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The final potion from the batch I brewed up for the Salut! 10th Anniversary Coaster Show at Nucleus Portland 🩸 The show opens tomorrow, June 8!

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A third elixir for the upcoming Salut! 10th Anniversary Coaster Show at Nucleus Portland 🐍 Opening this Sunday, June 8!

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Another magic potion crafted for the upcoming Salut! 10th Anniversary Coaster Show at Nucleus Portland 🔥 Opening this Sunday, June 8!

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One of four magic potions I’ve been brewing for the upcoming Salut! 10th Anniversary Coaster Show at Nucleus Portland ✨ Opening this Sunday, June 8!

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Excited to hear that I’ve got a couple of projects on the longlist for this year’s World Illustration Awards ✨ Many thanks to The Association of Illustrators, Directory of Illustration, & this year’s jury!

“A League of Our Own” — Illustration for The InQueery, art direction by Greg Kozatek

“Altjugend” — Series of three two-color risograph prints, created for “The Drawing Board” at MCAD Gallery

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Lil’ work-in-progress teaser shot of my pieces for this year’s Salut! 10th Anniversary Coaster Show at Nucleus Portland — opening June 8!

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This drawing is from a couple years back, but just yesterday I discovered a little nest hidden deep within the thorny branches of our raspberry patch. Life imitating art imitating life.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the hardworking moms out there!

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A rejected sketch 🦢🪷🦅

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Super excited to have this piece selected for the upcoming American Illustration book & show — a big THANK YOU to this year’s jury and to AD Laurie Hawton from Mpls.St.Paul Magazine for sending this project my way!!

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Just got my hands on the print edition of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 21, it's always a cool feeling to flip through and find my work scattered throughout — many thanks to the jury and to all my collaborators on these projects!

(Cover illustration by Gary Tsang 🐱)

Pleased to report that I’ll have a handful of illustrations appearing in the upcoming 3x3 Magazine Annual 21! It’s a great feeling to have my work recognized in four different categories, many thanks to this year’s jury and to all my collaborators on these projects!

• Books: “Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard” by Lesléa Newman, published by Abrams

• Editorial: “Crypto Funds Have Arrived. But Who Needs Them?” for the New York Times, art direction by Minh Uong

• Corporate Communication: “T-Shirt Artist Series” for the Minnesota Twins, curated by All Star Press

• Posters: “Skyway” for Posters for Parks from LoveMplsParks, two-color screen print on paper, printed by Phenom Print Studio

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Brad Holland 1943-2025

I had the opportunity to see Brad Holland's NYC studio on a class visit with Mirko Ilić. We sat on the floor in the dark while he told stories, and I remember thinking that the space felt just like his paintings: a wealth of surreal images swallowed up by deep shadows.

We got to visit Brad Holland at his SoHo studio yesterday.

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Took part in a small risograph workshop at Back of Beyond Press in Northeast Minneapolis this past weekend — big thanks to Sarah for patiently walking us through the process and producing some beautiful prints!

My test file was a little two-color group portrait I’ve been working on as a gift for my weekly D&D crew 💚❤️ More on that soon!

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A peek behind the curtain of the design process for one of the two-color risograph prints from my Altjugend series — it took ages to figure out how to frame the scene so that all the overlapping elements and halftone patterns would read clearly 😵‍💫

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Here’s a peek at the earliest round of test prints for Altjugend 🤍💚🖤

This series of two-color risograph prints began with me drawing in bed while recovering from Covid, playing with overlapping halftone patterns because it made my brain feel good. I often describe my creative process as “make a mess, then slowly clean it up” — and while I’m pleased with how far I pushed these prints in the end, I kind of miss these crunchier textures 🤔

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Process pics from this recent illustration for The Gullet 💛 Many thanks to AD Greg Kozatek for the guidance along the way!

Illustration for a story about a trip to the National Mustard Museum from The Gullet 💛 Big thanks to AD Greg Kozatek for sending this one my way!

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Process pics from this recent illustration for The Gullet 💛 Thanks once again to AD Greg Kozatek for the guidance along the way!

Illustration for a story about a trip to the National Mustard Museum from The Gullet 💛 Big thanks to AD Greg Kozatek for sending this one my way!

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Thumbnail sketches for “The Mustard Girl” from The Gullet • I ended up creating two sets of sketches because the first batch didn’t cut the mustard 😅

Illustration for a story about a trip to the National Mustard Museum from The Gullet 💛 Big thanks to AD Greg Kozatek for sending this one my way!