TWO PIECES FOR DOT DESIGN SPACE ...

TWO pieces hung at Design of Today - the HELLO piece is found canvas - in the foyer is welcomes all - the little doll head peeking out from the bottom was an Xmas gift to Danell - it is a 1930's 'swinging' doll (a precursor to the bobble heads of today) ..... the piece on the right is HUMILITY from an ongoing series of the VIRTUES ....

REPOST - BETTER DETAIL DOT B I G MURAL

REPOST - DOT MURAL .... recently found a much more detailed photo of the Design of Today mural painted for the front reception area - big piece - around 6 x 8 feet .... black paint, ink, whiteout on canvas painter's throw ....

TYPE KAST - ??

LIKE THESE ILLUSTRATONS and the logo - not sure what the purpose of the illustrations were - probably an illustration project of some sort ...

THIS AIN'T NO DISCO ... krcl POSTCARD

COUNTRY WESTERN/BLUEGRASS themed postcard for KRCL - like the card says 'this ain't no disco' ....

FREE AIR FRESHENER - krcl postcard ...

GOING THROUGH older art is fun ... found another postcard designed for KRCL RADIO ... hint to aspiring illustrators - can never go wrong using cars with flames ....

'BLUES' POSTCARD for KRCL

ONE OF SEVERAL mailing pieces created for KRCL radio station - they always let me do what I wanted - great radio station too .... hi Janet! (if you're still there I mean ... )

TREE OF LIFE - NORDSTROM COMPETITION ...

STRANGE BUT TRUE ... several years ago, my rep Lisa asked me to donate a 'painted boot' art piece for some charity campaign through Nordstrom's northwest region(?) .... we all got the same boot and were asked to create an art piece from it ... I covered mine with paper mache - painted it with Spanish text and basically created a Mexican tree of love - with a nod to 'dia de los muertos' .... note the tiny Mexican priest and the loving couple on the branch beneath - the heel of the boot and the tops of the branches are covered with tiny blood red roses - I believe the 'tree' looked more ethereal in blue rather than drab brown ... Lisa told me mine was bought at the auction - and the new owner was quite happy ... all's well that ends well ...

TIME FOR CONEY ISLAND ...

POLAROID TAKEN from the era when Coney Island had the 'Freak Show' - amazing era, now sadly gone .. but, not to fret - always great food at Coney Island ...

INCOGNITO

REALLY BIG PIECE - cut masonite covered with image painted in acrylic - love those really creepy vintage circus/carnival art advertisements - always wanted to create those - this piece actually sold - buyer really like it ...

BURY ME HERE S'IL VOUS PLAIT ...

PERE LACHAISE burial plots - PARIS - if you can, please bury me here ... who wouldn't want to be buried in the vicinity of SARAH BERNHARDT, ISADORA DUNCAN, MOLIERE, EDITH PIAF, OSCAR WILDE, GERTRUDE STEIN and ALICE B. TOKLAS, MODIGLIANI, DELACROIX, CHOPIN, BIZET... and most importantly J I M M O R R I S O N !!

GUGGENHEIM TIME ...

OLD POlaroid of my hand in front of NYC's Guggenheim Museum - always time for art ...

BE MINE ...

LARGE COLLAGE with overlay of black ink line art .... pretty much sums up all your mother told you to avoid - lust, self-indulgence, worldly attachments .... all the fun stuff ...

THE BOXER

Another recently found piece - LARGE COLLAGE with black ink line art ... scanned an old polaroid as the original was a gift to a friend long ago ...

IT'S ONLY MONEY ....

LARGE PIECE - collage base covered with black ink line art - unpublished - a recently found piece ....

ILLUS FOR UTAH BUSINESS MAGAZINE ...

AN OLDER illustration created for Utah Business Magazine a couple of ARt directors ago ... not sure if I have already posted this, if so, here it is again ..... created from lots of scrap - collage - if memory serves me right, i think it accompanied an article about where a family business goes ....

MALICE IN BLUNDERLAND - Poster for A Play ...

THE CHESHIRE CAT beckons you to this play - a quick and impromptu poster derived from elements from past project for this pro-bono play poster - you're welcome! ...

RETRO BABY ANNOUNCEMENT

A CONGRATS ON THE NEW BABY card - wanted it to look like it had been discovered in an abandoned house from the 1920s 0r Depression era - I believe the medium is oil pastel and colored ink on toned paper ...

DR. JEKYL or MISTER HYDE?!

ANOTHER HALLOWE'EN illustration - this one accepted - started out to be Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy his puppet (by the way, Edgar is actress Candice Bergen's father) - I know that most people under 25 are saying, who the hell are these people? to them I say, get some pop culture under your belt! I like the fact that the characters now seem more Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde - this piece was created by divine intervention - and some bad drawing.

SISTERS ARE FOREVER ...

HALLOWE'EN illustration - of course rejected, so therefore it must have some creative merit. Love the movie 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' starring the incomparable Bette Davis and Joan Crawford (this film was created in the era where actors could actually act, movies had plots, and audiences didn't spend their movie time on their phones) - ah, the past ... if you want to know what this illustration means, watch the movie - great film! And yes, Bette actually serves Joan some rat ...

SALT LAKE CHILI AFFAIR

OLDER PIECE but I really liked the logo of the two 'dia de los muertos' skeletal guys fighting over the red-hot pepper ... my friend and co-designer Trent Jameson, at then design studio Axiom created the balance of the campaign - great work for a great cause...

NORDSTROM LATINA

IDEA for my contribution to Nordstrom's Hispanic Awareness month ... twice before I had pieces accepted for this campaign, in one case the Director of Marketing actually bought 'los Adictas'. I believe that this was an idea for some accompanying print materials for Nordstrom ... did'nt get used, but I really like the tenor of the piece. Sketch was made using markers, color copy transfers, and photoshop.

ANOTHER 'MARIE ANTOINETTE' ICON ...

LET THEM EAT CAKE - icon developed for the small styleguide presented to Sony (by DOT) in hopes of attaining the styleguide work for the movie 'MARIE ANTOINETTE' directed by one of my personal favorites SOPHIA COPPOLA ... movie was not licensed for merchandise, so what is left is some great commercial design.

HAREM GIRL FOR METROPOLITAN ...

HAREM GIRL was an illustration done for an invitation for local swank eatery METROPOLITAN ... as Diana Vreeland (former editor/fashion expert) quipped, "pink is the navy blue of India" ... illustration is acrylic paint, ink, and white-out on board ... client was very happy with the work, I will try to remember to post the entire invitation ...

CONCEPT FOR AN EDITORIAL

CONCEPT envisioned for an editorial spread for a magazine in Los Angeles ... if memory serves me right, the client had us go in a completely different mode, but I like the immediacy of this preliminary sketch - sketch was done in pencil, white-out, ink, and color copy transfers. I believe the theme for the article/illustration was about the money guys and the pressure on the artist to conceive, accomplish, and win the accolades as well ...

TALK SOUP E! ENTERTAINMENT

SHIRT ICON for the always provocative E! Entertainment show Talk Soup - this one used none of the show characters.

KITSON 'ROYALTY' T-SHIRT ICON

KITSON 'Royalty' line t-shirt icon - one of many submitted for approval by the trendy Melrose Avenue, LA boutique - great client to create for ...

FAUX TATTOO ICON FOR GLADIATORS

TATTOO ICON designed for CRUSH, on of the competitors on the 'Gladiators' television program - one of many icons submitted for inclusion in the 'Gladiators' styleguide.

T H E M

THEM, a collaged piece designed for a friend's friend who is still in design school ... he asked me to create a visual describing the word them - it was included in a flash composite for this student project -will post the site when I can remember it ...

PROMO CLOCK FOR DOT

SEASONAL promotion for DOT .... each designer created a clock face for a generic clock - mine was handdrawn, collage, marker, found images. I added a quote by Andy Warhol in the center of the clock, quote is about time as well!

SKETCHES FOR NACHO LIBRE

STYLE SKETCHES I was asked to submit by then Axiom Design for use in their styleguide for the movie 'Nacho Libre' ... can't beat getting to sketch Mexican wrestlers!

IF I ONLY HAD A HEART

STYLE ICON created during my stint at Dot .. for consideration by client for inclusion in addendum to current styleguide ... an updated look at the Tinman's dilemma ..

BIRD PRINTS

TWO proposed bird inspired prints - submitted to my print company, but I don't think they ever saw the light of day (or dark of night) - created using paper cutouts, iron transfer, acrylic paint.

GET OUTTA OZ!

WIZARD of OZ icon - submitted for consideration of inclusion for 'OZ' styleguide - marker, pencil, iron transfer, whiteout.

ART for WILDTHINGS STYLEGUIDE

MONSTER ICON for submission to 'WildThings' styleguide - done with DOT - created using marker, iron transfer, photoshop, and always white-out!

LOGOS FOR LICENSING CO. 'BAD4U'

TWO icons - two ideas of many submitted - for icon for startup licensing company Bad4U - great name - hope they're a super success!

BUZZ ALDRIN - SPACE CADET

ICON created for the licensing project of super space cadet BUZZ ALDRIN ... this image really lended itself to a 50's space novelty icon - created using color copier, photoshop.

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.