Bibliography

Catalogues

  • Ebert-Gray, Catherine. Art in the Embassies Exhibition: United States Embassy Port Moresby. January 2017. Illustrations: Hooded Pitta, Dollarbird, On Demon Pond.

  • Harrison Drake, Renee. Art Collection of the Consulate General of the United States: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Art in the Embassies Program, United States Department of State, 2009. Illustrations: Tufted Jay (detail, reproduced twice), 2008; Barred Forrest-Falcon, 2008; Ornate Hawk-Eagle, 2008.

  • Jacob, Mary Jane. The Annual. Pro Arts, 1989. Illustration: Richard and Mockingbird – Navigation, 1986–87.

  • Jones, Harvey. Oakland’s Artists ’90. The Oakland Museum, 1990. Illustration: Woody.

  • National Art Against AIDS. Art Against AIDS. National Art Against AIDS, 1989. Illustration: Richard Navigating, 1988.

  • Johnson, Robert Flynn, and Bruce Nixon. David Tomb. Foreword by Jacquelin Pilar. Fresno Art Museum, 2000.

  • Wolfe, Townsend. 7th Biennial National Drawing Invitational. The Arkansas Art Center, 1998. Illustrations: Quiet Conversations, 1987; Richard Haldol Artane, 1987–89.

  • Wolfe, Townsend. Visions: Contemporary Drawings from the James T. Dyke Collection. Naples Museum of Art; Arkansas Art Center, 2007. Illustration: Noah, p. 31.

Brochures

  • Contemporary Realist Gallery. David Tomb. Contemporary Realist Gallery, 1990. Illustrations: Duane II, 1990; Navigation, 1990.

  • Freedman, Tracy, and Michael Hackett. New Bay Area Painting. Contemporary Realist Gallery, 1989. Illustration: Fall Migration, 1988.

Articles

  • American Psychologist 51, no. 9 (September 1996). Cover illustration: Lee Vilensky, 1993.

  • American Psychologist 52, no. 12 (December 1997). Cover illustration: Billy Nayer in Moonlight.

  • Baker, Kenneth. “Judging the Art and the Jury.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 1989.

  • Baker, Kenneth. San Francisco Chronicle, September 22, 1990.

  • Baker, Kenneth. “Dennis Leon’s Rough Bronzes/Drawings at Weiss Gallery.” San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 1995, pp. E1–2. Illustration: A.S.L. No. 1, 1995.

  • Baker, Kenneth. “Portraits of Energy and Immediacy.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 26, 2003, p. D10. Illustration: Feeling Groovy, 2003; J.J., 2003.

  • Baker, Kenneth. “A Body of Work Inextricably Linked to the Artist’s Persona, Self Analysis.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, pp. E1, 10. Illustration: Whiskered Mencher, 2005.

  • Baker, Kenneth. “Bay Area Visual Arts Picks: Endangered Birds of the Philippines, March 6.” March 5, 2014.

  • Bateria (German Art and Literature Journal), no. 12, 1992, pp. 25–26, 37, 57, 77.

  • Bridson, Susan. “San Francisco Siren Song.” Three Village Herald (NY), July 11, 1990.

  • Brunson, Jamie. “Fresh Start: New Galleries Inject Life into Downtown Oakland.” Artweek, March 1, 1990.

  • Cheng, Dewitt. “David Tomb: ‘Borderland Birds/Aves Fronterizas’ at Electric Works.” Art Ltd., July 2010. Illustration: Border Troop, p. 17.

  • Cotinga, no. 36 (Autumn 2014). Journal of the Neotropical Bird Club. Cover illustration: Tufted Jays.

  • Cotinga, no. 42 (June 2020). Cover illustration: Thick-billed Parrot.

  • Cotinga, no. 48 (July 2026). Cover illustration: Collared Forest-Falcon.

  • “David Tomb: ‘Ogle.’” The Week (NY), July 18, 2003. Illustration: Mencher, 2003.

  • Hamlin, Jesse. “They’ve Got Personality.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2000, pp. D1, D4. Illustrated.

  • Harper’s Magazine 303, no. 1817 (October 2001): 17. Illustration: Navigation, 1990.

  • Harrison, Helen A. “The Pacific View Lives On.” New York Times (Long Island), July 22, 1990, p. 11.

  • Helfand, Glen. “Bay Beat.” San Francisco Focus Magazine, p. 99.

  • Hunter, Elizabeth. Village Times, July 19, 1990.

  • Huston, Johnny Ray. “Best of 2008 – Year in Review.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 24–30, 2008, p. 42.

  • Koppman, Debra. “Previews.” Artweek 24, no. 6 (July/August 2003): 6. Illustration: Paul Wonner.

  • Miller, George Oxford. “Last Chance for the World’s Rarest Eagle.” Living Bird, Spring 2012, 28–35.

  • Monroe, Donald. “New Exhibitions Take Roost at the Fresno Art Museum.” The Munro Review (blog), January 26, 2018. Illustration: detail, Rock and Rockfowl.

  • “Museums and Galleries.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 19, 2000, p. 25. Illustration: Cory.

  • The New Yorker, May 29, 1995, p. 22. Illustration: Ouattara, 1995.

  • The New Yorker, August 21 & 28, 1995, p. 26. Illustration: Nusrat-Fateh Ali Kahn.

  • The New Yorker, September 18, 1995, p. 22. Illustration: Painkiller, Cory McAbee, 1987–94.

  • The New Yorker, November 6, 1995, p. 45. Illustration: Arvo Pärt.

  • The New Yorker, November 27, 1995, p. 51. Illustration: Ken Saro-Wiwa.

  • The New Yorker, April 1, 1996, p. 26. Illustration: Barry Yourgrau, 1996.

  • The New Yorker, April 29 & May 6, 1996, p. 18. Illustration: Ron Brown Dance Company.

  • The New Yorker, January 29, 1996, p. 12. Illustration: F. Murray Abraham.

  • The New Yorker, September 30, 1996, p. 8. Illustration: Electra National Theater of Greece.

  • The New Yorker, December 9, 1996, p. 22. Illustration: Joy Kellman Dance Company.

  • The New Yorker, December 23 & 30, 1996, p. 33. Illustration: Charlie Milgrim.

  • The New Yorker, April 14, 1997, p. 16. Illustration: Sonny Rollins.

  • The New Yorker, June 16, 1997, p. 25. Illustration: Lois V. Vierk, Eric Ewazen.

  • The New Yorker, July 7, 1997, p. 8. Illustration: Jane Atkinson, Ruben Santiago-Hudsen & Josef Sommer in Henry VIII.

  • The New Yorker, September 29, 1997, p. 82. Illustration: Arthur Golden.

  • The New Yorker, March 16, 1998, p. 19. Illustration: Richard Goode.

  • The New Yorker, January 25, 1999, p. 14. Illustration: Manuel Neri.

  • The New Yorker, May 24, 1999, p. 12. Illustration: Steve Paxton.

  • New York Times Book Review, February 11, 1996. Cover illustration.

  • Pincus, Robert C. “A World in Flux.” The San Diego Union-Telegram, March 24, pp. Up Front 4, 6. Illustration: Frank Lobdell, 2005.

  • “Portraits with Soul.” Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA), December 26, 1999, p. H5. Illustration: Quiet Conversation, 1987.

  • Roche, Harry. “The Real Thing.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 20, 1997, p. 59. Illustration: Bukowski, 1992.

  • Roche, Harry. “Art.” S.F. Weekly, November 15–21, 2000, p. 43.

  • Rodriguez, Richard. “‘Great Wall of America’ and the threat from within cynicism, hypocrisy and an entirely un-American urge to exclude are the foundation of the barrier that stretches along the border with Mexico.” Los Angeles Times, Sunday Opinion, September 5, 2010.

  • Seed, John. “Nothing Worth Anything is Easy.” Huffington Post, February 10, 2011. Illustration: Frank Lobdell.

  • Seed, John. “Bird-Loving Artist David Tomb on his Recent Palo Alto Residency and Exhibition.” The Huffington Post, April 30, 2016. HuffPost Arts & Culture. Web reference dated May 2016.

  • Seed, John. “David Tomb: The Art of Saving the Great Philippine Eagle.” Huffington Post, January 23, 2012.

  • Shaw, Kurt. “Four Artists Put New Works on Display at Michael Berger Gallery.” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 2, 2007.

  • Swanhuyser, Hiya, and Joyce Slaton. “Night & Day.” S.F. Weekly, July 16–22, 2003, p. 27.

  • The Threepenny Review 15, no. 3 (Fall 1994). Illustration: cover & pp. 4, 7, 8, 11, 15.

  • The Threepenny Review 18, no. 3 (Fall 1997). Illustration: Cover & pp. 3, 7, 10, 13, 22–24.

  • Van Proyen, Mark. Artweek, February 25, 1989.

  • Van Proyen, Mark. “A Reflective Protagonist.” Artweek, April 22, 1989. Illustration: Hibernation.

  • Van Proyen, Mark. Artweek, May 10, 1990.

Books

  • American Illustration 15. American Illustration, 1996. Illustration: Cory McAbee.

  • Lewis, Daniel. Belonging to an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai’i. Yale University Press, 2018. Cover illustration: Oriental White-Eye.

  • Artists of the Bay Area. Jen Tough Gallery, 2021. Illustrations: Rufous Hornbill, Yellow-breasted Fruit-Doves, Bornean Bristlehead.

  • Wildlands. Jen Tough Gallery, 2021. Illustration: Rock and Rockfowl.