Art With Heart Cards
By Mark KaufmanWe just completed a project for Art With Heart, a great organization that provides non-traditional mental health support to youth facing trauma, illness, family dysfunction or homelessness. Art With Heart’s books and artistic workshops give kids a way to express both their suffering and strength. We designed 20+ greeting cards using the work […]
Mark Kaufman’s New Portfolios.com Page
I just signed up with Portfolios.com. See my page here. I have avoided this kind of online presence in the past. I am a little wary of the potential for new work to come out of this, but at this point I figure that anything I can do to drive folks to my site or […]
Buy/Sell American
By Mark KaufmanHere’s a spot I did for The Stranger in Seattle for an article about the Seattle Art Museum program of selling pieces in their collection in order to purchase "better" pieces of American art. Go figure.
Machine Gun Wielding Cartoonist. I Kid You Not.
By Mark KaufmanA 3 ½-hour standoff at The Miami Herald building ended without violence today as Miami police officers arrested cartoonist Jose Varela. — dressed in camouflage and carrying a submachine gun. Varela barricaded himself in the office of the top editor of El Nuevo Herald. The pen is mightier than the sword my ass. […]
Paul Rigby R.I.P
By Mark KaufmanEditorial cartoonist Paul Rigby has died in his native Australia at the age of 82. Mr. Rigby worked for many years for both the NY Post and the NY Daily News. While I don’t think I ever agreed with his point of view, his work alternately made me smile or get angry. The […]
Drawing Jam
By Mark KaufmanThe 7th Annual Gage Academy of Art Drawing Jam will be held on December 2, 2006 in Seattle. Twelve hours of drawing for all ages and abilities. Sounds like a great event, I’ve never been, but I think I will check it out this year. The photo is me from an event that […]
Fan Mail From Some Flounder
By Mark KaufmanIt was a happy day in our office last week. I recieved my first hate mail regarding an illustration. This is a detail of the piece in question. You can find a readable version of it on drawmark.com in the etc. section. The Filthy First Ladies project ran in the Stranger shortly after […]
Teatro India Poster
The rainy season is upon us in Seattle. Which got me to thinking about my trip to sunny Italy this summer and came across this poster for Teatro India in Rome.I don’t know who the artist is, but I will try to find out. I wish that my color palette was this bold. Man, I […]
Be True To Your Public School
By Mark KaufmanBrand spanking new cover done for the Isthmus in Madison, WI. Lead article is about whether or not the Madison school system should move towards charter schools.