News. 3.27.08

Bad news first- my Representative, Richard Solomon lost his office, and years of work in the New York crane collapse two weeks ago. I've posted a commentary on drawger, if you would like to find out more.
Fortunately, no one from Richard's group was there. They surely would have been amongst the casualties.
Unfortunately, I, along with everyone else, lost original art to the random event. My first Gold medal winner from the Society of Illustrators- Edgar Cacey, the Sleeping Prophet, and the angel/divers illustration were lost.

Good news now-
New work completed for Virginia Living- the Gibson Girl.





















An older piece for the National Folk Festival to share.





















My wife and I will be traveling back to New York to attend the Society of Illustrators Advertising/Uncomissioned show. I will be picking up my second gold medal from this year's annual!

The advertising project that I created for Pacifico Beer's El Pulpo, which was comissioned by Creature Seattle is up in Venice Beach. It will also be painted on a VW van in California, as an extension of the "street" campaign.
















My visit to CCA and San Francisco was amazing! My wife was able to attend, and we were treated very well. Thank you to Barron Storey, Owen Smith, and Alexis Mahrus for facilitating the visit. I sat in on Owen's critique, gave a short demonstration, and held a lecture.

NEWS

I have recently returned from the Editorial and Book awards ceremony at the Society of Illustrators, where my "Shipwreck" illustration was presented a Gold medal! My wife was in attendance with me, along with art director Tyler Darden, and his lovely wife. My wife and I will be attending the Advertising show later this month (March) to pick up a second Gold medal!

The Communication Arts magazine feature article on my work, written by Matthew Porter is now on the news stands! Thank you to CA, Matthew Porter, and all of the people who took the time to be interviewed in the article.

I will be giving a lecture at CCA in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 12th at 7 pm. The lecture is slated for the Boardroom on the S.F. campus. I will either be giving a demonstration, or sitting in as a guest critic, before the lecture. My wife and I are looking forward to catching up with old friends and visiting some of California's beautiful landmarks.

The beautifully designed RVA magazine in Virginia featured eight pages of my work and a very nice Q and A write up.

New work for Rolling Stone is now on the news stand. It is an illustration for the album review of the Black Crowes new release.

The Richmond Times Dispatch wrote a very nice piece on art director Tyler Darden, and myself.

The latest issue of Virginia Living Magazine featuring my illustration of the "Gibson Girl" is now on the new stand.