Monday, December 11, 2006

(n25)news.

i have recently finished a cover for the progessive and the new back page for virginia living magazine.

the progressive article was entitled "a new kind of friendly fire", which was written on sexual harrassment in the military.

the virginia living illustration is shown below. here is the text that i wrote to accompany the image:

Could words have killed our ninth President? On March 4, 1841, without coat, hat, or gloves, Virginia born William Henry Harrison, delivered the longest inauguration speech in United States history. For nearly two hours, Harrison addressed the crowd. Prolonged exposure to the elements led to a cold one week later. Harrison's cold quickly developed into pneumonia, and within a month, the shortest Presidential term in United States history came to an end with the death of William Henry Harrison.

my concept shows both the inauguration, when viewed upright, and the funeral, when viewed on it's side (see images and detail).


Sunday, December 03, 2006

(n24) news. december 3. 2006

OVERVIEW:

10 illustration were accepted into the Society of Illustrators New York Annual competition! All of the selected images were in categories other than Book, which I served on the jury for. The maximum allowed in the show for an individual artist is 5 + any medals that you receive, so I had to narrow my entries down to six from the 10 selected.

I received a Gold Medal (my first) from the Society of Illustrators New York Annual competition in the Editorial category for the "Sleeping Prophet" illustration! The illustration was commissioned by Tyler Darden for the back page of Virginia Living magazine. I'm thrilled to win this with Tyler, as we've been working together for years now.

The medal winning illustration and eight of the other nine selected entries are shown below:









 
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