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