Mark Ulriksen

[1] Ulriksen's first significant illustration assignments came in 1993 from The New Yorker, at the time under the helm of editor Tina Brown, a relationship that has continued to this day.

Ulriksen's style incorporates his loves of dogs and baseball, as well as drawing on his family and friends (in a manner akin to Norman Rockwell) to serve as anonymous subjects for his illustrations.

It is a style that is expressionistic, quirky, angular, and painterly, with exaggerated features (usually very small hands and feet), but which captures the essence of his subjects dead-on with sweetness, light humor, and joy.

The cover, titled Watch Your Back Mountain was prompted by the hunting incident earlier in the month when Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured Harry Whittington.

A lifelong fan of baseball (in particular The Giants and The Boston Red Sox), Ulriksen is married to the photographer Leslie Flores.