Drawing on Discipline

A while ago I attended a Shop Talk, put on by the Colorado Springs chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, or AIGA, at the Machine Shop in Colorado Springs. This one was a Q & A with Colorado Springs-based illustrator Luke...

One Revolutionary Graduation Gift

It’s graduation day at the Colorado College, and even though I don’t work there anymore, if the rain lets up this morning, I’ll probably wander over to clap and cheer, especially for the art students who’ll be stepping off the stage, diploma in...

Don Coen: The Real Deal

“Manuel”, 7′ x 10’When I read what follows to Don the other night at a dinner, he was visibly emotional. That’s a side of him I’ve only seen in connection with his tour de force The Migrant Series, but one that often evokes similar...