Greg Clarke and Tatsuro Kiuchi win Silver Medals from The Society of Illustrators

We congratulate Greg Clarke and Tatsuro Kiuchi for winning silver medals in the SOI Illustrators 52 contest, as well as our artists Hanoch Piven and Paul Rogers, who also had winning entries. The exhibition will run from January to March of 2010 at the Society headquarters.

Greg's winning artwork is a sequential piece called "The Neurotic Art Collector." Greg says, "This was created for the new edition of BLAB, Monte Beauchamp's venerable series of graphic anthologies. It's always a chance to work with arcane subject matter that might have trouble finding a home elsewhere. Fortunately for me, a story about an anxious art collector happened to resonate with an SOI jury!" "El Gato Oscuro" (Uncommissioned category) will also be in the show. Greg says, "I often amuse myself creating fictitious businesses, and this 'restaurant' in Spain seemed like a nice vehicle for two colors in a pseudo-vintage poster style. Now of course, I'm waiting for an upstart Spanish restauranteur to see it in the annual and purchase the rights."

Tatsuro's silver medal is for the cover of a children's book, Rain Po Po Po, by Japanese writer Naoko Higashi. Tatsuro says, "The book is for toddlers, so I had to use bright colors with simple, strong, and bold compositions. In order to make the book appeal to parents who have either boys or girls, I tried to depict the protagonist being indistinctive of gender by not showing his face fully. (Actually, he is a boy, but the child could be a girl, too.) I am illustrating the second book with Naoko Higashi right now. This book will have cherry blossoms and petals, just like raindrops in Rain Po Po Po.

Tatsuro had six other winning entries, including another illustration from Rain Po Po Po, and three illustrations from The Sea, The Sea, published by The Folio Society. His other two winning images were "The Last Superstar," from Sports Graphic Number magazine and a poster for Green Iran called, "Where is My Vote?"

Hanoch Piven had three portraits chosen, all in the Editorial category. Foreign Policy magazine printed the portrait of "Karl Marx" on its cover, and in numerous editions worldwide. "Barack Obama" was done for the UK edition of Esquire magazine, and "Bernard Madoff" appeared in Time magazine.

Paul Rogers had a winner in the Advertising category, the theme art for the 2009 US Open, commissioned by the United States Tennis Association. The USTA used the artwork on banners, tickets, programs, souvenirs, etc.

http://www.soicompetitions.org/?section=competitions&competition_id=44

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Jazz ABZ Exhibition at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

The Cummer Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, will be showing "Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Paul Rogers" from January 20 through August 8. The exhibition consists of illustrations made for the book published by Candlewick and poetry by jazz legend Wynton Marsalis, the author. For more details, visit Cummer's website below.

http://www.cummer.org/art_gardens/exhibitions/upcoming_exhibitions.cfm

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Jared Andrew Schorr illustrates for the New York Times and BUST magazine

Jared Andrew Schorr created six illustrations for this year's New York Times online Holiday Gift Guide. He did one illustration for each of the categories of Electronics, Books, DVDs and Video Games, Dining and Home, Music and Theatre, and Style. He also cut out the banner for the guide. Jared enjoyed working on this fun project. He likes the way the header and icons look clean and simple, but they still look distinctly cut out of paper.

Jared also illustrated an article for the current issue of BUST magazine. It is called, "It's My Life," and, it's a guide to dealing with the many phases of life, including marriage, childbirth, and death. The illustration in the magazine really pops and does its job of drawing the reader into the article. The type works well with the image to create a cohesive, enjoyable article.

http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/categories.html
http://www.bust.com/magazine/On-Newsstands-Now.html

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Holiday Illustrations by Tatsuro Kiuchi

Country Living magazine's December issue features illustrations by Tatsuro Kiuchi for an article called, "The Joy of Tree Trimming." They really put you in a festive mood for the holidays.

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My Personal Diary, illustrated by Annabelle Metayer, is on sale in Canada

Artist Annabelle Metayer recently held a book signing for her new release, My Personal Diary, published by Broquet, Inc., in Canada. The signing was at Salon Du Livre in Montreal in late November. The book is designed for French-speaking tweens in Canada and Europe. Annabelle created all the illustrations for the 14 themed sections, which include movies, music, and travel. It also has space for journaling and scrapbooking.

http://www.amazon.ca/Mon-journal-intime-Annabelle-M%C3%A9tayer/dp/2896541349/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258838866&sr=8-1

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The Wilde Years exhibition included works by Hanoch Piven

Last month, The School of Visual Arts held an exhibition celebrating Richard Wilde's 40th anniversary as Chair of Graphic Design and Advertising. Alumnus Hanoch Piven participated in the show and created the illustration used on the cover of the catalog. Hanoch says, "I owe a lot of my early development to both attending Richard's class and to his intuition and advice as Chairman. I was honored when asked to participate in the show and more so to create a portrait of him which was featured on the cover of the catalog." See the websites below for more information about the exhibit.
http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/sa/index.jsp?sid0=201&page_id=482&event_id=1175

http://ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/107549/chelsea-exhibit-takes-walk-on-the-wilde-side

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Tatsuro Kiuchi illustrates Pen Still Writes and The Sea, The Sea

Pen Still Writes is a 193-page collection of monochrome works that artist Tatsuro Kiuchi selected himself. He says, "They are illustrations for various novels by various writers that have appeared in newspapers and magazines. Along with being the name of my studio, the title, Pen Still Writes, alludes to the literature I illustrate." Tatsuro created all the illustrations in this book digitally with Adobe Photoshop. Tatsuro made this book as a sample to promote on-demand printing, and will send it to you for a shipping and handling fee. Contact him at info@tatsurokiuchi.com to order a copy. Please visit the Dreamers Rise blog below for a review of the book.

Tatsuro also recently illustrated a collector's edition of The Sea, The Sea for The Folio Society. The buckram-bound edition is available at the Folio Society website listed below. The color illustrations shown here are from The Sea, The Sea. In March 2010, The Sea, The Sea was chosen as a joint winner in the Design Week editorial design category. See the last website for details.

http://tatsurokiuchi.com/2009/
http://dreamersrise.blogspot.com/search/label/Japan
http://www.foliosociety.com/book/TSE/the-sea-the-sea
http://awards.designweek.co.uk/dw/categories/editorial-design/the-sea-the-sea-by-iris-murdoch/the-sea-the-sea-by-iris-murdoch.php

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Heflinreps Welcomes Two New Artists

Artists Owen Freeman and Jared Andrew Schorr have joined our illustration agency. They are both recent graduates of The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Owen works primarily in ink, watercolor and digital mediums, and has done work for LA Weekly, Playboy Jazz Festival, and Aeroflot Airlines. Jared works entirely with cut paper, and his clients include The New York Times and Wired Magazine. Please visit our website below to see more of their work.

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Beegee Tolpa illustrates a Target gift card

Target is now selling the "Reindeer Games" gift card illustrated by our artist Beegee Tolpa. Beegee says, "It was a really fun project to work on. Little & Company, the designers, had a clear idea of what they wanted when we started, so there weren't many revisions. Or any, I think! They approved the first thing I sent in. It's gratifying to work for a client like Target because I shop there so much!" Although it doesn't show on the scan, the medals on the reindeer are reflective gold foil.

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Ed Parker exhibits at New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI

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 paintings were featured at the gallery exhibit and a fourth was created as part of a marine arts demonstration workshop.

The Eddystone Light print is available for sale in our gallery at:
http://www.heflinreps.com/gallery/gallery.asp?artistID=25

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