My black-and-white illustrations are created with traditional dip-quill pen and ink on plate bristol—an approach that preserves the immediacy, nuance, and character of the line. Each drawing is shaped by the editorial thesis of the article it accompanies.

Over the years, my work has appeared alongside pieces by Al Gore, Wendy Wasserstein, Umberto Eco, Kurt Vonnegut, and many others. My illustrations have been syndicated through United Media and INX, and are frequently turned around the same day they’re commissioned. They’ve appeared on the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, The Chicago Tribune, and numerous other publications.

Almost all the images shown here were drawn the same day they were assigned. Select illustrations are available for purchase—please inquire via
e-mail.



Judiciary Meets Legislative • National Law Journal
Wasserstein Editorial • NY Times
Carl Schurz Park NYC • Pen & Ink
GOP Against Itself • Boston Globe Magazine
Fall of Weiner • The Wave
Searching for Terror • Washington Post
Gangs & Guns • Wave Newspaper
Pundits Sink Election • United Media
Budget Trimming • NY Times
Arafat & Israel • United Media
Runaway Juries • NY Times
OpEd • Wall Street Journal
How Dems became GOP • United Media
100 Views of NYC • Crocodile Cafe
GOP Wins Congress • United Media
Congressional Hearings • NY Times
OpEd • NY Times
Talk Radio • Washington Post
Jimmy Breslin • The Wave
The Fall of Bush Sr. • Boston Globe Magazine
Corporate Gangsters • Washington Post
Cloning • Washington Post
OpEd • Newsday
Student Loan Cost • Newsday
Requiem For a Agent • Washington Post
Promotional • Self
OpEd • NY Times
USA at War • Washington Post
SUV Road Hogs • United Media
OpEd • NY Times
OpEd • United Media
Trump • INX Syndicate
OpEd • Newsday
Terror Hunt • Newsday
GOP Democrat Tug O War • Chronicle of Higher Education
Schumer as Grinch • The Wave
Shark Extinction • Newsday
USA Bends Over Backwards • United Media
OpEd • United Media
OpEd • The Wave
OpEd • The Wave
OpEd • Washington Post
Yeltsin
Surveillance Nation • Newsday
Flying Health Risks • Newsday
GOP and Assault Rifles * INX
Gun violence • The Wave
Schumer parts the sea for NFIP • The Wave
Environmental Protection • NY Times OpEd
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