Mark your calendars. This Saturday, August 14th 2010, is the 7th annual Tomato Art Fest in East Nashville. There are going to be countless fun events and, of course, tomato art. Below are two pieces I did that will be showing at the Art and Invention Gallery. They are both a little larger than 5inx7in. Hope to see you there!
"Garden Boot" for the 2010 Tomato Art Fest
"El Jardinero de los Muertos" for Tomato Art Fest 2010
I was recently commissioned to do a “commemorative print” type of illustration to be given away at a at the National Association for Family Child Care’s 20th annual convention. They wanted the image to be fun and something that the viewer would want to hold onto. The back of the print contains info regarding several resources for parents and child care providers.
NAFCC Commemorative Print
Ryan Long's new CD Arise - Front cover
Arise CD - Back Cover
These images were used in an Earth Day e-mail promo. I have been getting increasingly green in my life and thought Earth Day was a great time to spread the message. This is just a random list of 5 things, there are countless other ways to help the planet. I picked 5 that i though would make interesting illustrations. All of the illustrations are done with pieces of painted paper collaged together.
I have always been interested in religious art, especially images of saints. I have often thought about making my own saint images, but never really got around to it. Recently, I had the perfect opportunity. My daughter’s baptism was approaching and I wanted to make an image for her godmother. What better image than a saint with the same name as my baby?! The story behind St. Lucy is really cool too. She was tortured and even had her eyes taken out while she was alive. She was eventually killed, but before that her eyes and sight were restored through her faith. In the image, she is holding her eyes on a little plate, but she has new ones in her head. You can see the final image and also a couple sketches I did before the finished work. The final was completed with acrylic paint on paper, cut and collaged together.
St. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind.
initial sketches for St. lucy portrait
Image used in a St.Patrick's Day promo email.
This year I am planning to send out several promotional emails related to different holidays throughout the year. The first email I sent in 2010 was for Mardi Gras. Some of you may already have received this email or seen this image on my facebook page. If not, you can see the final image below. I have also included my initial sketch to give a look in to my process. If you would like to be included on these emails, please click here to sign up for my e-mailing list.
Cheers! Happy Mardi Gras!
Sketch for Mardi Gras email promo
Its been a while since my last post. There has been alot going on lately, so I haven’t been as focused on my work as I usually am. Below are some recent happenings.
On November 15th 2009, My wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. She is perfect. Her name is Lucy. She has already stolen our hearts and changed our lives in so many ways. It has been 2 months now and we are starting to get the hang of parenthood. Below are some pics of her when she was 8 days old. Photos were taken by Brooke Kelly in Nashville.
copyright 2009 Brooke Kelly Photography
copyright 2009 Brooke Kelly Photography
copyright 2009 Brooke Kelly Photography
Earlier this year I decided to learn wordpress for my blog. I have had a blogger blog for the past year (www.andyperezillustration.blogspot.com), but wanted a little more control over my content. I also wanted to have all my content under one domain name. Here are some other reasons to switch to wordpress. I am still really new to wordpress, but if you are reading this you can see how its going.
Time to Vote!
Its “Best of Nashville” time. I would appreciate your vote for “Best Local Visual Artist” in Arts and Ent. section. You can vote 1 time per day, let your voice be heard over and over again. Vote Here.
Thanks!!