moon energy
With this week’s stretch of rain, there will be no full moon viewing tonight. I may not see it, but I can still feel it. I’ve just done this for next year’s Lunar Calendar. It will run in black and white, so I used a limited palette for the original drawing, titled “Full Sap Moon.” Events keep coming at a steady clip, and I need all the sap to rise up and keep me grounded. New things are...
Read Morecritters
There’s an amazing show of infinite delight at the UNE Art Gallery called “Critters.” Having just delivered all the art for a picture book about animals affected by climate changes, I was keen to see animal art. The show is swarming with sculpture inside and out; there’s a dizzying amount to take in. There are well-known artists like William Wegman, Bernard Langlais, Dahlov Ipcar, and even a couple of artists I was surprised to find, like former colleague Joe Begnaud, and fellow pastel artist Wade Zahares. Certain creatures called to me, like this school of ceramic...
Read Moreb is for book
How better to spend a sunny Sunday than in the swell company of bookish folk? I did that last weekend, sharing a table at the Book Arts Bazaar at USM, with fellow artist and educator, Judy Labrasca. We became fast friends when I took her Picture Book course at Maine College of Art years ago. The Book Arts Bazaar featured over 40 vendors with all manner of offerings: hand made paper, bookbinding, zines, comic books, art books, posters, paper sculpture, vintage ephemera…I was in heaven. Here is Judy, setting up her beautiful wares. She was next to Allison Villani, art teacher and...
Read Morecollegial connections
We blasted to Danielson, CT last week to see our work in “12 New England Illustrators” at Quinebaug Valley Community College. The show was curated by Annie Gusman Joly, a fellow illustrator, educator, and colleague from many years ago at the Art Institute of Boston. She’s been a source of inspiration for decades, with her style, flair for color, and teaching experience. It was fun to see what’s in the works in her studio in nearby Putnam. The show includes illustrators working in very different methods and markets, from oils to scratchboard, and books to beer...
Read Morewelcoming guests at MECA
The little hive known as MECA was plenty busy during the first half of the spring semester. In Illustration 2, we welcomed some amazing guests. Last Thursday, just in from San Francisco, a dynamic pair of creators arrived to tell their story. Hugh D’Andrade and Mati McDonough frequently collaborate, as couples often do. Yet they have very different approaches to their work. They made a presentation first to the junior illustration majors. Hugh studied fine art at the California College of Art and after graduating, began doing free art for friends, for posters around San Francisco for...
Read Moreboston blast
I’ve been digging in to my current project with all hands on deck. Drawing a multitude of animals, and taking lots of notes. I scavenged a plastic bear from my daughter’s neglected toy bin to help with shadows and form for the book jacket sketches. These two sketches (cropped here) were the favorites out of 8 variations. I did a color comp for the publisher’s jacket meeting. Again, here is just the bear. While awaiting feedback on cover issues, I resumed working on the interior illustrations. Just as I was about to tackle a complex page of penguins underwater eating...
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