I am honored to be included on this year’s shortlist for the World Illustration Awards in the book category. This project was a few years in the making and became more personal than I ever imagined. If you are in London between June 6-20 please stop but the Somerset House and see this years winners. Now how […]
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For the past decade or so I have been working a collection of drawings that have developed into their own project. Slowly, each drawing piles up and gives shape to the next. In the course of that time one small set of those drawings emerged as a smaller, and very personal, side project. Once that side project started to […]
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The final moment of the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan came on the date above when the pride of Mystic Seaport sailed back to its dock. All the onlookers gathered at various spots along the Mystic River to get a glimpse of her as she passed through. This was it—the moment we all knew would […]
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My Instagram feed kept alerting me to the fact that the Dalvero Academy Journey of Transformation show closed at the end of the day yesterday. My colleagues were at Mystic Seaport today picking up their work and enjoying the cold but sunny weather. And all of a sudden a moment draws to a close. Good intentions aside, […]
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With just two days left until the Dalvero Academy Journey of Transformation show ends its run at Mystic Seaport I am trying to get the last three posts up. One post a day. Sounds daunting, but then again it is the weekend. Truth be told, this print was the last to get designed and the last to […]
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The trip to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary was another first—my inaugural visit to Cape Cod. I have traveled around New England my entire life but never the Cape. While it is truly beautiful, I would advise midnight travel in the middle of the week—be warned, it is popular. The Dalvero crew spent a couple […]
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With just a few weeks left until the Journey of Transformation show ends its run at Mystic Seaport, I figured I would take the holiday lull to complete the series documenting my process on the 7 silkscreens hanging until December 18th. The course of this project weaves in and out of several trips through New England and the various spots that […]
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Yes, part two part two—the day was long, as most days having a beginning and an end are. As I mentioned in the last post, as the Charles W. Morgan broke free from the river bottom the steamboat Sabino turned around and headed back towards Mystic Seaport. Being aboard the Sabino, I had to go back as well. Having traveled along the coast […]
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It seems like only yesterday that I was sequestered in my studio working day and night on the final prints for the Dalvero Academy Journey of Transformation show currently on display at Mystic Seaport. As with so many projects, the end is never quite clear from the get go. As recent as the project coming to a close feels, the […]
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