Ben Bernanke and Bear Troy

Here's a new one for Stocks & Commodities. What we have here is Ben Bernanke using some crafty techniques to do battle w/ the economic crisis. I'm a huge history buff so naturally this was a lot of fun to work on. Hopefully it'll be on the cover some time next month.



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Thanks everybody!

Hair'em Scare'em

Some of my art is included in a book released this month by Gestalten. It's called Hair'em Scare'em, and it's dedicated to contemporary art and design themed around hair. Here's the publisher's description:

Hair'em Scare'em presents an extraordinary exploration through the fascinating beauty and inventive possibilities of hair as a medium for artistic expression in contemporary art and design. The book documents this palpable trend into a visual sourcebook that presents a captivating collection of hairy works in graphic design, photography, illustration and art as well as interior design, fashion and jewelry design. The extraordinary works featured in this book are the best indication of trends in hair outside the mainstream.

Here are some of the featured spreads from the book's website. Click here or on any images to be redirected there.

Time Out Chicago and the Progressive again

Just finished another one for The Progressive. This one is about foreclosures particularly in black and other minority communities.


Here are three color variations of Kendal Duque I gave to Time Out Chicago for their Hot Seat Column.

Stocks and Commodities and The Progressive

It's been awhile since my last post, but I've been keeping pretty busy this past month so I have a lot to show for it. This first piece, for Stocks and Commodities Magazine, was about the uncertainty and immobility of the stock market of the past year. I love drawing bears and bunches of little people, so naturally this was a lot of to work on.



I especially like working on projects that involve creating images for social issues and/or current political events. This illustration is for the October issue of the Progressive and is about how bad the unemployment issue is in New Orleans right now.

More Portraits

Here are a few new portraits along with several color options. The first accompanies an article in BusinessWeek Small Business about opposing sides on small businesses providing health care to their employees.



And here are two more portraits drawn for Time Out Chicago's "Hot Seat" column that features a different chef from the Chicago area every week.



Thanks and enjoy!

Barry

Hot Seat Portraits

I've just started a regular portrait gig at Time Out Chicago for their column "The Hot Seat." Each Article features an interview with a chef in the Chicago area. Here are the the first two illustrations of Art Smith (formally on Top Chef) and Rick Spiros. More to come!

The Progressive and some recent portraits

It's been awhile since my last post, but here are some new illos. This one is for The Progressive which is a client I've been wanting to work with for quite some time. The article was about the recent violence in Pakistan and how it's created thousands of refugees.


This drawing was for a local Miles Davis cover band called The Petit Machins. To hear some samples click here.


And finally here's a commissioned portrait.