Suzy Gerhart

Visual communication begins with a problem to solve and then rendered, to portray the story that best fits the users visual vocabulary. Simplifying the statement to it’s bare essence using color, innovative ideas, and composition to convey the message.

Title: suzygerhart_bolechyv_village
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Places I have been...Bolechyv Ukraine village - Self Promo
Title: suzygerhart_question
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: I Have a Question New Era magazine, 2015
Title: CEG_baker2
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: BYU Independent Study 2014 Course Catalog (photography by Alyssa Vincent)
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Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: New Era magazine Sept 2014 cover
Title: texas-poster_pig
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Fort Worth Texas Rodeo Poster
Title: title_blog
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Spot's Soup children's book app - iTunes
Title: rago-suzygerhart1
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Little Bear and Lolly character development
Title: stand_amazed
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Boy singing character
Title: suzygerhart
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Commissioned work
Title: suzygerhart_hist
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: BYU Independent Study History course image
Title: sila_fox_2013
Caption: © Suzy Gerhart 2015
Description: Foxy winter - self promo

professional Member
SILA Past Board Member
www.suzygerhart.com/
suzyg.illustration@gmail.com
801-361-0161

A graduate with an MFA in Illustration at University of Hartford Low-Residency Illustration program. I've been an adjunct illustration faculty member at Brigham Young University Visual Arts Department for 10+ years, teaching the Beginning and Intermediate Digital Illustration classes, and Color Theory. My clients have been WordPerfect Magazine, Insight Magazine, Corel Corp., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bookcraft Publishing, MStar Inc., IBM Educational Systems, NextPage, BYU Young Ambassadors, BYU Center for Teaching and Learning, BYU Independent Study and many more whose names are escaping me. Recently I have published a children's book app entitled Spot's Soup which I wrote and illustrated. My work has been shown in the Society of Illustrators West 2012, 2014 Shows, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 7th International Art Show, Springville Museum Spring Salon, Springville Museum Religious Art Show, several Brigham Young University Faculty and Alumni shows, as well as a retrospective art exhibition at BYU. I also count myself lucky to be a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, as well as the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles.

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Bartosz Kosowski

I work mostly on movie posters, editorial illustrations and portraits.

Title: Lolita
Caption: Poster created for Spoke Art's Stanley Kubrick art show, San Francisco, September 2014.
Description: 4 colour screen print printed on 230gr Stardream Opal metallic paper
Title: Person of the Year
Caption: "П"
Title: I am a killer
Caption: Festival posters created for Maciej Pieprzyca film.
Description: An offset print on Munken Polar 240g paper.
Title: Chain Reaction
Caption: A poster created for Jakub Paczek's film.
Title: LeBron James
Caption: A portrait of LeBron James for the article about his partnership with Warner Bros. Published in The Hollywood Reporter.
Title: Cardistry
Caption: "Ace of Spades" screenprint created for Hero Complex Gallery Cardistry show,Los Angeles, May 2016.
Description: 3 colour screen print printed on ultra smooth satin Conqueror CX22 250 gr paper.
Title: c/o Hops
Caption: Cover illustration for c/o Hops magazine. The summer issue of the magazine was about saison and it told the story of how this Wallonian farm workers' beer became a popular craft beer in States.
Title: Oscar under attack
Caption: An editorial illustration for the article about the aftermath of the Oscar mix up. Published in The Hollywood Reporter.
Title: Jaws
Caption: An art tribute poster inspired by "Jaws" and created to pay homage to one of the first films which really terrified me.
Description: 1 colour screen print printed on 230gr Stardream Opal metallic paper
Title: Agatha
Caption: "Agatha" poster created for Spoke Art's Bad Dads - art show tribute to the films of Wes Anderson, San Francisco, November 2014.
Description: 4 colour screen print printed on 230gr Stardream Opal metallic paper
Title: Delicatessen
Caption: "Delicatessen" poster created for Spoke Art's “La couleur de l’etrangete - The Color of Strangeness" - an art show tribute to the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro, San Francisco, May 2015.

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Preston Craig

Painting and drawing allows me freedom to address some of the social ills that plague our modern society and to paint what I feel, not necessarily what I see. Having grown up in a rural setting and having had opportunities to travel and live overseas, I decided to paint what I saw in my mind’s eye while referencing what I experienced around me.
The nature of my work is that through the use of varied imagery, classical and digital painting techniques and humor, I sometimes utilize teddy bear images to address contemporary, social issues that are relevant and that affect the human race on a physical and spiritual level. Some paintings are a result of investigating my Native American roots (Choctaw), while others are a result of my spiritual quest and studies in Jungian symbology, Shamanic practices and Aboriginal Dreamtime myth. Through my Twisted Teddys” series and other imagery, I hope the viewer is inspired to be more aware of their global connections to each other and to take personal responsibility for effecting positive change in society.
I’ve worked with drug addicts, the homeless, victims of sexual abuse, young people who have been incarcerated, and have friends in the porn industry so I have definitely seen some of the seedier side of life. I’ve seen how people can make a bad decision and get trapped in that decision. They are unable to figure out how to get out of the situation in which they find themselves. With that in mind, my artistic goal is that I aspire to achieve positive social change with my art.

Title: AlasFairTeddy
Caption: Alas Fare Teddy
Description: The image was inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, and targets suicide prevention.
Title: BodybuilderTeddy1
Caption: Bodybuilder Teddy
Description: This image addresses the prevalence of sports enhancing drugs in our society.
Title: GangstaTeddy1
Caption: Gangsta Teddy
Description: This image addresses not only the loss of innocence but how that innocence can be twisted.
Title: HomelessTeddy
Caption: Homeless Teddy
Description: This image addresses the plight of the homeless and how they are viewed by society.
Title: RedneckTeddy
Caption: Redneck Teddy
Description: This image addresses racism and bigotry in our society and how that is passed on to our children.
Title: CruciTeddy
Caption: Cruci Teddy
Description: This image addresses the theme of physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children. The teddy bear is an iconic image of childhood innocence. Christ on the cross is a premiere image of innocence sacrificed. When a child is abused, their innocence is sacrificed.
Title: CruciTeddy
Caption: Cruci Teddy
Description: This image addresses the theme of physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children. The teddy bear is an iconic image of childhood innocence. Christ on the cross is a premiere image of innocence sacrificed. When a child is abused, their innocence is sacrificed.
Title: CruciTeddy
Caption: Cruci Teddy
Description: This image addresses the theme of physical, sexual or emotional abuse of children. The teddy bear is an iconic image of childhood innocence. Christ on the cross is a premiere image of innocence sacrificed. When a child is abused, their innocence is sacrificed.
Title: BookCover
Caption: The Goggle-Eyed Green Hairy Monster and Me
Description: Book cover I designed for a children's book
Title: HairyMonsterPage5
Caption: The Goggle-Eyed Green Hairy Monster and Me.
Description: (Interior illustration) of The Goggle-Eyed Green Hairy Monster and Me.
Title: S Stotzer
Caption: Okay, You Have My Attention
Description: Commissioned piece for a promoter of AA.
Title: MurderbyGaslamp
Caption: Murder by Gas Lamp
Description: Jack-the-Ripper prowls the dark streets of London.
Title: ShadowsintheDarkness9x12
Caption: Shadows in the Darkness
Description: A Queen under the sea, surveys her empire and ponders the threat of impending evil. Illustration for a Sci-Fy magazine

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Greg Swearingen

I have made illustration my career for over 20 years. My work has received awards in Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators New York, SILA and Spectrum. I’m primarily known for my highly-detailed book covers produced for such authors as Tad Williams, Bruce Coville, Diane Duane and Avi. My clients include Harper Collins, Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Disney Press, American Greetings and many others. I develop the details and atmosphere in my work with a combination of acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil.

Check out my Kickstarter that launched July 21st!