I am an Illustrator looking to sell my original artwork.
I've set up this site to showcase my illustrations from the 1980s and into the 90s—a particularly fertile period in my career when I was getting steady work creating book cover illustrations. This was before the big shift in the design and illustration field: the arrival of digital art, desktop publishing, and programs like Photoshop.
As I began combing through the paintings I made during that earlier period, I was startled to see so many images I'd forgotten about—work with a technique that was singular in its approach. Between romance paintings, a few general market pieces, and covers for the young adult field, I had created at least 130 paintings!
I have 130 original book cover illustrations in my archive
I was astounded. I'm sure many artists out there have no idea how many images they've actually created.
So here we are. If I share these paintings with the world, will there be any interest? They've been sitting in my attic, somewhat neatly organized, for years. Little by little, I'll be populating this site with work from this period—when I was really learning the craft of realistic painting. And yes, I would love to sell some of these originals!
I've been an illustrator for many years across a wide variety of markets—basically going where the work was, and doing what I enjoyed: making illustrations. I've always been drawn to the children's book field, and a majority of my work reflects this. But what I really wanted to do was create book covers for science fiction paperbacks. I loved the work of Frank Frazetta and some of the other artists who were creating wonderful sci-fi paintings in the 60s and 70s, so I created samples for that market.
What was there a demand for? Romance cover artists. Did I really want to paint women and men in an embrace—"Love's Tender Fury" and all that? Ultimately, I realized I needed the work and wanted to develop my skills as a realist. So I found myself a rep and started doing romance covers.
Who We Are
It wasn't as easy as I might be making it seem, but I got fairly regular work and had a chance to develop my craft. I learned that part of being a realistic illustrator meant working with photography and models. The industry at the time had photographers who specialized in posing models and shooting from various angles to help illustrators like me create scenarios with the look and feel the market wanted.
To be clear, this is the craft of painting—creating the illusion of realism using photographs as reference, then combining those images with backgrounds that look real to the viewer. (I'm not going to get into the fine art versus illustration discussion right now, though it's relevant and interesting.)
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