Van Morrison

"Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl ," The New Yorker, February 9 & 16, 2009

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"Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl" by Van Morrison was recorded last November. Art director Max Bode asked me to do an illustration for the album's upcoming release. I decided to revisit the feel of my Kimya Dawson piece but with shapes implying the Hollywood Bowl and the color palette from the original album art for "Astral Weeks."

"Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl ," alternate version
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I also did a second, trippier version inspired by psychedelic artists Peter Max, Tadanori Yokoo and medieval star charts.

More "On the Horizon" illustrations here.

Amble through Bramble

My good friend Morgan Levine will be on the Martha Stewart Show, Wednesday at 11am on NBC. She will be featured in two segments explaining how to fold crepe paper flowers.

Morgan's also set up an online store, Amble through Bramble, where you can buy her paper flowers (dipped in resin) as barrettes or brooches! She also has invited Emily L. Eibel and me to sell prints and original works in her Guest Exhibition section!

All of my signed ultrachrome prints are on archival Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper (5 x 7 inches) and inside clear archival sleeves.

Black and White Psychedelia

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An unused background for an upcoming illustration.

Soul of Shaolin prints

Soul of Shaolin, edition of 100 archival ultrachrome prints on Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper

(7.877" x 2.25", including a 0.5" border all around)

Legendary producer Bob Nederlander ordered 100 prints of my Soul of Shaolin illustration! He was also generous enough to invite me to the opening- the first Chinese production ever done on Broadway.

Just a reminder- all images on jasharawan.com are available as archival giclée prints. Please contact me for more details.

Young Mr. Lincoln

"Young Mr. Lincoln," The New Yorker, January 19, 2009

Here's my illustration of Henry Fonda in John Ford's classic 1939 film, "Young Mr. Lincoln." I have yet to see the movie- it's been in my Netflix queue for almost as long as I've had a Netflix account. I'm sure it will make it's way to the top some day...

Above are some attempts at drawing Fonda in character (fake nose and all) and below is the clip of the movie I watched before getting started.

Read "Daddy Long Legs" by Anthony Lane here.

New Yorker Desk Diary 2009

an unused Highline sketch, 2007

This year's New Yorker desk diary features my illustration of Highline Park. You can pick up your own 2009 desk calendar here.

Happy New Year

Battery Park, December 19, 2008

Here are a handful of personal highlights from 2008:

- Taschen
- Auto Repair/ Horse Wash
- Gold!!!
- How I spent my Labor Day Weekend
- Signal Watch
- Welcome Friend or Foe

Special thanks to all of the art directors I worked with over the past year. I'm looking forward to hearing from you in 2009! Check out my '08 published work here.

Happy New Year! Be seeing you!