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A Baaaad Arrangement
June 15
For Utne Reader, on key environmental groups that are beholden to corporate money, and therefore end up working on...
GOP ("O" for obsolete)
May 9
In the age of Obama, the GOP seems in danger of self imposed extinction, as they appear to inhabit an ...
God is Black
January 24
The title for this essay "God is Black" is about all I had to go on at the TIME, as it was not yet written....
Goodbye Mr. Bush
January 2
It was good to receive an assignment from TIME outlining the many crimes of the outgoing administration. I could not...
Birds: Then and Now
December 23
Birds have always intrigued me, and I'm happy to use them as a metaphor now and then. These images were commissioned in...
Futility
December 5
Is anyone else having trouble getting their head around the constant talk of billions of dollars? And just when you...
A Prayer
December 4
I've had occasions to illustrate commentaries, naratives, lessons and poetry, but never a prayer until now. The image...
Autumn Falls Away
November 18
The Leaves are on the ground in Eastern Pennsylvania as we begin to turn our thoughts to Winter and our interiors. To...
The Second Gilded Age
June 2
What a great time to be alive...if you're a Robber Baron. The Cookie Jar has been raided by the GOP and corporate...
A Day for Reflection
January 21
Martin Luther King Day. Time to reflect upon concepts we hope can one day be realized....peace through courage, and...
Applying Abstract Textures to the Human Form
March 18
Using the abstract piece from the earlier post, I began experimenting with what might happen if it were applied to the...
When not creating art on demand
March 17
I try to remain disciplined about using my "down time" constructively. Here is one in a series of...
Punch the cop, Judy the judge
February 23
Just don't get stopped for a traffic violation in L.A. as this image illustrates. This cover art was for the LATimes on...
Back to the Future
January 19
So I return to the place that inspired me to pursue my passion for drawing. It's tempting to say that my new role at...
Martin Luther King
January 15
Few public figures stir the heart and soul like Martin Luther King did, and still does. When my kids were small, I'd...
Still in Theater Mode
January 6
This job about intellectual property and the performing arts, landed in a timely way, since lately I've had occasion to...
This one's for RAG
November 9
Thumped!
November 9
Where's the Bacon?
September 20
For those of us that feel less than tidy as concerns our studios....here is a glimpse of the late great Francis Bacon &...
What was he thinking?
September 19
Today's illo, on the Pope's unfortunate comments. I wanted an austere image, to emphasize how polarizing religion can...
While on the Subject of religious icons
September 6
This self portrait, more in the spirit of Nietzsche, I suppose, is titled "a bad day in the studio". I'm really not...
A reflective moment...
July 5
A belated Happy 4th of July all !!! We are finally back from a lengthy vacation at the shore, and my cold turkey from...
My Father...
June 15
My father, William Gothard, has spent his entire life painting and drawing, and continues to paint nearly every day...
X-RAY fetish...
May 1
Confession: I've always loved the ghostly B&W quality of x-ray's. I usually manage to convince doctors to let me have...
Randy & Woody
April 19
Resurrected...
April 17
Unearthed this in my studio recently - Circa '77-'78. Funny thing is, I still FEEL like I can leap tall buildings in a...
Slow day here, too.
April 14
Remember when....
February 11
OK - so I'm gonna try to get this articles thing happenin right here and now. A number of us have been in the illo biz...
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