LA SIRENES REVENT-'THE MERMAID'S DREAM'

ACRYLIC ON BUILT WOOD SHADOWBOX - recently asked to donate an art piece for a client in Los Angeles, a charitable event to benefit cancer research. This piece was inspired by old circus sideshow art ... I have titled it 'The Mermaid's Dream' as she dreams of having legs and shoes ... as cancer patients dream of what too could be ... great piece for an important cause, and a great client too!   By the by ... my very healthy looking character was inspired by those wonderful rotund figures created by BOTERO ... 

BROCHURE for CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SALT LAKE

CATHOLIC DIOCESE BROCHURE - worked with my friend and fellow designer Kendall Liddle on this one ... illustrations had a 'quasi-Byzantine' feel to them ... great colors, great design by Kendall ...

SHOE PIECE for AXIOM DESIGN

Big canvas - acrylic, gold paint, marker ... Brent Watts asked me to paint something for him when we worked at his main street design office ... this was the result ... I was always complimented to see that piece hung in his front office even after I had left to pursue my dream of cosmetology (actually I continued in graphic design) ...

UNIVERSAL TRADING CARDS

TRADING CARDS for UNIVERSAL ... these are 4 of 13 trading cards designed for Universal for licensing show a few years ago ... I still like their look ... I designed these for Axiom design when I worked for them ...

LUPUS WALK PROMOTIONAL POSTER/CAMPAIGN

LUPUS WALK PROMO POSTER .... love working with charitable organizations - the Director of the Lupus foundation saw my work and pretty much gave me carte blanche ... fun project for a great cause ...

MR. VEGETABLE - large cutout masonite/acrylic paint

MR. VEGETABLE ... this piece was originally a clown but seemed to morph into a vegetable guy composed of carrots, olives, etc ... piece was purchased by a Design professor at the University of Utah ... glad to see it got a loving home .... this photo was taken by my artist's rep at an installation in Portland ...

AIGA BOWLING ANNOUNCEMENT

AIGA BOWLING ANNOUNCEMENT - great campaign to work on for the local chapter of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists) ... lots of illustration and hand lettering - I worked on this project with Design of Today ...

'ROCKY' PATTERN - MGM STYLEGUIDE PIECE

PATTERN CREATED FOR 'ROCKY' STYLEGUIDE MGM - great black and white pattern created for a styleguide ...

'ROCKY'

LOVE COMMUNICATIONS - COMMISSIONED PIECE

FOR LOVE COMMUNICATIONS - local design/advertising firm - I believe I was one of several artists commissioned to create a visual portrait of our vision of Love Communications ... mine was actually cannabilized from some older pieces ... but successful nonetheless ...

SURF PROPAGANDA- ACRYLIC/CANVAS FOR MALIBU SURF ASSOCIATION

SURF FOR THE PEOPLE - Acylic on canvas (big canvas) - painted by request of The Malibu Surf Association ... my rep Lisa Johnston got this project for me ... fun to paint - all the characters are speaking Chinese as instructed by the King of Surf himself, Chairman Mao - he is obviously in control of the beach and the surf ...

TRADING CARDS-'THE SERIES of UNFORTUNATE EVENTS'

TRADING CARDS designed by Axiom Design to accompany the Styleguide .... I was lucky enough to be able to contribute the character illustrations ... created for the 2004 PARAMOUNT/NICKELODEON holiday film 'The Series of Unfortunate Events' based on the books by Lemony Snicket ...

T-SHIRT DESIGN FOR TRENDY 'KITSON'S' BOUTIQUE MELROSE AVENUE, LA

ONE OF MY FAVORITE designs for t-shirt art commissioned by the trendy Los Angeles Melrose Avenue boutique KITSON's ... love this shot, I found it quite accidentally years ago, it is from the June 11, 2004 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY magazine (page 29) .... two icons I designed (through DOT) appear on the sleeves of Nicole Ritchie and Lindsay Lohan - how funny is that?! I figure I can retire now having been worn by Nicole and Lindsay .... the icons were part of the 'Betty and Veronica' campaign ...

PROMO BOXES - DESIGN OF TODAY

PROMOTIONAL BOXES each illustrated especially for the intended client - each box is filled with several books that contain all the great design work from DOT, from logos to styleguides to character art to ... boxes are marker on white lunchboxes ...

CITY WEEKLY-#1 OF THREE COVERS CREATED FOR THE 2002 SLC WINTER OLYMPICS

for CITY WEEKLY - one of three covers created for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics - a bit cynical, a bit humorous too .. this cover commemorates the oncoming onslaught of local insanity inspired by the Olympic politics and local response to them ...

MI CORAZON - WEDDING PRESENT - ACRYLIC/BOARD

MI CORAZON - acrylic painting on wood created as a wedding present - large format, 20 x 20 inches ... inspired by old, soiled church paintings in old New Mexican adobe churches ...

FOR SALE-9TH & 9TH - POSTER TO ADVERTISE

POSTER commissioned by my friend and fellow designer TONY LOVELESS - then with his firm Anthony Franklin ... poster is collage on paper - and titled 'FOR SALE - 9TH and 9TH' ... poster was commissioned to advertise a huge 'yard sale' participated in by local stores/businesses to create interest and funds to maintain the wonderful creative neighborhood of the 9th and 9th area ...

ENVY FROM THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS

BIG ACRYLIC PAINTING (purchased by a beauty salon) ... one of seven deadly sins - the other six hang at Design of Today's offices in SLC - Danell seems to like them ... all are humorous and all are very big - I think I'll paint the Virtues next .... Envy was inspired by the late 1950's Barbie doll with her exaggerated neck, eyes, dimensions - what an opportunity for envy ...

SAINT YOGI - WARNER BROTHERS COLLECTION

Really great project - DOT was asked to submit inhouse artist's versions of Warner Bros. characters - I believe they bought 5 from us - I chose acrylic paint on built wood and based it on Mexican religious retablos - in my version 'SANTO YOGI' is petitioned by the faithful to provide sustenance - he is attended by the angels BOOBOO and RANGER SMITH who intercede to Yogi for his benevolence and generosity ...

LORD OF THE RINGS - NEWLINE CINEMA-PROPOSED MAP FOR STYLEGUIDE

PROPOSED MAP for our version of STYLEGUIDE for Newline Cinema's epic release 'LORD OF THE RINGS' ...

INTERIOR DISPLAY - LOS ADICTOS NORDSTROM

NICE INTERIOR SHOT of 'Los Adictos' inside a Nordstrom store - shot by Lisa Johnston - great artist's rep!

LOS ADICTOS-NORDSTROM WINDOW SHOT

It was great to see my humble painting displayed in Nordstrom windows - by the way, my good friend and artist's rep LISA JOHNSTON was the reason I got this project, a great artist in her own right, and now a professional master yoga instructor!

LOS ADICTOS - NORDSTROM HISPANIC AWARNESS CAMPAIGN

ONE of TWO pieces for Nordstrom Hispanic Awareness Campaign - (the marketing director actually bought this piece) ... in this acrylic on panel painting, two women are blinded by their need for beauty, in this case the wonderful high heel in the store window ... in the center of the painting is 'SAINT STILETTA' the patron saint of all devoted shoe lovers ...

ADIOS DIEGO - NORDSTROM HISPANIC AWARENESS

One of two pieces for which I was invited by Nordstrom to commemorate Hispanic Awareness in their western market ... this one titled 'Adios Diego', inspired the the famous 'wedding portrait' painted by Frida Kahlo of she and then lover/husband Diego Rivera ... in my version, Frida forsakes Diego for beautiful shoes ... the end.