The New Yorker

New Yorker Series

Summer 2012

In a Jim-Davis-meets-Eustace-Tilley mindset, I aimed to capture my visions of the “New Yorker.” This series is an evolution of “Strange Dreams.” I began each piece by drawing rhythmically—rather absent-mindedly—into the newsprint. Slowly, a form started to come together. Once I had a character in mind, I worked to give each New Yorker an essence. I used watercolor on those skeletons to bring my visions to life.

At the time I was spending a lot of time in New York, very different parts of New York, with very different people. I was always kind of struck by the stratification of the boroughs and neighborhoods. Like different ecosystems, and the inhabitants of that world, different consumers, I was amazed this was all “New York." The animals I chose, the colors, accessories, facial expressions, composition, are all meant to invoke different places in New York, there is meant to be humor in these observations, but it is also a critique on class, and segregation