<p>Book covers for the ongoing John Harvard Library series by Harvard University Press.</p>
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A re-issuing of the the John Harvard Library series initially printed in the '60's and '70's. A collection of important documents in American history as well as the writings of significant figures from said history -- a sort of 'library of America.'</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Harvard University Press</p>
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<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>3x3 Illustration Awards Annual</p>
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<p>Communication Arts Annual (2010 & 2009)</p>
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<p>2nd place - 6th Annual Altpick Awards</p>
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<p>Creative Quarterly 17 - Bronze Award for Best Illustration</p>

<p>Portrait of American abolitionist and author.</p>
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<p>'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave'
Written by Himself.</p>
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<p>No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the anti-slavery movement than Frederick Douglass’s Narrative.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Harvard University Press</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Communication Arts Annual</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2nd place - 6th Annual Altpick Awards </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Creative Quarterly 17 - Bronze Award for Best Illustration</p>

<p>Portrait of American abolitionist and author.</p>
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<p>'Uncle Tom's Cabin Or, Life Among the Lowly</p>
<p>by Harriet Beecher Stowe</p>
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<p>Easily the most controversial anti-slavery novel written in antebellum America, and one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom’s Cabin is often credited with intensifying the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War. In his introduction, David Bromwich places Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel in its Victorian contexts and reminds us why it is an enduring work of literary and moral imagination.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Harvard University Press</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Communication Arts Annual</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2nd place - 6th Annual Altpick Awards </p>

<p>Portrait of American novelist and short story writer.</p>
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<p>'The Scarlet Letter'</p>
<p>by Nathaniel Hawthorne</p>
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<p>Hawthorne’s greatest romance, The Scarlet Letter, is often simplistically seen as a timeless tale of desire, sin, and redemption.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Harvard University Press</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Communication Arts Annual</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2nd place - 6th Annual Altpick Awards </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Creative Quarterly 17 - Bronze Award for Best Illustration</p>

<p>Self Portrait.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal piece</p>

<p>Are the States facing a double-dip recession? With another recession looming, investment advisors discuss how the recession is measured, and the reaction of the stock market during recessionary periods.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Investment Advisor magazine</p>
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<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Society of Illustrators West 50th Annual</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Creative Quarterly 26 Awards

<p>Poem by Lise Whidden inspired by 'Blue Underwear'</p>
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<p>Butterfly wings might lift a girl off the ground
but a woman gathers weight.
I've waited my whole life for feathers
and blue underwear.
I paid for my tattoo with somebody else's money
hey, who really gives a shit about that.
What will we do with Rosalind?
It's a mother question,
they started asking when I was six.
Not a damn thing.
I answered by seven.
Sunshine doesn't scare me,
rain is nothing but needles
and I gave a cloud my cell number.
Now, wind is a different matter
everybody worships the unseen.
Invisible can touch your face.
It's almost a man's hand.
Can you hear me laughing?
Quote the sound, it's my philosophy.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Lise Whidden</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal piece</p>

<p>Story about the flood of war plays that had sprung up in the wake of the war in the Persian Gulf, a list which included politically charged versions of Shakespeare.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Northshore magazine</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Spectrum 18: Best in Contemporary Art</p>
<p> </p>
<p>American Illustration 28 TRIBUTE</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Luerzer's 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide</p

<p>Book cover portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister. Part of a large series of biographies about 'Extraordinary Canadians' written by famous Canadian authors and covers illustrated by Canadian artists. The whole series was instigated by John Ralston Saul.</p>
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<p>extraordinarycanadians.com<p/>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Penguin Publishing</p>

<p>Book cover portrait of Lord Beaverbrook. (a.k.a. William Maxwell Aitken) Part of a large series of biographies about 'Extraordinary Canadians' written by famous Canadian authors and covers illustrated by Canadian artists. The whole series was instigated by John Ralston Saul.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>extraordinarycanadians.com<p/>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Penguin Publishing</p>

<p>Illustration for a story about Craig Newmark, social activist and creator of craigslist, the massive online community for classified advertisements. Newmark has been quoted as describing himself as the 'Forrest Gump of the internet.'</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Backbone magazine</p>

<p>Self portrait.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal piece</p>

<p>Top Life Insurance Sellers:<p>
<p> </p>
<p>David Wood</p>
<p>Marvin Feldman</p>
<p>Bob McDonald
<p>Jennifer Borislow</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Life Insurance Selling magazine</p>

<p>In 2010 Bernard Callebaut lost ownership of his company 'Bernard Callebaut Chocolates' in effect losing his own name. Legally he is not allowed to use his name in promoting his new chocolate business 'Papa Chocolates' as 'Bernard Callebaut Chocolates' the business is still an operating company. Although Bernard Callebaut the man has nothing to do with it, in fact he is competing for their business.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Alberta Venture magazine</p>

<p>Sports Section cover portraits of Dreadlocked baseball super stars Manny Ramirez (LA Dodgers) & Vladimir Guerrero (LA Angels) for the 2008 series Playoffs.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> LA Times</p>

<p>Portrait of a Collie dog.</p>
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<p>Private collection - Cluses, France</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Dogs In Canada magazine</p>

<p>Literary Giant and author of 'Dictionary of the English Language' (published in 1755).</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Washington Post (section cover)</p>

<p>Self Portrait</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal Piece</p>
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<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>The Artist's magazine 24th Annual Art Competition</p>

<p>35th anniversary issue, Briarpatch tackles an in-depth look at the outrages of the Omar Khadr case.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Briarpatch magazine (cover)</p>

<p>Portrait of actor Bruce Willis, done in red in keeping with his movie titled 'RED'</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Self Promotional Piece</p>

<p>Book review of 'Escape from Andersonville' co-written by actor Gene Hackman with author Daniel Lenihan about the Civil War.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> American Airlines 'ON' magazine</p>

<p>Portrait of friend and Artist Heather Horton.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Private Collection - Muncton, NB</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal Piece</p>

<p>Portrait of self proclaimed rock gods Tenacious D A.K.A. actor/comedian Jack Black & Kyle Gass.</p>
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<p>Done in homage to the late great artist Frank Frazetta.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Synthesis magazine (cover)</p>

<p>The late Peter Drucker was an author and management Guru. Initially commissioned as a cover illustration, unfortunately due to a change in feature story it was not used.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Harvard Business Review (unpublished cover)</p>

<p>A bad habit of mine (self portrait).</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal Piece</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>American Illustration 28 TRIBUTE</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Applied Arts Awards Annual</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles 47</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2nd place - 5th Annual Altpick Awards</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Creative Quarterly Awards Annual No.14</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Communication Arts Awards Annual</p>

<p>Feature about billionaire and CEO of Harmony Air. It was believed Canada would get destination status from China, allowing people from China to travel to Canada freely without huge amounts of red tape. That has still not happened so there are very few visitors from mainland China. This compounded with the price of fuel has caused them to shut down.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> BC Business magazine (unpublished)</p>

<p>Financial Analyst and Futurist, predicting an environmentally conscious industrial and technological future for planet Earth.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Backbone magazine</p>

<p>he nine founding fathers of the world famous club for boys;
The Boy Scouts.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sir Robert Baden Powell</p>
<p>Ernest Thompson Seton</p>
<p>Daniel Carter Beard</p>
<p>William Dickson Boyce</p>
<p>Edgar M Robinson</p>
<p>Edward James West</p>
<p>William Hillcourt</p>
<p>Carroll A Edson & E Urner Goodman</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Boy's Life Magazine</p>

<p>Canadian Environics founder.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Good Times magazine</p>

<p>No matter how obscure your orphaned car, you have a knight in shining armor, ready to keep your car on the road.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Portrait of Richard Bonfond; 'Patron Saint' of the classic French sports car, the Citroën.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Hagerty magazine</p>

<p>Ronald Sugar, CEO of Northrop Grumman in Southern California, one of the largest defence contractor firms in the world.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> LA Times</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Society of Illustrators Los Angeles 48</p>

<p>Washington Nationals ball club sign No. 1 draft pick, pitcher Stephen Strasburg.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> The Washington Post</p>

<p>Whippet show dog.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Dogs In Canada magazine</p>

<p>Portrait of friend and artist Colin Mayne.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Private Collection - Toronto, Ontario</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal Piece</p>

<p>Portrait of economist and political scientist who popularized the term 'creative destruction' for a book review of 'Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction' by Thomas K McKraw.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Conference Board Review</p>

<p>Feature on the Rose Bowl match between veteran coach Joe Paterno of Penn State and Pete Carroll of USC.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> LA Times</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Society of News Design: Best Sports page Design</p>

<p>Portrait of late actor and icon John Wayne.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Self Promotion</p>

<p>Piece about Obama dominating social digital networking in his presidential campaign.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Backbone magazine</p>

<p>Portrait of the newly appointed UK government Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Land Business magazine</p>

<p>Portrait of financial planners:
<p> </p>
<p>Larry Swedroe</p>
<p>Paul Schervish</p>
<p>Eleanor Blayney</p>
<p>Schlomo Benartzi</p>
<p>David Grant</p>
<p>Tom Howard</p>
<p>Don Trone</p>
<p>Susan Wyderko</p>
<p>Dr. Larry Barton</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Financial Planning magazine</p>

<p>A look at Tiger Woods on his now famous episode where he crashed his car outside his Florida house and how that started his rapid decline both on and off the course. He hasn’t been the same. His image may never be the same, but can he regain his form on the course?</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> LA Times</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>American Illustration 30 'THEE'</p>

<p>Portrait of investment banker, tycoon and tyrant of the 1930's.
</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Conference Board Review</p>

<p>Molson Brewery Chairman.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Canadian Business magazine</p>

<p>Self Portrait.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Personal Piece</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Private Collection - Oyster Bay, NY</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Spectrum 12: Best in Contemporary Art</p>

<p>Painted portraits for author Janet Belsky's Psychology Lifespan book.
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Worth Publishing</p>

<p>Portrait of the Academy award winning actor.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Self Promotion</p>

<p>Portrait of Canadian Pop Star.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Self Promotion</p>

<p>Comedian and host of the political satire TV program 'The Daily Show.'</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Private Collection - Honolulu, Hawaii</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Self Promotion</p>

<p>Portrait of direct mail samples marketing expert Cindy Johnson.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> Deliver magazine</p>

<p>Laurence Fishburne stars in 'Thurgood' written by George Stevens Jr., the dramatic retelling of the life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Client:</strong> The Washington Post</p>

<p>Portrait of the late great Country music Legend.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Used for the Nave Gallery Johnny Cash Tribute exhibit promotional flyers 'The Beast In Me -Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man' In conjunction with the exhibit, The Nave, Band In Boston, and Rhode Island School of Design organized a series of Johnny Cash tributes to benefit prison literacy book programs.</p>
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<p><strong>Client:</strong> Self Promotion</p>
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<p><strong>Awards:</strong></p>
<p>Luerzer's 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Communication Arts Award</p>

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