Time Out New York: Hot Seat - I 've been doing the portraits for the weekly Hot Seat column for almost four years now. It's been an enormous challenge, both artistically and professionally, to be able to turn out a piece each week, every week. I feel like my skills have improved tremendously by always having to solve this week's artistic challenge. Some weeks I'm very inspired, either by the subject or the idea I've come up with, other weeks, not so much.

I have a story about doing each and every one of these pieces, but it would make this ridiculously long page even longer. So let's just do a roll call, starting at the top with the most recent piece:

John Krasinski

Trey Anastasio
Juliette Binoche
Andre Leon Talley
Nina Garcia
Vincent Kartheiser
Ashton Kutcher
Rob Riggle
Zach Galifianakis
Adam Brody
Rupert Grint
Bruno
Julia Allison
Lauren Conrad
Anna Paquin
Edie Falco
Ed Helms
Christopher Guest
James Carville
Simon Pegg
Liev Schreiber
Bret Easton Ellis
Bernie Williams
Neko Case
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Bill Hader
Kiera Knightley
Jason Segel
Bryan Cranston
Lauren Graham
Kathy Griffin
Danny McBride
Keith David
Jack McBrayer
Brandon Flowers
Jose Garcia
Flight of the Conchords
Brett Michaels
John Cleese
Benicio Del Toro
Michael Ian Black
Craig Robinson
Elton John
Tom Colicchio
Paul Rudd
Mystery
Elizabeth Moss
John Hodgman
Sarah Vowell
Michael Cera
Vanessa Williams
Peter Scarsgaard
Chuck Klosterman
Anne Slowey
Craig Bierko
Anna Faris
Billy Bob Thornton
Ashley Jensen
Rainn Wilson
Luther Campbell
David Duchovny
Ricky Gervais
Kim Gordon
Matthew Broderick
Common
Steve Carrel
Lin Manuel Miranda
Marisa Tomei
Uwe Boll
James Frey
Famke Janssen
Ira Glass
Neil Patrick Harris
Padma Lakshmi
Patrick Stewart
Kim Deal
David Schwimmer
Woody Harrelson
Paul Giamatti
Patti Lupone
Michael McDonald
Hope Davis
Emily Mortimer
Rob Thomas
Salt N Pepa
Harvey Keitel
Clay Aiken
Wyclef Jean
Richard Simmons
Helena Bonham Carter
Tim Roth
John Cusack
Zooey Deschanel
Noah Baumbach
Crispin Glover
Bob Saget
Roger Daltrey
Anthony Hopkins
Tom Stoppard
Joaquin Pheonix
Ang Lee
Josh Schwartz
Emily Blunt
Donna Karan
Michael Douglas
Rob Zombie
Feist
Star Jones
Raoul Felder
Neil Gaiman
Harry Shearer
Glenn Close
Sienna Miller
Ben Benepe
Bryan Ferry
Mandy Moore
Billy Connolly
Christine Ebersole
Mike Wallace
Lily Allen
Carmen Electra
Joy Behar
Gina Gershon
Richard Meier
Kevin Connolly
Russell Simmons
Kevin Spacey

Jane Pratt

 

 

 
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