Illustration

Illustration

Architectural Illustration was both a career and passion for several years.
I was often allowed the freedom to create an environment around an
architect's project, picking and choosing the landscape to fit the drawings.

Proposed design for Vanderbilt University Hospital.
Early on in this project, the architects were unsure of brick colors but needed
something to show their client the design they'd arrived upon. Consequently
the illustration was completed using dark glass and cream colors. The B&W
illustration (shown here) was used in Vanderbilt and local media publications.
The medium for this and the above piece would have been gouache
on illustration board.

This pencil and felt tip life drawing is from the 1980s.

Roger Penske's Zerex Special.
An early illustration for a college publication created in 1963.
Automobiles have always played a important role in my life
and since childhood have been the subject of drawing and
illustration. The medium for this piece was acrylic on board.

The Internal Combustion Engine, a collage of colored paper
and ink on board. This spoof on the inner workings of a
gasoline engine was also created for a college publication in
the late 1960s. Basically all the parts are there but I have
my doubts about any smooth operation.

With the advent of computers artist's lives changed considerably!
And the substitution of a stylus for the mouse and graphic pad for
sketch book opened lots of new doors. The source for this digital
drawing was a photo of Capt. G.E.T. Eyston in 1932 aboard EX-127,
the "Magic Midget" and the first car of less than 750 cc to exceed 120
miles per hour. My fascination for all things "M.G." is showing.