My New Book

A first look at the cover of my new book that is coming out in three weeks. I haven’t done enough editorial vegan artwork to fill an entire book by myself. So, I set about convincing 20 of the world’s best vegan artists, whose work speaks about animal welfare as it pertains to food and environmental impact to be part of the book. Thankfully they agreed. There are painters, illustrators, cartoonists, and photographers. I will post more about these mysterious artists and give you sneak peeks in the coming weeks.

Yellow Woman

When I don’t know what to draw, which is rare, I just make my hand move. Something will come to it. Also, I put on Maria Callas quite loudly when I’m stuck. It makes the room feel cinematic while I doodle.

Smoker

This is the second magazine cover I agreed to. I’m having trouble getting people to think of me as manly, so I thought doing this would give me a false perception of machismo. It’s actually effective somehow. You have to hand it to these PR people who steer the phony careers of lunatics like me. Just don’t look behind the curtain.

Covergirl

My modeling agent has been complaining to me that I don’t accept many jobs anymore. She said it’s like pulling teeth to get me to work my magic in front of the camera for a bit of publicity. So I relented and did two cover shoots. This is the first one. The second one, I’ll post in a few days.

Two Tulips

While drawing at the Botanical Gardens, a grandmother stopped and was riveted by my book. She only spoke Chinese, so her teenage granddaughter translated for both of us. She said her grandmother did drawings just like I did. After a lengthy exchange between them, I asked what was up. The granddaughter was laughing and told me her grandma was confused about the angle of my drawing. The granddaughter had to explain to her that my angle was different than what the grandmother was seeing because I was sitting low in a camping stool and grandma was standing up. That mollified the old lady momentarily. They returned ten minutes later. The granddaughter said her grandmother didn’t want to leave me.

Bird Flu

“With millions of chickens on commercial poultry farms sickened and dying from a highly virulent strain of avian flu in recent months, it might have escaped notice that some of the nation’s most stunning wild birds have also been felled including more than three dozen bald eagles.” NY Times

Daffodils

This year, the Botanical Gardens planted all types of daffodils. My pal, Stephen Petronis and I sat and drew while pandemic exhausted locals gaped over our shoulders. I gave away a hundred squirrel stickers to onlookers, mostly kids.

Poop

“Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the United States. 130 times more than human waste.”

Cowspiracy Fact

Pine Cones

The pine cones in North Carolina are quite colorful. I’m surprised I never read about it in National Geographic magazine before.

Charlotte Backyard


This is a drawing of my sister’s backyard in North Carolina that I did last week. It was in the midst of Spring while it was sprunging. She even has one of those plastic owls that is suppose to scare away all creatures great and small. It doesn’t work at all though. There are critters everywhere. Tree frogs are loud as hell by the way.