This past Saturday, Rick Tulka’s elegant caricature of President Obama had the great opportunity to make the political rounds. The American University of Paris, where Tulka’s wife Brenda works, held a tremendous gala in which one of the guests of honor was the American Ambassador to France. The president of the university purchased the beautiful print of Monsieur Obama, which was then presented to the ambassador the following day:

We have our finger’s crossed that the President himself may actually see this awesome portrait! Please stay tuned to see if the man of the hour ever meets his doppelganger.

An interview with Rick Tulka has been featured on David Wasting Paper’s blog, and it is a wonderful way to learn more about this clever cartoonist. Take a look here to learn a bit about Rick’s process, his inspirations, and other fun facts!

Charles Hively, Publisher and Creative Director of “3×3, the Magazine of Contemporary Illustration” recently gave a series of lectures in London and Paris about his illustration views. In Paris, he finally met up with one of his (and our) favorite illustrators, Rick Tulka, at his usual haunt, Le Sélect cafe. Charles is a long time owner of this portrait that captures Dylan’s essence so elegantly:

Charles wrote about their meeting on the 3×3 blog and we thought that you might enjoy taking a look at it here.