Image credit: Michelle Cone
Had a wonderful time drawing people live at the Saks Fifth Avenue Cincinnati Beauty Event this last Saturday. Customers who purchased a certain amount of beauty products could have their portrait drawn by me—with real make-up such as from Chanel and Tom Ford! The resulting drawings were signed and handed out to customers in elegant Saks Fifth Avenue gift boxes. A day to remember and cherish for sure ❤️ Thank you Saks for having me! Scroll down for more photos.
Very excited about my recent commission to illustrate the models at s.Oliver’s in-house fashion show live as it was happening on September 18th! This special collaboration includes the live fashion illustrations and portraits of select personalities of the German fashion company headquartered in Rottendorf. Here showcased are a few snapshots of the resulting live action drawings and the scene at the event.
Alice Weston and family
On August 24th I was commissioned to illustrate live the glitzy performances of Cincinnati artists including wigmaker Stacey Vest and the performance group Forealism Tribe, all the while portraying VIP sponsors by appointment at the gala's cocktail hour. The ones who opted for a drawing got to take home an exclusive memento of the fabulous evening while the other guests could experience the process as it was happening!
Continue scrolling to view snapshots of the artworks as well as a few "making-of" photos, kindly provided by CAC.
Esfan Eghtessadi and Inge Onsea of ESSENTIEL ANTWERP
New live portrait drawing event, commissioned by Essentiel Antwerp for the ESSENTIEL ANTWERP X DESIGNERS AGAINST AIDS Collection Private Launch Party.
The party was held at the chique pop–up space A–TOWER in Antwerp and my task was to capture the essence of invited personalities including members of press and celebrities from Belgium and around. The drawing performance itself generated a great deal of excitement, and the brave ones who stroke a pose will receive the original drawing as a truly unique and exclusive keepsake — courtesy of ESSENTIEL ANTWERP and DESIGNERS AGAINST AIDS.
Ninette Murk of DESIGNERS AGAINST AIDS
Ph. Copyright ESSENTIEL ANTWERP
Ph. Copyright ESSENTIEL ANTWERP
Tom De Poortere of ESSENTIEL ANTWERP
Jani Kazaltzis and friend
Delphine Perroy
Adrien Gras
My live portrait illustration of Diane von Furstenberg at the backstage of her spring-summer 2015 show has been SELECTED to appear in the American Illustration 34 annual award book.
This year’s distinguished jury included Lindsay Ballant, former Creative Director, Foreign Policy; Sarah Garcea, Art Director, Inc. Magazine; Walter Green, Art Director, Lucky Peach; Anne Ishii, Owner, MASSIVE GOODS; Wyatt Mitchell, Creative Director, The New Yorker; Oliver Munday, Graphic Designer, Knopf/Pantheon Books; and Eric Skillman, Graphic Designer, Criterion Collection.
Thanks to all the judges! The book will be distributed worldwide in November 2015.
Portrait illustration of Snoop Dogg for an editorial about his recent collaboration with Happy Socks
