Morning warm up.

 

Oil on canvas, 12" x 18" 

2012

I should probably go get that second cup of coffee.

It's what the cool kids were doing.

Over at Red Fox Literary, we've commenced with a little bi-weekly adventure, assigning ourselves a theme to inspire the making of some art, specifically some art that's not the job we're working on that particular week. This is really nice, as I'm right in the midst of a few projects that I'm not allowed to release anything from yet.

So that said, this image is confirmation that I'm still both alive and working as an illustrator.

Oh, and the theme was "summer."  Gouache on paper, 11" x 15".

In the (not Greenwich) Mean Time.

I'm currently neck deep in book projects, really exciting ones, actually, for which I'm contractually forbidden from posting any images at this time. When industry legal teams say "we'd prefer you not leap at this moment in time," well, far be it from me to ask "how high?" No, no, I contentedly stand around.

So in lieu of any new paintings, here are some restaurant place mats I drew on.

Ohhhh, Sea Monster.

17" x 22" oil on paper, 2012.

See monster. Sea monster.

Now available, folks!

The latest offering from author Bill Wise, Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy, which is, hey, illustrated by Adam Gustavson, is now both available and the recipient of some awfully nice reviews.



"At a time when deaf people were routinely called “Dummy,” William Hoy accepted and owned the nickname proudly.

". . . Employing rich descriptive language with just the right combination of drama and information, Wise emphasizes Hoy’s steadfastness and determination in his baseball exploits and in every endeavor before and after his career. Gustavson’s sharply detailed illustrations, rendered in oil on paper, follow the text faithfully and offer glimpses into the look and feel of life and baseball in the19th century. Line sketches of baseball action and hand signals fill the endpapers.

"A fascinating introduction to a little-known hero."

-Kirkus Reviews

Hey, an interview!

I recently sat down to an interview with the wonderful Jules at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. If you ask me to talk about myself, you're in for a lot of reading, but relax. It's got pictures!