This image was for a short story titled Emergency Nine for a book on golf related stories published by Golf Digest magazine. The story is about two buddies playing nine holes, one late afternoon. One of the guys plays the best nine holes of his life, he decides to keep playing through in darkness to finish the entire 18 holes. It was the game of a life time, shooting a 69.

Here are some shots from the opening of the Arena Stage Show @ The Society of Illustrators on May 24th, 2007. From the top: Charles Hively & Sarah Munt; Edel Rodriguez, David Flaherty, Ellen Weinstein & Olaf Hajek; Olaf Hajek, Jody Hewgill & Balvis Rubess; the party on the terrace continued to the wee hours. The show included works by Mike Benny, Marc Burckhardt, Olaf Hajek, Jody Hewgill, Gary Kelley, Wilson McLean, Balvis Rubess and Mark Ulriksen and continues until June 23rd. Check out the article in Playbill

This is an illustration for The New Yorker magazine of a film from New Zealand titled Eagle vs. Shark.  For these jobs, I usually go to a movie screening, or get a DVD to watch, but this time all I had to work from was the film's website.  It's full of clips, downloads, and a catchy song that keeps me coming back to the site.  Check it out HERE, it has some pretty cool graphics too.

I recently worked with the very cool Joy Olivia Miller, Art Director of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a magazine that covers global security topics especially related to the dangers posed by nuclear weapons, also encompassing environmental issues and emerging technologies. The magazine has been published continuously since 1945. This year, it's the 2007 National Magazine Awards Winner for General Excellence. They are most famously known as being the keepers of the Doomsday Clock.

A Recent image for Associations Now Magazine. This story dealt with

five different personalities they predicted would be more valuable in future businesses.