I hope you are having fun browsing through my website! My brother-in-law Jim designed this site. He’s a fantastic designer and did an excellent job making it aesthetically pleasing as well as functionally simple. To see more of his design work, check out his website: www.wittwerdesign.com and my wife’s site: www.artbyhala.com.
One of my pieces was selected for an exhibit at Gallery Nucleus. The gallery is hosting a show in conjunction with the ICON6 conference that will be held this year in Los Angeles.
A Labor of Line runs from July 16th through August 9th. Follow this link to view the entire show online.
I will be speaking at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday April 13th. Topics will range from book design and process, a short introduction to my work, and FAQs. It will be held in room VA113 at 7:30 pm.
Crunch is the second cover I’ve illustrated for Leslie Connor. It’s about an energy crisis where bicycles become the main form of transportation. This plain view book cover design was partly inspired by vintage bicycle poster art.
Two of my cover illustrations were juried into Spectrum’s 17th annual. One is the cover for Tad Williams and Deborah Beale’s first Dragons of Ordinary Farm book. The other is a piece created for Glenn Dakin’s upcoming Candle Man 2: The Society of Dread. Spectrum 17 will be published in November.
Waiting for Normal rereleases this week! This is a great story by Leslie Connor and it’s received many awards over the past couple years. It was an honor to illustrate the cover. The way I designed Addie on her swing is meant to subtlety communicate the movement of a clock’s pendulum.