Dein Spiegel

The sculpted illustration I made for the cover of Der Spiegel's new magazine for young readers, "Dein Spiegel", hit newsstands this week in Germany! It was an honor to work with Der Spiegel again. This scene depicts Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel struggling with Frank Steinmeier for the crown.

Celebrating 18 years of OASIS!

At first I was heartbroken by the OASIS break-up, then shocked (not really... who didn't see this coming?), then really happy for Noel Gallagher. I know he will go on to make amazing music. We decided to take Noel out for a swift pint at our local to help him celebrate his departure from the band. I would have liked to make it an all night affair but I am on some insane deadlines right now and hopefully when it's all through, I can do some real celebrating myself! WE LOVE YOU NOEL! Good move & well done!

I AM alive!

I swear, I AM still here. Forgive me Father, it's been one month and one day since my last blog post! No, I have not been on holiday enjoying the summer. I've been hard at work on deadline after deadline. I've got some exciting projects that I'd love to share with you, but so far they are top secret and can't be revealed until they are out in print.
I CAN tell you about some exciting deliveries from Mr. Postman (or woman). A few weeks ago I received some samples of a polymer clay product called Bozzi from my 3D friends in Brazil! I am dying to get my hands into it and give you all a full report but I've not had a chance yet. I'll post about it when I do.
I also got the Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 09/10 and the Communication Arts 2009 Illustration Annual in the mail. Love them!

I can also tell you about the 3D blog I am putting together (it's taking a while because it's in my spare time- which right now doesn't exist). The address will be http://3dillustrations.blogspot.com and my aim is to showcase 3D illustrations and other sculpted stuff by a different artist each week (i hope?!) The whole point is to celebrate the medium and get more people excited about it! If you make dimensional work, please get in touch.

Cowbella is everywhere!

Cowbella is in Time Out NY- the one about 'Cheap Eats'. (thanks to my wonderful friend Ismoyo for sending me this last week)




... and Cowbella has also made her way into The China Press! (thank you Jun for sending this to me)






... and the cover of the Flushing Times! (although I think I look like more of a cow than Cowbella does- oh well! :)
(thanks to Chee for letting me know about this!)

... and this great article about the Cows in the Queens Chronicle


... and the Queens Tribune!


... AND in this video on Sinovision! (video will play after the short advertisement) Thank you Frank & Vivian for sending this to me!
more press coming soon...

CowParade Carnival!

Yesterday was the CowParade Carnival in Flushing, Queens. It was a gorgeous day! So many wonderful people came to see the cows which were scattered throughout the Queens Crossing building and plaza. There was live music and games and then an opening reception for the '09 Oh Cow!' exhibit in the Crossing Art gallery. Thank you to all my friends and family who came.
Click HERE to view all the photos!

good luck Margot Miller!

My precious and wonderfully talented friend Margot Miller (pictured left) is auditioning today for a new reality TV show hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker (sculpted right), about up-and-coming artists!
So please, everyone think really good thoughts for Margot today... GOOD LUCK Margot Miller! xo

NY1

some press coverage of the Flushing CowParade by our local news channel, NY1! Hopefully it will bring lots of people to Flushing tomorrow for the Cow Carnival!
Watch the video here: http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=102426&ap=1&Flash