold turkey from...

My Father...

June 15 My father, William Gothard, has spent his entire life painting and drawing, and continues to paint nearly every day...

ENOS: Up in Flames (almost)

June 7 For the record, The NYTimes is great for starting campfires (especially the biz & real estate sections). Firstly,...

Big night, bright star....

May 26 I'm gonna do my best to keep the proud papa gushing to a minimum. Last night was the big extravaganza televised...

Bookends....

May 25 A couple of years ago I did a cover piece for the WSJ that must have made a lasting impression cause they seem to think...

Comix

May 23 One of a series of ongoing comics. No publisher yet. i think only Drawger Zimm has seen any of these. Would love all...

The Senior Prom

May 22 Following on the heels of Randy's prom post...my daughter, ready for prom festivities, with her date (who looks like he...

Historical Humor...

May 19 Today's illo on two explorers that fought over discovering Lake Victoria (source of the Nile), in Africa.

today's illos...

May 11 Just finished this limited color piece on North Korean women kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. This and the Oz art...

It's a wrap!

May 4 As promised, the end result.

Sketches.....

May 3 For me, sometimes the challenge of the final art is to capture the kind of vigorous energy of the 3 minute initial...

X-RAY fetish...

May 1 Confession: I've always loved the ghostly B&W quality of x-ray's. I usually manage to convince doctors to let me have...

Plight (or flight) of the artist...

April 27 Just finished this, my third deadline for today. Am truly spent, but thought I'd throw this up before I go rehab in the...

Field guide to materials...

April 26 I suppose I could let you discover the amazing accomplishments of fellow Drawger Jos. A. Smith on your own, but then...

While on the subject of books...

April 26 Ok, last post for awhile - gotta hit the boards. Krazy Kat has been mentioned a number ot times here, so I want to...

Anti - War Sculptures

April 21 My three anti war sculptures are displayed together in the lobby of the Skillman at Lafayette College. The close up is...

Art in Nature...

April 19 I make a regular habit of walking in our gardens w/camera in hand, during the summer months. Nancy inspired me to post...

Randy & Woody

April 18

Resurrected...

April 17 Unearthed this in my studio recently - Circa '77-'78. Funny thing is, I still FEEL like I can leap tall buildings in a...

The Entertainer

April 14 Gave a talk to academia this week (me on the left). The focus was Iraq and terrorism, using my editorial work as the...

Slow day here, too.

April 14

A must see show

March 31 Man, I'm in some good company this time. If you are in NYC, this is worth your time. The theme is art for social change...

Fave quickie of the week

March 31 This one on the remarks made by an Iranian leader, invoking the (last) helicopter as a symbol for America's failures at...

Sculpture Finished

March 23 I got an education in the do's & don't's of bonding glass on this one. In the end these fellows are permanent fixtures....

Draw til you drop!

March 19 For those of you who love drawing from the model but don't get enough time in....here's your chance....an all nighter,...

Life Drawing

March 19 If your lucky, there is a college nearby that has open door life drawing one night a week. I do it once in awhile and...

New sculpture piece

March 18 Am assembling all the many finished parts to my most recent sculpture, "Six Horsemen of the Apocalypse", all in glass...

Rubber Stampin Mania

March 18 This stamp turned out very well, I think. Was almost hoping it wouldn't so's I can stop this foolishness.

Digital vs. Film

March 13 Today's job - an illo for an interestin article on the pros and cons of abandoning film for digital photography. Photo...

Token Artist...

March 9 Call me De gratis artist. Every community has to have a village idiot and a token artist. That's me (the token artist -...

Loof Lion

March 9 The carousel lion I restored as relates to the article below.

Rubber Stamps (continued)

March 6 Haven't made rubber stamps in years and almost forgot how much fun they are. Was inspired by the discussion here...so I...

Today's Rejected sketch

February 28 *!*@!**#@!.....and that's all I have to say at the moment.

Rush Jobs

February 17 Ok Rob, you asked for it. I am pretty good at handling 2 same day assignments a day(generally from 12:00 - 4:00), but...

Remember when....

February 11 OK - so I'm gonna try to get this articles thing happenin right here and now. A number of us have been in the illo biz...