Steppenmerch

 

In 1990, Nicky Lindeman and I designed and illustrated the book cover for Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, published by Henry Holt and Company. In preparation for an upcoming show of my work, I reverse image searched the cover to gather more information.

To my surprise, I came across hundreds of products from various vendors using the image of the cover or the entire cover on merchandise from t-shirts to tote bags to bibs to bedspreads. As a matter of fact, one of the vendors is selling over 100 of those items. All of this was done without asking for my permission.

 

 

 

Graphis Poster Awards 2026

I am glad to announce that among the various poster awards presented by this year's Graphis Magazine's Poster Awards 2026, my theater poster designs received one Platinum, two Gold, and four Silver medals.

These seven posters will be featured in the upcoming book Graphis Poster Annual 2026.

You can find more information about my theater posters here.

 

Poster for "Flyod Collins" Musical at LTC

My artwork for Floyd Collins, a new musical at Lincoln Center Theater.

The poster design and art are directed by Nicky Lindeman at Spotco. Since the play is based on an event that happened in 1925, the art director wanted the poster to have the look of the posters from that time.

Floyd Collins had its world premiere at the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia in 1994. It was followed by the off-Broadway debut at Playwrights Horizons in 1996 where it won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical. Due to its enduring cast recording, the musical has achieved a devoted following over the years.  This Lincoln Center Theater production will mark the long-awaited Broadway debut of this modern-day classic.

Floyd Collins is based on the true story of a cave explorer in Kentucky, 1925. While chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning Sand Cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he gets trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, including his brother Homer, Floyd fights for his sanity – and, ultimately, his life – as the rescue effort above explodes into the first genuine media circus. Reporters and gawkers from across the country descend on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath. Floyd Collins, featuring a haunting exploration of the American dream by Tina Landau and a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score by Adam Guettel, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.

You can see more of my theatre posters here.

My Teeth in the Theatre

My artwork on the posters and merchandise of Teeth—a new play at New World Stages, NYC. The poster is art directed by Nicky Lindeman at Spotco.

Dawn O’Keefe is an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret not even she understands—when men violate her, her body bites back. Literally. From Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs, Teeth, based on the cult classic film of the same name, is a fierce, rapturous and savagely entertaining new musical crackling with irrepressible desire and ancient rage—a dark comedy conjuring the legend of one girl whose sexual curse is also her salvation. 

You can see more images of the project here.