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New brush pens are like candy
Even after all these years of working in art with different mediums, I still get excited and break into a big grin whenever I buy a new pen or brush…
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What a night!
I promised some photos from the Herblock Awards and here they are (used with permission of the Herb Block Foundation):Thanks for reading Open Windows…
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Philip Guston's Open Window
While I was in Washington, DC for the Herblock Prize ceremony, I saw the Philip Guston exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. The transformation of…
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April Fools Day
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Visual storytelling
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The mural
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My speech for the 2023 Herblock Awards
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It's been a long time.
It’s been a long stretch of nothing from me but I do have an excuse. I just returned from the Herblock Awards ceremony and reception, where I was the…
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Memories & windows
Another London story… I was in my late twenties and had just finished working on an animated film. I had some money saved up so I decided to try to find…
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London windows
Love this gentleman sitting and reading under the lamp. From my hotel window. Thanks for reading Open Windows! Subscribe for free to receive new posts…
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April Fools Day
In my first post I mentioned that this substack will be where you’ll read about an animated short… which is still the case but there will be ebbs and…
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Looking back reluctantly
During the last few weeks, The Washington Post and The New York Times have published in depth articles looking back at the early days of the worldwide…
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Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories
March is Women’s History Month and the 2023 theme is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” so here’s two of my favorite women storytellers, Astrid…
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