Monday, April 27, 2009

Birds, for the fun of it.



While remodeling our house I kept busy by drawing "Birds, for the fun of it." 

Without a studio to work in, it helped a ton to draw these little critters to keep my painting brain alive. Besides, can anyone have a bad time drawing birds?

I hope to have a slew of them at my next show.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Gabriel Kulka at the Turman Larison




Just got back from Helena's Turman Larison Contemporary and am excited about Gabriel Kulka's work. It makes me smile and I want to sit and play and imagine.

See more of his work here: http://www.gabrielkulka.com. The exhibit comes down soon so check it out or visit http://www.turmanlarison.com to find out more info.

Thanks Mary Lee and Doug for bringing such great art to Helena.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Gravity Guild Logo






Back in February, Steve Coen from Great Divid Cyclery ask me to help put together a logo for his downhill mountain bike racing team, Gravity Guild. This will be Helena's first official downhill racing team and I was stoked to help them with identity.

Steve wanted to create a guild shaped icon with a word mark. I combined two interlocking "G's" to create the guild shape icon and added a descending arrow to the "Y" of the word mark. The whole logo was designed to give the feel of " fast descending" or "gravity". Steve is a pretty hip guy and I knew I couldn't get away with giving him anything less.

Hoodies, t-shirts, team jerseys, and stickers will all carry the logo.  

Congrats Steve, wishing you and your team success. For more information visit: http://www.gravityguildracing.com

Field Trip




Will and I took a trip out to the Gold County Mushroom Farm in Clancy, MT today to pick up mushroom compost for our garden. This hand painted sign made the whole trip worth it.  All their mushrooms are grown organically and I've heard that the compost is pure mushroom magic.

2009 Extravaganza Poster


This year I was asked by the Rocky Mountain Development Council to create an illustration for Head Start's Extravaganza event on April 23rd, 2009.  

Since the event is in April (springtime for Montana), the volunteer panel wanted an image that conveyed springtime yet incorporated Head Start's mission of helping at-risk children grow and learn. I thought that the blossoming hand print of a child seemed to meet both requests.

A 18" x 24" framed poster of the illustration will be auctioned at the Extravaganza event. For more info on the event please visit: http://www.rmdc.net/extravaganza/index.html

It was great to work with all the volunteers on the project and I look forward to helping out next year. Thank you.