Mary Blair

Mary Blair was an illustrator and art director who supervised art on a number of films for Walt Disney, including "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan." To me her artwork is pretty much perfection.

She also had amazing personal style, and was known for wearing very bright colors on a daily basis:

For more on Mary Blair, check out "The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation" by my fantastic animation professor at Tisch, John Canemaker.

Haters gonna hate

Sunlight

I brought up this (unfinished) painting I did from Philadelphia last weekend. I couldn't find anywhere to put it so I laid it on my writing desk. I love what happens when the light hits the back of the canvas.. I think this may be the painting's permanent residence.

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Lord of the Rings in Egypt

I've been slowly getting the walls of my apartment decorated, and this past weekend I scanned a lot of photos from family albums so I could put them up. I've always liked this picture. I'm in Egypt, by the ruins of a tomb out in the desert, yet totally disinterested. If you look closely, you'll see that I'm reading "The Fellowship of the Ring" (or I guess you can sort of read "Tolkien" in big letters, but I know I was reading "Fellowship"). It cracks me up that I'm basically saying "Egypt. Whatever. I'm going to read a fantasy novel instead of paying attention to my awesome surroundings." Ah to be a teenager again.

The March Hare

Here is the video that I made with Philadelphia band "The March Hare"

We shot in upstate New York in November. It was great being able to work with such a great group, and even better to see an artistic collaboration my friend Zach and I had been talking about for years and years come to fruition. 

Out of context

I love looking at illustrations and quotes from books that are taken out of context. 

The quotes and images have new and individualized meaning when seen without the rest of the book.