Meg Hunt is the newest addition to the Scott Hull Associates family and we are extremely proud to present her to the art world in this month’s newsletter!

Meg is a twenty five year old jack of all trades, currently works as an illustrator and “art-maker” outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Growing up by the sea in Connecticut, Meg learned from an early age that drawing was fun and now keeps that sense of play in her work no matter what the project. Her art is influenced by old children’s books, retro patterns, science fiction, architecture, fun packaging, propaganda war posters, horror stories, toys, travel, myths/legends, and strange conversations. Each piece of artwork is saturated with color and pattern to bring a sense of joy into the image. Her world is inhabited by colorful animals, strange monsters, secret meetings, people in disguises, and inconceivable surroundings—essentially it is a utopia of the charmingly weird.

Meg’s clients include the Washington Post, Oxford University Press, HOW Magazine, Threadless, Nickelodeon Magazine, Yale Alumni Magazine, and many more.

Curtis Parker was chosen from 8,100 entries to be one of the few who are showcased on the American Illustration 28 website representing the best images from 2008. Curtis had 3 of his illustrations from 583 images selected from juried categories, appear on the tribute web gallery. Click here:ai-ap.com

Penelope Dullaghan will appear in the book, 3×3 Awards Annual No. 6.  She submitted the following pieces, and was immediately selected by the judges with these four images.

Communication Arts recognized 5 pieces from Andrea Eberbach’s “Re-Configured Goddess” illustration set for this years award series.  This unprecedented amount of art selected is not only a great honor for Andrea, but a great way to raise awareness for such an important cause.

The National Magazine Awards Foundation is a bilingual, not-for-profit institution whose mission is to recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian magazines through an annual program of awards. Lorraine Tuson produced this beautiful illustration of a phoenix for Canadian Business magazine.  It made such an impression that Lorraine was given the Silver Award in the Spot Illustration Category.

Rob Schwager is the relatable bad boy with a blue-collar appeal. His classic style mixed with an eye for what is artistically cutting edge makes him an exciting conversion of the old world and the new.

He is also a great dad. Hence his creation of this great piece of Americana art that was featured at a silent auction for his daughter’s school. From the initial concept and design, to the hand-fabrication of the sheet metal and wood under-structure, to the painting of the final design all the way to the distressing, weathering and aging of the piece, Rob put hours of intricate care into this image and the entire collection. Rob says, “Knowing that the sale of my art will directly help fund my daughter and her friend’s educations, is an awesome feeling.”

This series has made such an impression on Rob’s fans, who are admirers of not only his bomber-panel art, but of the Schwager brand itself, that several of them actually had it tattooed on themselves. Now that’s a pretty devoted Schwager fan– which he apparently has a plethora of.

The Value of a Visual Voice, Dave Reinbold

“I thought you’d like to see that our readers loved your artwork as much as we did! Way to go!”
-Richard M. Baron, Design Director for “Road and Track”

“…(thank you) for the great artwork by David Reinbold that illustrates Peter Egan’s Side Glances in your July issue.

I always read Peter’s column first, but the illustration really made this edition work. I have always liked the early-sixties Chevy pickups, but the little details – the dual exhausts poking out under the step bumper, the dents in the back of the road sign from shotgun pellets, the sheepskin collar on the farmer’s jacket, made the picture tell a story all by itself.

Bring us more of Mr. Reinbold’s work!”
-reader Jack Long

The Bepo and Mimi Project presented the “Cut to the Drummer” gala and art auction this year to raise support for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Scholarship Program. The challenge for each of the artists featured at this event was so take a well-known drummer and create a portrait that would in turn raise money and awareness for the MS charity.

Lorraine immersed herself in the music and happily researched the era surrounding her selected artist to paint, Mel Taylor of the Ventures. For the finished product, she created an abstracted collage of shapes, figures, and forms, which presented a rhythmical portrait more concerned with energy, color and ‘visual’ sound more than actual likeness in the literal portrait sense.

The couple who purchased Lorraine’s piece, Rick and Donna Braggins, had this to say about it, “We have long admired the work of Lorraine Tuson and we are delighted to have finally added a piece to our collection. Her image stands out as an extraordinary alignment of subject and technique. Her use of collage demonstrates a wonderful sense of rhythm in both the shapes and colors. The final composition synthesizes so many significant influences of 20th century art, creating an image that is abstract, conceptual and illustrates the subject beautifully. It is a perfect alignment of image and music.”

For the second year in a row, Greg LaFever was asked to inspire the runners of the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon with his colorful and fun loving illustrations. Art director Arlan Graham wanted this years pig theme to recall the “Pied Piper” of childhood lore. Greg designed a caricatured image complete with runners clothing and antiquated leather flying headgear, parading in the sky over the gathering of excited runners below. Arlan praises Greg’s continuing success by saying, “I met with the ‘pig people’ this morning and they just love your illustration. They said that this race has a reputation as one of the most fun marathons to run because of the fans and entertainment along the course. Great job!”

Dave Reinbold had three days to complete six illustrations under the art direction of Philip Clark for an article by Gershom Gorenberg entitled “The Missing Mahatma (Searching for a Ghandi or a Martin Luther King in the West Bank)”. Using his expert illustration skills and detail oriented, intuitive though process, Dave created sketches with a watercolor feel that depicted scenes that didn’t actually historically exist. For being on such a short deadline, Dave delivered supremely and left everyone involved thoroughly satisfied.