20/40

There are so many people I want to add to this list. I haven't had the time to really sit down and decide who to put on it. There are many artists whose work I love and admire who are over 40 and don't get the media attention that is often focused on the young and new. This is a partial list at best. I hope you enjoy searching for and seeing these artists' work.

Here is a short list of artists who are over forty whose work I respect and like.
Tim Bower
Kevin Berne
Matt Mahurin
John English
Brad Holland
Marshall Arisman
Jack Unruh
Polly Becker
Henrik Drescher
George Pratt
David Ryan (See Albany Landfill)
Stewart Stanyard
Tom Gibbons
Amy Guip
Scott Hampton
Julia Colmenares
Katherine Streeter
Sherri Van Valkenburgh
John Van Fleet
Kim Frohsin
Julie Newdoll
Lane Smith
Larry Carroll
Brad Weinman
Barron Storey
Mark English
Sara Fanelli
Sue Coe

20 Years Ago

This is a piece I did near the end of my art school days. It is titled, "Our Lady of the Machinery" and was part of an ambitious graphic novel I wanted to do as an independent study with Barron Storey. I did this and about five pages. I was really into it in the beginning but had not written it out past a few pages and an outline. I was completely intimidated by the writing an filled with self doubt. After twenty years, it is one of the few pieces I can still look at on an occasional basis and remember the excitement of beginning a career in illustration.

I was at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. There were so many talented people at that school at that time. Tim Bower, David Ryan, Stewart Stanyard, Kim Frohsin, Julianne Colmenares, to name but a few. It was a special time and I was thoroughly intimidated by just about everyone and everything, while at the same time, hoping and thinking I might have good instincts and the "chops" to be an illustrator.

Puzo Obituary

This is a piece I did a couple of years ago for an obituary on Mario Puzo for The East bay Express. The top one is my first finish, and the bottom is the revised version after some changes were requested. In a way, it is a tribute to Barron Storey, and his wonderful sculptures of hands and figures wrapped in string.