recent paintings

I did these paintings for the Characters! Show at Studio 5216 in Los Angeles.

The opening is this Saturday (2-28-11) 6pm-11pm. free.

Studio 5216
5216 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

Here is the event info on Facebook.

Valentine girl

Valentine Girl. Markers and Colored Pencil

Local TV interview

part 1

part 2

My wife and I were interviewed for a local cable access TV show called, "A Woman's Worth is Worth Talking About", hosted by Sharon Narcisse.

Chinese New Year

my Taiwanese Mom asked me to make a thing for her Chinese New Year party.
Year of the Rabbit y'all.

Illustration Friday- Big Chicken

Big Chicken. yeah.
for Illustration Friday

Deja Vu

Deja Vu! for Illustration friday

Drip.

Prints for sale

Security. 16x20 coated, printed on canvas.

$55.

click here to go to my etsy shop

yes yes y'all

11"x17" acrylic on board

Oliver and the Magic Snowflake interactive children's book

I recently illustrated 2 children's booklets for a company that makes large mall structures.
The mall structure is called "The Ice Palace", and it ties in with Disney's Chronicles of Narnia "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" film. There are a handful of malls in the US that have this Ice Palace structure. Check the list here: International Plaza

Originally, I was hired to illustrate the free book that they give to children who visit the Ice Palace, but then they added a second interactive book for the website.

The story in the book/website stayed far away from the Narnia references, because of licensing restrictions.


You can check it the interactive book here:
Oliver and the Magic Snowflake

I did all the illustrations, and another outfit animated the elements and made it interactive.


Here is a page from the first book. I went from thumbnail (drawn on a post-it note) to final illustration. I had already illustrated most of the pages, so the sketch on this one didn't need to be very detailed, since I had already defined the characters.

Represent!

so at last I have representation... in the UK anyway.
The Sylvie Poggio agency.

woot!

Pepsi Refresh Everything grant

Hey, this arts group that I am involved with is trying to get a grant from Pepsi's Refresh Everything program. These people are awesome, and the town I live in really needs this. This would make a big difference. Voting closes at the end of November, we are trying to get into the top 10, and it has been hovering around 79 for a long time. Please vote! Thank you!
http://www.refresheverything.com/voma
-logging into the pepsi site using your email
-using your facebook account
-text 103848 to Pepsi (73774)... free, but standard text messaging rates apply

thank you!

commissioned robot painting

Robot is on a mission...

St Nicholas book

Buy my friend Matt Eldridge's book! All about St. Nicholas. Great historical fiction! and I illustrated the cover.

Here is the link:
St Nicholas- The Christmas Story

graffiti wall in my art studio

recent illustration work

for a children's book(let) coming this winter to a fancy shmancy mall near you...

painting show in Johnstown PA

My first solo show is up! At the Bottleworks, in Johnstown PA.
Through Windows and Doors.

21 paintings.

October 2-November 2, 2010

recent Graffiti pieces

Here are two graffiti murals I did in June 2010.

spy series book cover

here's a cover I illustrated for book 9 in a 10 book series for Scholastic a couple of years ago.

book cover illustration

Here's an illustration I did for a book about St. Nicholas