Cool Globes Vancouver

My second large Cool Globe, originally created for Southwest Airlines about the importance of giving employees the time and incentive to volunteer is on currently on display in Vancouver, at Science World outside TELUS World of Science. This exhibit showcases giant globes created by artists depicting solutions to climate change. My globe has been on tour for the last couple years from San Francisco to San Diego, L.A., and Houston. Stop by the exhibit if you are in Vancouver in the next few months.

Chalkboard Art for Trade Show

An Italian cookware company hired me to create this promotional piece for the 8' x 4' blackboard in their booth at the "International Home and Houseware Show" at McCormic Place. I used hard pastels. The cute little chef is their mascot "l'omino". If you happen to be at the Houseware show, stop by booth #1836 to check out the artwork.

Promotional Sidewalk Art

I was down in St. Louis with my assistant Tracee this week creating sidewalk art to help launch a new truck called TerraStar during the Work Truck Show. We were hired by Navistar's marketing agency who was looking for a new attention-grabbing method to promote the truck's launch. We created this 10' x 5' painting outside the Hyatt where the convention attendees were staying. The artwork turned out great and the passersby loved it! Click on the photo for a better view of the artwork.

Second portrait, six years later

This oil portrait, delivered last week (20"x 26"), is the second painting commissioned by one of my first clients. You can see the first one I did in watercolor in 2003 here. Beautiful kids, eh?

Teenagers in a photobooth

My studio assistant and I delivered this commissioned oil portrait last month. "Core Four in a Photobooth" (12" x 30") is of four teenage girlfriends commissioned by the mom of one of the girls as a holiday gift for her daughter. I must admit it was a great idea. How fun would it be to have a painting like this today (30 years later) of my four best girlfriends in highschool?

I'm back with a huge oil painting project

Where have I been since my last post? Working on several oil paintings including these four. (I'll post the other two paintings I've been working on later this this week.) These four oil paintings are each 4-5 feet tall. Click on the photo above to see them better. The paintings are designed to hang together or apart. The subjects are a sweet Lincoln Park family on their roof deck. My studio assistant Tracee Badway and I have been working on capturing the values in gray scale before we add color. I'm very excited and pleased with how this is turning out. Watch this studio news blog for the final color version in a few weeks. My artwork photographer is Scott Keely who does great work.

The Boys of September

With the Sox giving up and the Cub pretty much out of it too, I thought I'd express my disappointment though the eyes of a little boy in the ball park. Another card for sale at my studio, October 3rd & 4th.