Rick Sealock

I love illustration. Although illustration possesses few secure signposts pointing the way to success, it offers enormous freedom – of medium, style, and content. And on a societal level, illustrators are expected to be the seers of contemporary culture. They pick at the many threads making up our various cultures – political, social, economic, artistic, etc., – and weave them into challenging images that are both read and responded to. Illustrators have the freedom to simultaneously consume and create, and their work does exactly the same. It is a profession that draws from and adds to our cultures, with the potential to effect immense change.

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  Title: John Entwistle
  Caption: An Illustrated History: John Entwistle Hotel Room.
  Description: A image illustrating the demise of Who bassist John Entwistle at the hard Rock Hotel, during a long night with a stripper and a bunch of cocaine for Desert Companion Magazine, NPR
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  Title: PQ Pauline Marois
  Caption: Parti Pooper
  Description: Nineteen months after Pauline Marois led the Parti Québécois to victory, she dragged it to defeat. How will history remember the province’s Iron Lady?
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  Title: Hawksley Workman
  Caption: Our Country: Hawksley Workman
  Description: Workman had won critical acclaim for his blend of glam rock with cabaret pop while being inspired by the panorama of the Canadian Shield
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  Title: DC Area 51
  Caption: The Truth is Out Where?
  Description: A image created for Desert Companion Magazine NPR article:I needed to know: Are aliens real? So I took a ride around the perimeter of Area 51. On my bike!