Happy Holidays and to a Happier NEW 2010

"Playing with Pictures- The Art of Victorian Photocollage"

This illustration is in this weeks New Yorker about an upcoming show at the Met. Here is a blurb from the magazine:

"Decades before the avant-garde—from Cubists to Constructivists—hit on the technique of collage, Victorian ladies were taking scissors to photographs and then embellishing the whimsical results with watercolor. The Met exhibits some fifty examples of this technique in “Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage.”

The Look of Women in Politics

Just what is the difference between men and women in politics? How do women handle the issues differently than men? And why, if women make up 51% of the US population only 17% make up the US Senate?

In today's Boston Globe OpEd section

Flattered

This print is featured on Dooce.com for their Holiday Gift Guide. I am truly honored to be included in the wonderful collection. Thanks Dooce!

The Atlantic

Sandra Tsing Loh reviews books on "Being a Bad Mother" for the December issue of The Atlantic and I had the pleasure of illustrating the article.

Philadelphia Magazine

This illustration is for a story about the struggles, hardships and eventual happiness that many married women face when they realize that they are lesbians later in life.

Seattle Magazine- Social Media

Here is an illustration for the current Seattle Magazine. The author decided to become "unplugged" from all of the social media outlets that completely consumed her life.

AI-AP Party

I'm headed to the American Illustration party tomorrow and I'm so excited to be a part of the exhibit. It's an honor to be included in this great publication alongside some of my favorite illustrators.

Associations Now

This image is for the current issue of Associations Now. It was a blast to draw. Thanks Beth for the job!

"The Great Urban Everest"

This is the current illustration for the "No Need For Speed" column in Runner's World Magazine. The column is about how running a marathon is an achievable goal which people of all ages and at all levels set for themselves.

"Finishing one’s first marathon is – or can be – an act of transformation as it was for me. It can be the highest point in our lives, a place from which we look down on all of what we’ve been. That point may be at sea level instead of 29,000 feet, but it is a view than cannot be matched."

Another OpEd

"Women, if you’re happy and you know it ...
Feminism made me happy? Not, I assure you, in a permanent state of good cheer. It opened doors. It opened our eyes -- to everything including what still needs to be done."

I love doing these OpEd illustrations. Not only are the stories always interesting, but the fast pace of the whole job is exhilarating. Having only a few hours to complete the sketches and the final really doesn't leave much room to mess around. It's a great feeling to be so focused. This illustration is in today's paper.

October "Coupling"

Here are the "Coupling" illustrations from this past month for the Boston Globe Magazine.

New Etsy Shop

Hey- I just opened a new Etsy shop selling 8"x10" Giclee prints of my "Fashion Portraits". The prints are printed on Allure Rag 100% cotton, acid free and archival paper. Take a look if you get a chance!
http://www.kimrosen.etsy.com

Hand Lettering

I love type. I love illustration. I decided to combine the two in the past couple of weeks. Here are some hand drawn type experiments.

Boston Globe- OpEd

Created yesterday, in the paper today.

"Any day now, women are expected to overtake men in the American workforce. Sadly, the wage gap hasn't closed. Women working full time now make 77 cents for every dollar men earn, which is just about where the ratio was in 1993."