DECORATED MESSENGER BAG

BAG DECORATED FOR CONTRIBUTION to a charity. I was asked to donate a decorated messenger bag to raise funds for a charitible cause ... I was one of a great selection of local artists invited to contribute. Each artist was given identical bags to decorate - I have no idea what my theme was, probably my usual chaotic style. Great fun for a great cause ...

WELCOME - to Henry and Bryn's house ....

Henry Smith (designer extraordinaire and volleyball champion), commissioned a 'welcome to my house' painting for his new house .... given his and Bryn's European heritance, I opted for a quasi-Medieval German theme (the banner at the top translated to English reads 'Enter at your own risk' ... the type on Henry (the alchemist's shirt) reads 'we promise not to bite'. Piece is acrylic paint, ink, white-out on 1/8 masonite. Great piece for a great friend and his new family .... and especially for COOPER the min-schnauser - great guy! (dog) ...

CONCOURS de ELEGANCE CAR SHOW POSTER

CAR SHOW POSTER - remember when the Concours d' Elegance show was located on the U of U Campus? Always a great show of some amazing vintage cars ... this poster was created for just one of those shows. Photography and computer graphics - not my usual style but I think it turned out very handsomely ... graphics were also applied to banners, t-shirts, commemorative brochures as well!

PROPOSED ART FOR COCA COLA BRAND

COKE ART ... project done through Dot design firm ... a sample of art using a collage effect for a Coca Cola project Dot worked on ... didn't fly and they went with the more predictable graphic solutions - fun to do though!

A PROJECT with BLAINE OLSEN WHITE GURR ...

CONVENTION TREASURE MAP and DIRECTIONS. Worked with Jeff Olsen at BOWG on this one ... they needed a Pirate treasure map for a convention function. Great to make, loved working with BOWG on this and other projects too! Map was hand drawn and distressed using and old iron and Rit dyed water.

THE OTHER TWO OLYMPIC COVERS-CITY WEEKLY

THE OTHER TWO OLYMPIC COVERS for CITY WEEKLY - over a period of three weeks, CW has me create a new cover for the period that the Winter Olympics were in SLC ... a bit cynical, but interesting messages nonetheless. Used found images and found type and some illlustration of my own ... received one of 10 Copper Ingots at the AIGA 100 show that year. Loved working with City Weekly, they were so great to pretty much let me do 'my thing' (whatever that is ...).

FRITZ and ANDRE

AN original painted sketch for marketing/design firm FRITZ und ANDRE ... (love to use the German 'und'). Produced to announce the birth of a new creative firm, hence the aliens circling the newly congealed star. Acrylic, collage, white-out on found cardboard.

GLUTTONY from the 7 DEADLY SINS

GLUTTONY - featuring BILLY BOLOGNA - who better to represent gluttony, obviously overfed, and definitely arrogant about it ... his tie features the logo of General Foods, in all his sinfulness, he still bears a golden halo around his head signifying his ascension to king of overindulgence. Big piece, 4 x 4 feet - ink, gold paint, acrylic on masonite.

SKECHERS t-shirt Icon

'LOVE, DEVOTION, SKECHERS' - proposed icon for placement on a t-shirt, this one for Skechers ... like the 'ghostly' quality of the image.

T-SHIRT ICON for KITSON

'GOD SAVE the QUEEN' - one of several English-based icons for placement on a t-shirt. Designed for the trendy Kitson boutique on Melrose avenue in Los Angeles ... this was a Dot project - great client - always fun to design for. When I worked on this one, I channeled the amazing aesthetic of punk-innovator/designer Vivienne Westwood, who just turned 70!

MOVING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A DESIGN FIRM

'CHANGE of a DRESS' - when Dot decided to move to their present location, I got to illustrate/design the moving announcement. Debbie Roque did the back (the stuff you have to actually be able to read). I created the primary art using transfers, pencil, ink, masking tape, collage. The dresses came from some older high fashion magazines from the late 1980's ... if memory serves me right, the dress on the upper right is either Norma Kamali or Ozbek Rifat (?) ...

SNOWBOARD DESIGNS PROPOSED FOR K2

SNOWBOARDS K2, PROPOSED ART .... 2 snowboard designs proposed for K2, older pieces but the art on these were great fun to create, some of the best stuff is on skateboards and snowboards, I've even seen some very artistic skis ...

ICON FOR GOONIES STYLEGUIDE

'ONE-EYED WILLIE' - icon for Goonie Styleguide - older piece, but I love tattoos - one of many submitted for inclusion in the completed styleguide which consisted of the usual elements. I don't believe this is the finished piece submitted but a later version nonetheless.

BROCHURE FOR A ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HOUSE

'GOOD THINGS THAT LAST' - printed brochure which I illustrated for design firm 8-Fish, their client produced homes created from recycled materials and were environmentally friendly and energy efficient. Great design by a really great group of people at 8-Fish.

ICON for EBAY styleguide - 'IT' ...

'IT' IS RAPTURE ... icon for a proposed selection of styleguide elements for Ebay's campaign 'IT is..' This particular icon shows the transcendence achieved when using an item bought at Ebay ... in this case a vacuum cleaner which has miraculously transported our lovely homemaker to a place of inner wonderfulness ... note her glazed eyes.

PAINTING - 'PLASIR de L'AMOUR

ACRYLIC PAINTING - 'Plasir d 'Amour' ... again, big painting ... depicting the carnal and ethereal aspects of love, and of course the standard 'love is blind', but with pitfalls nonetheless. Used acrylic paint, black housepaint, and gold metallic paint on masonite. This piece was bought, as are most of my pieces ... I really don't own much of my own work, I think it's wonderful when someone wants to hang your art in their home or office ... what a compliment and honor - even if it's just a printed piece!

ICON for Marie Antoinette

ICON for a styleguide - 'Marie Antoinette' ... like this icon, never published or bought, but pretty much says it all ... KING LOUIS THE 16TH.

LOS MUERTOS.

'DIA de los MUERTOS' - fairly small canvas depicting the march of the dead on the Mexican 'Day of the Dead' .... acrylic and collage on canvas. I love my inheritance of Mexican/Catholic imagery. Viva la Vida !

LUST from the Seven Sins

LUST as personified by 50's puppet/tv icon HOWDY DOODY - one of seven sins I painted for a show years ago ( Barbie as Envy is still my favorite) ... Howdy is painted a lusty blue against a backdrop of 'peep-show' images, some men and some women. Big piece, 4 x 4 feet, acrylic, marker, housepaint, on masonite.

PROPOSED ICON for 'BEAVER' STYLEGUIDE.

'BEAVER CLEAVER - ANIMAL ACTIVIST' - submitted this icon (one of many) with project we were working on at Dot .... a styleguide for NBC/Universal for 50's tv program 'Leave it To Beaver' - I don't think my love of animal protection was shared by them - well, at least not in this case - rejected, but funny nonetheless!

MAURENT de FAIM!

'LIFE'S A BANQUET and MOST POOR SUCKERS ARE STARVING '(en Francais) - large painted piece, around 5 x 5 feet, acrylic paint, housepaint, ink, marker, white-out, watercolor, on masonite with 'floating' frame. One of my favorite films is "Auntie Mame" with 30's filmstar Rosalind Russell; one of Mame's maxim's is 'life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving!' So, I gave our strange character in the painting a feast to remember, and a wonderful glass of pink abysinthe as well. I hope my French translation is correct, if not, too late, it's a finished piece. Love the fact that when translated to French - the phrase 'starving to death' becomes 'death of hunger', you really have to love the French. Great piece, great fun to make, would love to do it again! Merci beaucoup ...

DRESSED TO THRILL - SKECHERS

DRESSED TO THRILL - ahh, the benefits of being and ex-Catholic ... love the imagery I grew up with, especially the images of the poor martyred saints. Now pretty much worshipping trees, I gave myself permission to use my those religious icons to create an urban icon, albeit tongue-in-cheek, t-shirt icon for Skechers. Don't know if they ever used. Created using ironed transfers, several layers. I drew the panthers, set the type, the frame is copyfree from some clip-art book I found at a local thrift store. Amen ...

PRODUCT TAGS JUNIOR MARVEL

JUNIOR MARVEL TAGS - although created a few years ago, I think they are still pretty cool - it was so much fun drawing the Marvel characters and actually creating usable tags. Created using color copier, ink, markers, white-out too.

TALK SOUP - E! ENTERTAINMENT

ICON created as part of a collection of icons and style elements for E! Entertainment's 'Talk Soup' program. Created using color copier and markers.

IMMORTAL MARIE ANTOINETTE

IMMORTAL MARIE - we submitted a small styleguide of elements inspired by the Sony Studios, Sophia Coppola's 2006 film MARIE ANTOINETTE ... although our designs received positive reception, the client decided not to license the film for product/merchandise. This particular design was created using photoshop manipulated image and b/w copier, and always spraymount!

LOVE DEVOTION SKECHERS

LOVE DEVOTION SKECHERS - older design from a couple of years ago - I think it was a final comp (among others) that we sent to Skechers for approval ... I like it though. Design was created using color copied transfer that was scanned in photoshop, other elements were added as well.

HELLO !

'HELLO' - acrylic paint, ink, whiteout, housepaint on 1/8" masonite board .... painted as a welcoming piece for the new home of my rep Lisa of Firefly. Originally painted in black and white for design firm DOT for their foyer ... a great greeting for any foyer!

GANESH (in candyland)

GANESH in Candyland - Lisa my rep wants me to create a series of pieces for sale that are amusing representations of Hindi Gods/Goddesses .... my first foray into this challenge is 'Ganesh in Candyland' ... Ganesh removes life obstacles from the lives of the devoted and pretty much makes life sweeter. The piece measures about 2 feet wide by a little over 2 feet long ... painted in masonite with a cutout 'floating' frame, medium is acrylic paint, ink, collage, and whiteout. Really fun to paint, I hope I have captured the wonderful essence of Ganesh. Lisa is a master yoga instructor but a great artist's rep as well!

MURAL FOR DESIGN of TODAY LOBBY

MURAL FOR DOT; Danell decided she wanted a new look for her entry to her design firm, so we painted and created new art to represent that change ... this rather large mural which occupies a large wall in her waiting area, is with the frame, around 8 x 10 feet. The mural itself was inspired by the hand-illustrated promo kits that go to each client and personally decorated with them in mind. Mural was painted on a big painter's dropcloth (love to use found items), it was primed with leftover housepaint and images painted were done in ink and black wall paint ... just waiting for a reason to paint in black road tar! The frame matches frames that were painted on the wall around 4 alcoves that showcase dot design work; it was handdrawn and cut from black foam core which nicely imitates cut wood! Great project, Danell loves it, and only took a week!

ILLUSTRATION for 'VIOLET' magazine

An illustration that was inspired by the character work I created for 'The Series of Unfortunate Events' .... for the now defunct magazine 'Violet'. I believe it was to accompany a feature article on the emotional after effects of abuse ... hence, the blue bird of happiness flying away. On this simple illustration, I used sharpies, colored markers, and a xerox machine. My rep Lisa Johnston really got me the best projects!

KITSON T-SHIRT ICON

MI AMOR - one of several t-shirt designs submitted for a seasonal line of t-shirts sold at the trendy Melrose store KITSON'S - this one channels old Mexico herself!

TWO COLLECTOR CARS FOR CARTOON NETWORK

CARTOON NETWORK CARDS - Two cards I had the pleasure of creating during my stint at Axiom design ... Augie Doggie and Huckleberry Hound ... two of many cards submitted by some fairly well known illustrators and designers ... I believe Gary Baseman submitted Yogi Bear!

TWO CHARACTER HEADS

IDOL and VEGETABLE - big pieces ... painted character heads cut from masonite and painted with acrylic paint - Axiom design bought the 'idol' (batman) head ... and Vegetable was purchased by a professor of graphic design at the University of Utah ...

FOR NORDSTROM HISPANIC AWARENESS - ETERNITY

ETERNIDAD - One of a series of paintings I submitted to Nordstrom for use in their Hispanic Awareness campaign in their western market - not used, but I like it nonetheless - my friend and artist's rep Lisa Johnston procured my great opportunity(s) with Nordstrom!

TRADEMARK BOOK - MGM

TRADEMARK - for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, one of several books in a set designed to launch a new line of licensed products for MGM .... loved creating this book, Brent Watts at Axiom design sent me to the photo archives at MGM to research the look and photos, had the pleasure of designing the logo/look for this particular aspect of the licensing campaign ... my good friend and at the time primary photographic contributor Michael Roberts took this photo as well as alot of others I have used in my work throughout my design career. Thanks Mike!

HOLIDAY GREETING CARD-for Design of Today

HOLIDAY GREETING CARD FOR A DESIGN FIRM - DESIGN OF TODAY .... concept is 'abundance' - most aptly represented, I think, by an overfed, over indulged consumer. Illustration is sharpie and color copier ... lot of detail, great fun to make!

HOLIDAY GREETING CARD-for firm 'Fritz & Andre'

HOLIDAY GREETINGS from all of us at FRITZ & ANDRE! ... greeting card to send to clients designed/illustrated for my friend and fellow designer Tony Loveless,owner/proprietor/designer of ad/design/marketing firm in Salt Lake City named 'Fritz and Andre' .... last year I designed two cards for his clients ... really like working with Tony because he trusts my aesthetic and pretty much gives me artistic carte blanche .... this one was created using black sharpie and color copier. The interior of the card reads, "unfortunately, Mandy will not appear on next year's card" ....

'ACE the dog as a country gentleman'

This piece was created as a birthday gift for Danell's birthday ... it is acrylic and metallic ink on cut wood. Ace is a minature dachshund ... he has quite the regal bearing, so I decided to immortalize him as a member of the nobility - hence the note 'nobless oblige' .... fun piece to do, and the recipient was very happy with her gift!

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 ...