Friday, February 19, 2010

Zora Neale Hurston


One of my favorite books is 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' written by Zora Neale Hurston. I had the great fortune of getting an assignment to illustrate a cover for a biography on Zora. I researched her, and read the book so that I could put as much of
who she was into my illustration. To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, click HERE.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Winter Olympics


Here's some Winter Olympics illustrations I had done for the AP's coverage of the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002. Such a fun job! Then art director Scott Johnson really pushed me and opened a whole new world for me with digital media.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Movie stars


Here's a collage of some iconic movie and tv personalities for fun! Academy awards are on the radar.

Monday, February 1, 2010

My next promotional card




I really hesitated for a long time to do a portrait of Obama, because so many artists have done that. He is truly
breaking so many boundaries- our first African-American president for starters. This being Black History Month, I felt it was time to pay my artistic homage to our President. Here he is with his State of the Union speech as word emphasis.