Three large wood panels were installed for the Summer rotation at 225 W. Washington. The third of four for the calendar year of 2010. They are from the series Pine Trees influenced by a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Painted in oil on 4′ X 8′ birch panels in impressionistic style. Rich colors and visible brush strokes are the dominant features. A bit different from the previous rotations which are mostly contemporary. Thanks to Jeff Balkansky, general manager of the building, whose collaboration is the main ingredient for the success of this project.

A new category was added to artclicker.com, the online stock illustration library. I named the series “Newarker”. Light humor depicting everyday life. Pencil and watercolor on paper.

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New category added to Artclicker, the stock illustration company. It is called Garden. Tightly rendered illustrations of plants, flowers and fruits in oil, watercolor and color pencil.

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A new category for artclicker.com, the on-line stock illustration library. I named it Camouflage. Spontaneous water reactions combined with defined blacks created familiar shapes and compositions.

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A new category for artclicker.com, the on-line stock illustration library. I named it Silhouettes. Add personality with chalk feel. Great fun working on these.

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More art was produced for the DC agency Adworks. The series was created for the Cleveland Clinic national ad campaign. The creative director is John McEown. His leadership ensures the success of the project.

My approach to create the lines is consistent on every drawing. The first thought is to be irrational with the lines. Quick concepts of continuous lines created in pencil without references. References may influence the imagination, but the final product is usually toned down for legibility.

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2 covers, 4 full-page and 40 spot illustrations were completed today. This by far is my best effort.  I am starting to understand my responsibility as a book illustrator. My solid drawing foundation was definitely put to test. Illustration styles were chosen specifically to fit the flavor of the stories. The spot illustrations were created to blend with the copy creating one composition. Strong drawings combined with spacial understanding of the layouts were the two main ingredients for the success of this project.

Miss Maggie  http://greatsketch.com/show.php?i=87

The Wedding Basket  http://greatsketch.com/show.php?i=86

The Jade Stone  http://greatsketch.com/show.php?i=88

The Girl and the Chenoo  http://greatsketch.com/show.php?i=90

New category added to Artclicker.com, the stock illustration library. I named it Kitchen Aid, retro graphic illustrations of kitchen items. Strong color lines on black created in vector.

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In 2009 the Roundtable, a series of 3 books of short stories and poems,was published by the Greatbooks Foundations which is located in downtown Chicago. I was excited when informed that I was awarded all of the illustrations for these three books. This project that took 7 months to complete consisted of 45 B/W illustrations, 3 full color oil paintings and 3 posters. The B/W illustrations of various executions were placed at the beginning of each story, for the covers, oil paintings were created combining the characters from various stories and each poster represented a story from each level, that I autographed personally at the National Book Conference in Indianapolis.

This was an important assignment because of the size and the freedom I was given by the editors. I first read the stories, then 3 sketches with brief descriptions of the techniques I suggested for each story were produced. The editors pick the selections and then executions of the final art. The collaborations with the editors went extremely well. The project was well received by the entire staff at Greatbooks. The pieces outstanding and perfectly executed with flair and uniqueness. Upon the completion of this project, I feel strongly that I have grown as an artist.

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Artclicker.com, my stock art company has a library that is different from most on-line stock illustration sites. Most of the inventory in stock illustration companies consist of the same topics and styles,quality is varied from artist to artist and volume becomes most important. Artclicker’s library is diverse, rich in creativity and quality, archived in unique categories. Customers can utilize the dynamic visuals for promotion, advertising, design, and publishing. Fees to purchase rights are competitive. Artclicker.com premiers Fall 2010.