Edel Rodriguez creates deceptively simple, beautifully designed visual semaphores that distill perfectly the essence of an article. (more)

Edel Rodriguez redefines booted and unhorsed for today's Op-Ed in The New York Times on the firing of General McChrystal. (more)

Edel Rodriguez illustrates the Op-Ed page in today’s New York Times for a piece titled, “Prosecuting Crimes Against the Earth.” (more)

This week's New Yorker magazine showcases the work of five ispotters. (more)

Communication Arts Magazine's gorgeous 51st Illustration Annual hits the stands this month boasting work from 34 ispotters. (more)

Edel Rodriguez illustrates the downfall of just about everything we’ve ever held in high esteem for this week’s Time Magazine.  “In the past decade, nearly every pillar institution in American society — whether it's General Motors, Congress, Wall Street, Major League Baseball, the Catholic Church or the mainstream media — has revealed itself to be corrupt, incompetent or both.” (more)

This year, the SI celebrates its 52^nd year of exhibiting the best that illustration has to offer.  Congratulations to the 21 ispotters whose work was chosen for the Advertising and Institutional show, many with multiple pieces.  Here are a few samples of their outstanding work. (more)

The March issue of the Atlantic features work by two ispotters. (more)

“Here | There” at Gallery Nucleus is Edel Rodriguez’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, featuring a collection of over 40 new paintings, drawings, assemblages, and sculptures. Influenced by the culture and myths of his native Cuba, along with American pop culture, Edel’s work deals with narratives about race, violence, mortality, and cultural displacement. With an emphasis on process, his work utilizes materials such as coffee, sugar, cedar, cotton, leather and ash. (more)