Artist Ed Parker was recently invited to participate in an exhibition of marine art at the New York Yacht Club mansion in Newport, RI, during the weekend of October 10-12. The exhibit, "Modern Masters of Marine Art," was organized by the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery of Fairfield, CT. The participating artists were guests of the NYYC for the weekend, stayed at the club's Harbor Court facilities, and participated in a variety of demonstrations and arts-related activities. Three of Ed's...
We are proud to announce that the Post Office has just released a set of four Thanksgiving stamps of iconic scenes illustrated by Paul Rogers. The USPS Fall Philatelic catalog also highlights features of the stamps on the cover and on the edges of all of the pages. Designer Howard Paine first discovered Paul's artwork in the picture book "Jazz ABZ" by Wynton Marsalis. Paul says, "Working with Howard...
Le Gourmet Chef recently released a line of four gourmet salsas and dips with characters created by our artist Naoki Mitsuse. The characters will be used for packaging, brand identity, and signage. Kerry is the chef and Loni is his personal connoisseur of taste. Le Gourmet Chef is the exclusive...
For the second time this year, Annabelle Metayer has been commissioned by Utex Fashion Group of Canada to illustrate its upcoming collection. Utex manufactures and markets brands that include Jones New York, Hilary Radley, Daniel Hechter, U&I, and Massimo Moda. The images are used extensively on their website and are meant to convey the look...
The US Open Tennis Championship is using theme art designed this year by Paul Rogers. The artwork will be used on banners, tickets, programs, t-shirts, and all types of souvenirs. The tournament runs from August 31-September 13. Marc Jacobson of the Silverman Group called this winter to see if Paul wanted to submit designs to the USTA. The brief for the project required that any player depicted be generic enough to be either male...
Three new artists have recently joined our illustration agency: Roy Fox, Annabelle Metayer, and Claudia Pearson. They are a diverse group with roots from all over the globe (US, Canada, and...
Ilene Winn-Lederer has finished working on a five-year book project for Pomegranate Books. Between Heaven and Earth: An Illustrated Torah Commentary will be published this summer. The project has been the biggest creative challenge of Ilene's career, and here's what she has to say about...
Over the past two years, Charlotte Knox has been working on a series of labels for artisanal jams, preserves and spoon fruit manufactured by family-run American Spoon Foods of Michigan. Justin Rashid and Noah Marshall-Rashid, owners of American Spoon, have been actively involved...