My art is seldom overly heavy or serious. I try to approach my work with a sense of play. What clues might you provide to help viewers understand your art? I like to handle social topics with humor.

I think of illustration as a social form of communication. Often I am inspired to produce works that comment on current events. Where do you find inspiration, concepts or images for your illustrations? Do you have a purpose, a key message about important topics you wish to portray through your artwork? My ideas come from active free association where many concepts are poured out and then reassembled to find things that work. People communicate volumes through posture and gesture. I love sketching people in public spaces. What are the sources for your inspiration? Do you have a muse? Do you have a process you employ to generate ideas? He also exhibited an impeccable eye for typography. He would incorporate the same striking visuals in his poster design as in movie title sequences so the art was doing double duty. Saul Bass is a designer whose work I very much admire.

I worked for many years as an art director at advertising agencies in Milwaukee where I would incorporate animation into what might have been traditional illustration. I have always loved animation and have sought out ways to commingle illustration and motion art from my college days where I studied film and art history. How did you arrive at your current style. Her client work flows directly from her many sketchbooks. Nessim when I was a student at UW Milwaukee. I love how her work doesn't distinguish itself as either commercial or fine art. The work of Barbara Nessim I find inspirational. Is there an artist whose work you admire? What is it about their artwork that intrigues you?

I admire their intelligence and playful adaptation of historical styles.

That is where I learned about the artists from Pushpin Studios. I took classes in illustration as part of the design program in college. I have drawings and artwork that date back to when I was in grade school. How old were you when first realized you wanted to become an artist?įrom the time I was about six I knew I wanted to be an artist.ĭo you still have any of your early artwork?

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