Top Ten Most Interesting Faces of 2009

In October I was asked to step up and be Treasurer of International Society of Caricature Artists (http://www.caricature.org/)

One of the projects we decided as a board to do was set up a Top Ten List of 2009. There are a ton of list like this, but we felt we had some pull with the most interesting faces since we are facial experts. Who else could do this? Of course us. We put this on our forum and based on what the members listed as a combination of their favorite faces based on their looks of course and the newsworthiness we complied our list.

Fortunately I was asked to submit ones I had or new ones based on the ten we came up with. I was honored to be chosen along with amazing artists Lorin Bernsen, Lar DeSouza, Glenn Ferguson, Roger Hurtado, Court Jones, Paul Moyse, Tom Richmond, Jason Seiler and Ed Steckley.

This was my Obama I painted based on a photo from his acceptance speech in November of '08 He may have a few more gray hairs now, though that it's a year later.

















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Here is the list, you can click on it for a larger version or go to
http://www.caricature.org/caricature_news.php?id=19

Michael Jackson Tribute

I started this the weekend after Michael passed and never really got around to finishing it. But I had a few hours and was able to put the final touches on this this past week.

Perlora Mailers

This is the third year I've been doing this job for Perlora, an upscale modern furniture company here in Pittsburgh. Every year they have a Warehouse sale. They mail out postcards to their customers and place ads in the local paper with the artwork and of course on the website www.perlora.com

This is this year's artwork. They add text and a the logo after I submit it. They have the husband say "Now is the time to buy Quality Furnishings at our 13th annual Warehouse Sale"

I was really disappointed how last year's artwork came out so I tried redoing the characters and colored them in more of an airbrush style. There are some problems I still have with this, but I like it better than last year's.



This was last year's. I'm surprised they called me back. The theme was to have them riding furniture. Race to the Warehouse Sale. So I chose two chaise's.

This was the first year's in '07

I love that chair, I don't have room for it now, but maybe when I decide to move."