Studio News April 19 - 23
posted: April 19, 2010
The New York Society of Illustrators informed me that this piece created for SooJin Buzelli at Plansponsor Magazine from the Editorial show has been selected for this years Illustrators 52 traveling show. This exhibition will be touring different galleries and schools across the United States. The tour dates are from September 2010 through July 2011.
 
  This will be a big week for Lynda.com DVD covers. Here is a detail from my Perl 5 cover I finished last week and today I will be starting the final art for SharePoint 2007 Designer and Word 2010 and design work on SharePoint 2010. Thank you, Lynda.com for all of the fun jobs.
  This week I will be making more progress on this family portrait. This is my first commission for a family portrait and I am having a blast!. This is an oil painting and it is big, 24"x31".
    The Society of Illustrators is preparing a show with an environmental theme EARTH: Fragile Planet and I have been selected as one of the artists to participate in the show. The exhibit will be divided into 5 sections: Air, Earth, Water, Energy and Wildlife. I have been selected to create a piece responding to the Energy theme and I am honored and excited to get started on the piece. This show is Curated by Gregory Manchess and Jack Unruh with Co-curators Tara Jacoby and Kate Feirtag. This show is scheduled for June 3, 2010 through July 31, 2010.
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