Sayonara Blogger

I have enjoyed your company over the past 6 or so years Blogger but I must be moving on. Thanks!

New blog for sketchbook posts: http://andrewrwright.tumblr.com/

New website for illustration: http://andrewrwright.com/

Object of Affection blog: http://object-of-affection.tumblr.com/

OBJECTS

For the past few months, in the studio, I have been working on a series of prints based on objects I consider to be well designed. This began with my admiration of product design. Both the function and aesthetic qualities.

I am finding more and more that an object functioning well does not necessarily mean it occupies space in an aesthetically pleasing way and vice-versa. My goal is to seek out things (for lack of a better word) that accomplish both ideas of form and function. The subjects range from a paper bag to furniture. Anything that, in my opinion, is designed well but also performs its intended task in a smooth manner.

Every Tuesday I will be releasing a new print in an edition of 5. All prints are available for purchase through the link in each post and the "shop" link at the top of the page. Here is the first print and the blog I will be releasing them on:

http://object-of-affection.tumblr.com/

The prints are also available for purchase($35) here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AndrewRWright

FACTOID

My artist rep is doing a large poster promotion that includes small squares of art from each of his artists. We were all given a fact and were to create an image. My fact was "A giraffe can clean its ear with its tongue."

Gallery Nucleus

I just finished this image for Gallery Nucleus' show "A Few of My Favorite Things" opening this Saturday. It is a 22x30 linoleum cut, printed in an edition of 5. One is framed, the rest unframed, and are available for purchase at Nucleus' online store.



This image is also still available and a few limited edition prints of this and this are as well.

WORK and EXPERIMENTS

Three recent jobs for Field and Stream. It was fun doing the headline type as well.





EXPERIMENTS

SKETCHBOOK

I'm headed to Chicago on Wednesday. It is going to be cool.

SKETCHBOOK

I am now located in Richmond, VA. Here are some sketchbook pages.

THE ILLUSTRATION ACADEMY and TAD

The Illustration Academy

llustration Academy Faculty Announced!

The full-time faculty and visiting artists for each location will be as listed below:

Kansas City
Faculty: John English, Mark English, Brent Watkinson, George Pratt
Visiting Artists: Gary Kelley, C.F. Payne, Anita Kunz, Jon Foster

Richmond
Faculty: Sterling Hundley, Doug Chayka, Josh George, Robert Meganck
Visiting Artists: Jon Foster, Anita Kunz, John English, Chris Payne, and Jason Manley!


PODS for TAD are being populated.

As time goes forward, the TAD Kick Off is growing near. June 17th is the Studio Kick Off of the
first TAD semester. Students from all around the country will converge in Kansas City for a three
week studio session. After that, some people stay in KC, and others will continue to Austin or
Richmond to start living the studio experience in their respective PODs. Studying online in the
Elluminate Educational Environment as well as taking part in a POD studio is the "hybrid" art
education experience that John English and Jason Manley have envisioned.

DRAWINGS, SKETCHBOOK, AWARDS (not in that particular order)

There is a lot going on over here. I received word that THIS PIECE was chosen for American Illustration 29. THIS PIECE was a runner-up for Creative Quarterly 19. THESE TWO PIECES were selected to be in The Illustrators Club of DC, MD, and VA and THIS ONE received a silver medal for the same show.

Below are some drawings for a current series I am working on based on the Northwest Coast Indian tribe the Kwakwaka'wakw.





And some more sketchbook pages:

SKETCHBOOK

It is strange to me that what you think would be a minuscule detail can completely change the way you draw.

All of my previous sketchbooks have been in the landscape format. I never thought about it before but I was always able to rest my hand on the page when drawing, which in turn gave me more control. This new book is vertical (portrait?) oriented. I do not have the luxury of resting my hand on the page. This has taken a lot of control away from me. I like it. It is making me think different.