Earth: Fragile Planet Exhibition

Our artists Greg Clarke, Tatsuro Kiuchi, and Hanoch Piven are all participating in the "Earth: Fragile Planet" exhibition that runs from June 3-July 31. The exhibition is at the Museum of American Illustration in New York, and displays the work of 120 artists who express their personal views about the state of the environment.

Greg Clarke's piece "Adam's Alehouse" was also a Distinguished Merit winner at the 3x3 competition. He says, "My theme was water, and "Adam's Alehouse" was the result. "Adam's Ale" is an archaic reference to the only available beverage to Adam in the Garden of Eden. At the rate we continue to pollute our waters, this image envisions a future where the only access to potable water will be at purified water bars, and even then limited only to creatures of means."

Tatsuro Kiuchi created "Not So Polar Bear" for the exhibition. He says, "I thought it would be striking to show a polar bear in the forest. He is now living in the mountains because there are no ice floats left for him to hunt seals in the arctic. There he is standing with his hands and mouth soaking in blood. I presented the bear being rather cute, not menacing looking at all, to imply that this is the reality, and this is his nature. He doesn't have to be angry. He is just doing what he has to do to stay alive. The earth will keep rotating whether the natural environment is being destroyed or not. "

Hanoch Piven is also giving a workshop at the Society of Illustrators on July 8, called "Creating Art with Hanoch Piven." Click on the link below for more details.

Fragile Planet Exhibit: http://bit.ly/9DYuqd

Hanoch's Workshop: http://bit.ly/cWjv6W

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Heflinreps e-promos

Since January of this year, we have been sending out email promos based on the current month. Artists create the illustrations specifically for this purpose, and we will continue to release them through the end of this year. It's a great way to connect our potential customers with our artists' portfolios and individual websites. Each one also lists some of the current events and special projects for the month.

We started with "January Jones" by Owen Freeman, and the February illustration was "The Shortest Month" by Paul Rogers. Jared Andrew Schorr illustrated "March Hare," and Greg Clarke created "April Fish." "May-September Romance" by Meilo So was the fifth illustration, and Beegee Tolpa's "June Bug" is going out next week. If you'd like to be added to the list to receive the promos, please send Sally a message at sally@heflinreps.com.

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Greg Clarke receives a Distinguished Merit Award at the 3x3 Pro Show

Greg Clarke's "Adam's Alehouse" has received a Distinguished Merit Award in the Self-Promotion category at this year's 3x3 Pro Show. "El Gato Oscuro" was also a Merit winner in the Self-Promotion category.

Greg says, "As a self-promotion project, I wanted to create a series of posters for fictitious food/beverage establishments. After completing the 'El Gato Oscuro' piece, I was invited to participate in the Earth: Fragile Planet exhibition at the Society of Illustrators in New York (opening June 4, 2010). I decided to create another poster in the style of 'El Gato.' My theme was water, and 'Adam's Alehouse' was the result. 'Adam's Ale' is an archaic reference to the only available beverage to Adam in the Garden of Eden. At the rate we continue to pollute our waters, this image envisions a future where the only access to potable water will be at purified water bars, and even then limited only to creatures of means."

Congratulations to Greg and all the other winners listed at 3x3's website below.

http://www.3x3mag.com/No7_ProWinners.html

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Poetry Magazine publishes four covers by our artists

Greg Clarke, Kathy Osborn and Tatsuro Kiuchi had some great covers on four recent issues of Poetry Magazine. Greg's illustrations in November and February were "The Poet Takes a Walk" and "The Codependents." Kathy's illustration from the June issue was "The Good Egg," and Tatsuro's "On the Beach" graced the July cover.

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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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Greg Clarke illustrates a new picture book

Dutton Children's Books has just released, "How to Raise Mom and Dad" by Josh Lerman with watercolor illustrations by our artist Greg Clarke. The picture book features an older sister showing her younger brother how to train their parents to get what he wants.

Greg Clarke writes, "When this manuscript came across my desk, the timing was fortuitous. I loved the premise of a big sister schooling her little brother in the fine art of parent rearing. But more importantly, the kids in the book were my kids--two kids roughly the same ages (and gender order) as my own, and with the same arch view of their parents. And it was well written to boot. It's not often I get to collaborate with my children on a job, with Greta and Julian ultimately serving as technical advisors throughout the sketch and finish phases."

Kirkus Reviews says, "Clarke illustrates each recommended course of conduct as a set piece, nicely strung together as pearls of sisterly wisdom," and School Library Journal writes, "The gouache [sic] illustrations are as joyful as the text." "Greg Clarke's whimsical depictions add to the humor," says Scholastic Parent and Child Magazine.

http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780525478706,00.html?strSrchSql=How+to+Raise+Mom+and+Dad/How_to_Raise_Mom_and_Dad_Josh_Lerman

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6633081.html?industryid=47073

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Heflinreps American Illustration 27 Winners

Our artists Greg Clarke, Miguel Gallardo, Tatsuro Kiuchi, and Rutu Modan have artwork selected for the AI 27 annual book due out in February 2009. Joe Morse and Ilene Winn-Lederer also have pieces chosen for the website.

Greg Clarke has a series of six images he did for Real Simple Magazine selected called "You've Got Mice." He also has a New York Times Book Review cover chosen for the website only. Miguel Gallardo has a personal piece called "Barcelona Skyline" selected for the book and three other editorial images chosen for the website.

Tatsuro Kiuchi has three works selected: "Pass the Cheer," part of the 2007 Starbucks holiday campaign, "Ya-te-veo," an illustration for the book Beasts!, and "New Year Travel," an illustration of animals on a plane that also received the Bronze medal in the 3x3 Pro Show.

Rutu Modan will have "Stranger's Eyes" published in the annual, an image for a CD booklet. Chosen for the website are Joe Morse's illustration of "Snoop Dog" for Rolling Stone and two images by Ilene Winn-Lederer, "Betrayal & Rebellion," and "The Beast of Mass Destruction." They are both from her upcoming book, "Between Heaven & Earth," from Pomegranate.

You can see all the entries at the American Illustration website at http://www.ai-ap.com/. Click on AI27 and search for the artist by name.

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Tatsuro Kiuchi Wins Two Bronze Medals

The 3x3 Pro Show has awarded two Bronze Medals in the Editorial category to Tatsuro Kiuchi. His entries had more than a majority of the judges' votes as well as one or more judges listing them as their favorites. The two entries are "Traveling with Four-legged Friends" and "Golf Orphans." "Traveling" was a rejected sketch for a New York Times article since it was similar to another illustration they had used in the past, but was published by Kadokawa in Japan as a magazine cover. The final New York Times piece was of a cat in a suitcase, also selected for the 3x3 annual. "Golf Orphans" was from a Golf for Women article about parents who are always golfing on the weekends, so the only chance the daughters have to see them is when they are at the pool near the golf course. Tatsuro also had five images selected from the Starbucks "Pass the Cheer" advertising campaign.

Greg Clarke had the cover of the New York Times Book Review chosen. Miguel Gallardo had entries selected from three different categories: the cover of Maria and Me, illustrations from Java Junkie, and "Anger" published by Magazine-La Vanguardia. Images from Get Ready: The Los Angeles Earthquake Sourcebook by Paul Rogers were honored in the book series category.

Heflinreps congratulates all our artists whose illustrations were selected for the annual. There were over 4,000 entries, with only 200 images selected by the judges.

https://www.3x3mag.com/callforentries.html

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