Blanco River map
Author Wes Ferguson contacted me in autumn of 2014 to talk about commissioning a map for his book The Blanco River. The book was slated for publication in 2015–and then came the Memorial Day floods. Two years later, after Wes […]
Ox-Bow School of Art
Summer in Texas is a time to daydream about northern lakes. In August, a last-minute opening in a watercolor class I’d long wanted to attend aligned with a hole in my work schedule. I snatched up the opportunity to spend […]
Maps for The 606
Chicago is ready to welcome a new trail system built from the remnants of an industrial rail line and I am pleased to have collaborated with The Trust for Public Land to make three print maps intended for on-the-ground use. I […]
Best printer in Chicago: a tour
Since I was little, I’ve loved visiting my dad’s print shop. The smell of ink, the shiny wooden floors of the plant, the friendly receptionists in front, the phone lines and job boards and copy machines. Neat stack after neat […]
Custom maps in Tribeza magazine
Austin’s TRIBEZA magazine featured my custom map work in their November 2013 article “Classic Crafts”. Despite a case of the jitters, it was good fun to have photographer Kenny Braun and writer S. Kirk Walsh over to the studio. We […]