In light of all of the instagr.am/Hipstamatic photos that are blowing up the web (and I love them, so don’t get me wrong!), I went out to shoot a few Polaroids on the neighborhood playground the other day with the SX-70. I forget sometimes that you need a fair amount of heat for the colors to come out right with Polaroid film. I’ll end up sticking the photo down my shirt as it develops, just to keep it warm enough. That’s the adventure of Polaroid film, I suppose.
This is a flyer I did for the Midwest Double Reed Society’s 2010 Double Reed Festival in Lawrence, KS. It’s a great group of people to work with and, since they use their fliers as mailers, posters and handouts, it’s always a challenge to create a piece that serves all purposes.
Read MoreThe CD I recently designed for percussionist Cory Hills called The Lost Bicycle just won two prestigious parenting awards. Honored to be a part of the project and a huge congrats to Cory on his wonderful album!
I love doing graphic design for classical musicians and so I was thrilled when violinist Tami Lee Hughes asked me to design a web site for her. She’s an extremely talented musician (look for her CD to come out soon!) and I had a lot of fun shooting her photos earlier in the year, too.
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I designed a background for a calendar page for a local bar in town using some hand-drawn calligraphy. I feel like I’m getting better at it every time I practice!
Read MoreI submitted a couple of pieces to the Hott Sheet show at the Wonder Fair gallery here in Lawrence. I don’t show much of my “art” all that often, so I thought I’d post what I submitted to the show. The show’s opening sounds like it’s going to be a big party, so if you’re looking for something to do on Friday, you should definitely stop by!
Hott Sheets Art Exhibition
When: Friday, June 25, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: Wonder Fair: Art Gallery, Shoppe and Studio, Lawrence
I’ve been thinking about starting a series of flat, graphic African masks since I really love working with the shapes, colors and emotion. This piece is an initial exploration of this concept, painted in acrylics.
This piece is based on the nursery rhyme:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
There are some very colorful explanations of what this nursery rhyme means, so I thought I’d work that into the piece as well! I also wanted to work on some drawn type, so this seemed like a great place to experiment with that.
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