HERE is a video from a book signing for ‘Here Comes The Garbage Barge!’ i did as a fund raiser at my favorite non profit organization Happen Inc.

a special thanks to everyone at Happen Inc for a fun event!

i am happy to announce a benefit auction to help raise funds for the Art Association of Randolph County. Randolph County is where i grew up in rural Indiana, and hopefully this auction can help out those who helped foster some of my first exposure to the arts.

the auction is live on ebay for the next 8 days thru Friday June 18th. you can link the the auction HERE!

the piece up for auction is called ‘Well Read’ it is a personal piece from a few years back that has been hanging on my studio wall.

if you have any question about the piece or the auction feel free to contact me at 317 313 1252

thanks,

chris

a great big KIND thanks goes out to Nate Williams creator of the site Illustration Mundo ‘where illustration gets all the love’ for asking me to do a little interview for the site.

if you are not familiar with Illustration Mundo, be sure to look around. it is a great place to learn from a community of illustrators as well as find inspiration and interesting work in all sort of nooks and crannies.

every once in a while i get a request by the terrific art director Irene Gallo at TOR books to illustrate one of the short stories showcased on TOR.COM.

this time it was for a short story called The Cockroach Hat : A literary love story written by Terry Bisson

it is quite a fun little read that crack you up on your most ironic day.

here are some of the submitted sketches and the final piece.

it’s always a delight to work with Irene.

i am happy to announce that i was asked to submit a piece for the show  EARTH: FRAGILE PLANET that opens this friday June 4th at the Society of Illustrators. the exhibit will have over 100 powerful images from the world’s foremost illustrators, addressing the current environmental issues that we face today.

here is the image that will be in the show

along with The Seeder puppet

here he is being fitted for his crate. i know its a little ironic that a wooden crate had to be created in order for him to be shipped. but at least the crate will be able to be used a multitude of times.

i am not a big believer in having a statement alongside my work, but being that one was requested here is what i sent.

I no longer live on the small farm I was raised on and now that I have children of my own, I wonder how I can teach them all that I learned while planting and harvesting the fields. I wonder how I can instill in them the values of knowing where your food comes from, that you have to replenish what you take. I wonder how I can plant the right seeds in their minds and give them the foundation to nurture those seeds so they can one day share those seeds with others around them.