A Scrapbook of Past Illustration Projects.
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"Lumbar Vertebrae" Oils on masonite. This picture changed my ideas about art. Completed in an hour, as a sketch for a background to a photo insert, the art director submitted it to the society of illustrators annual show and it got in.
Money Magazine Cover Illustration. Oils on illustration board. 1972. Your house is on fire, a tsunami is headed your way, lightning strikes everywhere, and a thief is one the roof. Where's your insurance policy?
Inspired by Escher. Acrylics on illustration board. Modern Medicine Magazine. 1975. Cloning and its philosophical implications.
Pharmaceutical Advertisement. Pastel, Colored Pencil and Oil Glaze. This is an accurate anatomical rendering of what is inside your sinuses when you get all stuffed up. Sort of...
"Lonely Men" Gouache on illustration board. 1982. Composed and steady middle age men, waiting on their mid-life crisis, sitting outside their houses, thinking about how they got here.
Sarasota Magazine Cover illustration for the inaugural issue. Acrylics on illustration board. April 1987. A metaphorical pop-up magazine with varied local stories of a little city in Florida that was once the home of the circus folks.
"Table Hopping" Oil on illustration Board. 1984. The local critic drops in on various restaurants in a Florida town.
"Dining Out" Sarasota Magazine. Watercolor on illustration board. 1984. I had learned to work small for easy mailing. This is approximately 4" x 4". I liked to style the characters into large geometric shapes but unfortunately the woman who wrote the food column thought it a personal insult.
"Chinese Food" Sarasota Magazine. Watercolor on illustration board. 7" x 7". I started with the main character's eyes and worked it out from there, with no particular idea and one thing led to another and it was done. I think the Chinese man is explaining how chopsticks work to the lady from Jersey City.
Italian Food" Sarasota Magazine. 1987. Watercolor on a tiny illustration board. 6" x 6" William Baily's horizontal compositions were an inspiration. "Who is the little man tossing the potato chip?" , someone asked me.
"Something Fishy" Sarasota Magazine. Oil on illustration board. At the time I saw a lot of seniors that looked like this. Now I am one.
New Business Magazine. I should have painted a $100 bill. The story was about a lot of new money steaming into the seaside Florida scene. This illustration was more like chump change. At the time, I must have been oblivious.
"The Fountain of Youth" Clubhouse Magazine. 1987. Watercolor and Acrylics on illustration board. An article about the many Florida fountains, claimed by various promoters as authentic. Visitors who taste the water report a strong, unpleasant mineral flavor, often described as smelling like sulfur.
"The New Arrival" Sarasota Magazine. Acrylic on illustration board. 1989. Article probing the anxiety of finding social standing in Florida. It helps to have a sizable bank account.
"Anxiety Attack" Sarasota Magazine. Oil on illustration board. I framed it on the wall at home and my daughter said she was afraid to walk past it at night.
"Running Noses". Illustration for article "Alergy Attack . Sarasota Magazine. Oils on illustration board. 5"x 5".
"Arcadia and the Rays" Sarasota Magazine article about AIDS and three hemophiliac brothers from Arcadia who received tainted blood transfusions and how the town reacted out of fear and ignorance. 1987.
"Roasting the Piggy " New Business magazine, 1988. Pig as in piggy bank...
Clubhouse Magazine Cover Acrylic on Illustration board. October, 1986.
"No Deal" New Business Magazine. Convincing the Committee to Invest...There was actually an investors club who met and auditioned business proposals. The irony was that few ever saw money, but were generally greeted contemptuously, ridiculed and made fun of. Sounds like a fun club.
Clubhouse Magazine. Handyman article. Acrylic on illustration board.
Clubhouse Magazine. 1987. Acrylic on illustration board. The Florida real estate issue.
Sarasota Magazine. "Bedside Stories" from a caregivers point of view. Pastel, Colored Pencils and Oils on illustration board.
"SRQ" The Sarasota Airport. Acrylic on illustration board. There was a time when the airline pilot would taxi down the runway, stop and jump out of the plane, and over the fence, run across the highway and get a McDonald's burger and fries back to the plane. Then take off.
"Florida Agriculture" New Business Magazine.
"Conversations" Acrylic on illustration board.
"On Turning 40" Watercolor and gouache. Unpublished.
"Fashion Wars" Oil painting on illustration board with Crystal Clear. A story of competing styles. 3.75" x 2.5"
"Legal Guns" New Business Magazine. The best lawyers in town. Acrylics on illustration board. 1988
"Palm Beach County Draws the Line" The Palm Beach County rules on boundaries. Gulf Shore Life Magazine.
"Employee Gripes about Company Rewards" Gulf Shore Life. The airline rewarded workers with cheap ribbons and medals, while the corporate profits suggested better.
"Setting Goals" Acrylics on illustration board. 1988.
"First Impressions" Oil on illustration board. Gallery Magazine. 1992.
"Little Theaters and How They Grew" The number of regional theaters in Florida had multiplied.
"Vacation Homes' Seculity" Gulf Shore Life Magazine. 1990.
"Fixing Employee Problems" Oils on illustration board, with Crystal Clear.
"Slavery in South Florida" Gulf Shore Life Magazine. 1992.
GulfShore Life Magazine Cover. Oils on masonite. 1991. Vegas money enters the competition with the Seminoles and the winner could rake in millions.
"Art of the Steal" Gallery Magazine. Acrylic on canvas. 1993. First place, New York Print Magazine Regional Design Award. Thanks to Mark VanTine.
Gallery Magazine. 1990. Oils on canvas.
"Men Who Hide their Feelings" Oil on illustration board. Gallery Magazine.
Ironically, most corporate leaders didn't use computers back in the early 90'S. Asian Wall Street Journal. PhotoShop. 2002.
"Business Balance" Asian Wall Street Journal. PhotoShop. 2002. The slow moving courts and the rapidly expanding telecomunication industry was the topic.
"Economic Dynamics" Asian Wall Street Journal. 2002. PhotoShop.
"Bull in a China Shop" Asian Wall Street Journal. 2001.
Asian Wall Street Journal, telecommunications article. PhotoShop. 2000.
"Buying Into the New Economy" Asian Wall Street Journal. May 11, 2000. New Investors pour money into the Asian markets.
Divorce In Denver Magazine. Mixed media and PhotoShop.
Divorce in Denver Magazine. PhotoShop.
India moves into the Asian Tech market. Asian Wall Street Journal. An 8 hour deadline, sent to Hong Kong over the ancient dial up internet service, arrived on time. 2001.
Australian Pharmaceutical Companies Prepare for Growth. Asian Wall Street Journal. PhotoShop. 2000.
Asian Wall Street Journal. Banking services were moving into the digital age, back then. 2000.
"Downsizing a Dinosaur" Asian Wall Street Journal. The breaking up of Toshiba.
"China's Charity Case" Health providers are caught in a web of red tape. Asian Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2001. PhotoShop.
"Environmentalism Is In the Air" Asian Wall Street Journal. PhotoShop. 2001.
"Titans Battle For Telecom Market" Dividing up the map...Asian Wall Street Journal. June 19, 2001.
"Digital Divide" Which countries will get wired fastest to compete in the New Economy? Asian Wall Street Journal . PhotoShop.
"Fighting For Investment" Investment anxiety crisis. Asian Wall Street Journal. March 12, 2001. PhotoShop.
"Playing Games With Hollywood" Video Games Jump into the Movies. Asian Wall Street Journal. July 31, 2001. PhotoShop.
"The Bond Market That Bombed" Asian Wall Street Journal. September10, 2001. A sonic whimper.
Crowds at the Patent Office. Asian Wall Street Journal.
"Tech Exports May Help Sustain Asia" Asian Wall Street Journal. PhotoShop. 2001.
"Toyota Defends Its Turf" Asian Wall Street Journal. 2001
Divorce In Denver Magazine Cover Illustration. PhotoShop
"Meeting the Ex's New Boyfriend" Divorce in Denver Magazine.
RMCAD Self Study Poster.
"Conversations" RMCAD Self Study Illustration. The abstract and the realist try to talk turkey.
"The Texas Bull Rider" Water Soluble Oils on masonite. Syacuse University Masters Program. 2000.
Drop in on Broadway. Subway poster. Syracuse University Masters Program.
"Untangling the Web" Tampa Bay Magazine. Acrylic on Illustration Board.
"Alexandra at Gravesend" PhotoShop.
"The Falling Girl" PhotoShop. This was inspired by a Flash Fiction story about a many looking out the window in a skyscraper.
"Last Look" Sarasota Magazine. PhotoShop. 2010.