MURRAY TINKELMAN Watergate Op-Ed illustration

Original editorial illustration depicting the Watergate scandal by the master of cross-hatching, Murray Tinkelman. I was fortunate to have been a student of Murray's at Syracuse University... a life changing experience for me.

Murray Tinkelman is an award-winning artist and illustrator who has won gold medals from the Society of Illustrators, The New York Art Directors Club and the Society of Publications Designers. His artwork has appeared in countless publications, including newspapers, magazines, children's books, book covers and advertisements. He has had a one-man exhibit of his baseball art at The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York and The United States Sports Academy in Daphne, Alabama. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, and the New Britain Museum of American Art.

Tinkelman received the 1995 Sports Artist of the Year from The United States Sports Academy, the 1970 Artist of the Year award from The Graphic Arts Guild in New York City, and the 2001 Syracuse University Faculty Service Citation. Tinkelman was the recipient of the 1999 Distinguished Educator in the Arts award by the Society of Illustrators in New York and was elected into the Society of Illustrators Hall Of Fame in 2013.