Winston Churchill

I've been working on a magazine cover assignment for Hartford. Picked the decade of the 50's, TIME magazine and am using a Ben Shahn/David Stone Martin (DSM) approach. I was going to go for black and white but Churchill was such a colorful character. I probably could have pushed the color even more, but I was concentrating on the line, which is tricky. DSM was an assistant to Ben Shahn and it shows in his work, especially the jazz album cover designs from the fifties. May do some other versions...hmmm.

Woody Guthrie

Reorganizing and cleaning the studio and found this illustration from Bunny Carter's class in the summer program at Hartford. This is Woody Guthrie as a child and his mother who used to sing to him. According to Guthrie she was a big influence on him. It's traditonal pen and ink which I brought into PS for effects. It ended up having a kind of wood cut quality which I liked because of the subject. Getting ready for Pasadena trip in November. I've been experimenting with pen and ink for a magazine cover assignment. I've chosen the decade of the 50's and using a Ben Shahn/David Stone Martin-esque style...more to come.

IF: Infinite: The Witches of Macbeth

“Their appetite for mischief is infinite”. (Shwister 60, in Macbeth, William Shakespeare)

"I could be bound in a nutshell and still count myself King of infinite space."
(Witches 4.1, Macbeth)

From, said what

Drawing done with Stadtler pigment liner 0.1 on Hahnemuhle 100% rag, museum etching, 350 gms.

Welcome

A welcome read,...Ben Shahn's, The Shape of Content.

"I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none."
– Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn

IF: Shaky

Doing some research for the Dream assignment and came across a photo in the Library of Congress of E.L. Mitchell, a Denver Colorado Councilman who was associated with the KKK in 1880. It inspired this illo....creepy...a politician with shaky credentials.

sketch of joe ciardiello

Joe Ciardiello....a 5 second sketch with a pilot G-2 07 using a photo ref I found. Sometimes it seems better to draw impressions quickly... a la prima. I do love line...just line.

There is a great interview on Illoz with Anita Kunz here.

Sketchbook: Know Where Your Food Comes From

Ahhh, choosing what foods to eat has become a real challenge. This is an idea sketch, in watercolor and pen and ink, for a larger piece about foods that are toxic. You can click on the image to see it bigger.

In Progress: The Bard Revisited

The Bard revisited. Perhaps a more haughty, less humble Bard? Pen and ink sketch ....more to come.