Excellent Gifts From Local Illustrators Part Duex

Robin Ewers Carnes

Red Panda in Snow by Robin Ewers Carnes

2018 Cincinnati Icon Calendar, Cincinnati Watercolor Landscapes by Robin Ewers Carnes

Robin Ewers Carnes has a variety of prints, cards and original art in her Etsy shop including this gorgeous Cincinnati calendar. https://www.etsy.com/shop/rewersdesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Marion Corbin Mayer 

Marion Corbin Mayer has this lovely Fiona totebag for sale.

https://fineartamerica.com/products/fionahippo-marion-corbin-mayer-tote-bag.html

Jerry Dowling

Jerry Dowling's amazing collection of caricatures and portraits he has done over the years of county and Grand Ole Opry stars is still available!

Order it here:

http://jerryjdowling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=575

Email Jerry's for payment options: fstopjd@fuse.net

Sara Caswell-Pearce

Sara Caswell-Pearce has a limited edition, 9 color silkscreen "Cincinnati Brain" print 18"x24. Available at Indigenous, Wooden Hill, in the gallery at Brazee Street Studios, and in Sara's studio at Brazee for $65.

Illustrators Show at The Flats Gallery Closing September 2nd

We had a great opening at The Flats Art Gallery Saturday. What a GREAT turnout!

If you missed it:

"The Flats Art Gallery will host The Illustrators Art Show and book sale on Friday, Sept. 2 from 6-9 p.m. Four renown Cincinnati artists -- Jerry Dowling, Jeff Ebbeler, C.F. Payne and Christina Wald -- will sign books they have illustrated!"

https://www.facebook.com/events/1641932699450132/

3028 Price Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45205

The Illustrators Art Show

Check out the Illustrators Art Show at The Flats Gallery on July 30th. Jeffrey Ebbeler and I will be signing books 5-7 and C. F. Payne and Jerry Dowling will be signing 7-9!

Check out the interview Channel 12 did with Jeffrey Ebbeler about the opening!

http://local12.com/news/good-morning-cincinnati/flats-art-gallery-hosts-the-illustrators-art-show-on-july-30

3028 Price Ave. in the Incline District.

Here are the details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1121858164501732/

DRAWING GRAND OLE COUNTRY THE WAY IT WAS by Jerry Dowling is out!

Jerry Dowling's amazing collection of caricatures and portraits he has done over the years of county and Grand Ole Opry stars is out! This should be a textbook on how to capture likenesses for caricature. Jerry is a master.

Not only is it going to be available at several halls of fame, you can also order it here:

http://jerryjdowling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=575

Email Jerry's for payment options: fstopjd@fuse.net

And check out the foreward; this is a must have!

Foreward by Bill Anderson!

Kevin Necessary's Write Up of the Cincinnati Illustrators Christmas

I will post photos of the party as soon as I get a chance. In the meantime, here is a write up that Kevin Necessary did for the WCPO website.

http://www.wcpo.com/lifestyle/drawn-together-cincy-cartoonists-and-illustrators-talk-shop-and-geek-out-at-annual-holiday-dinner

Jerry Dowling also did a write up with lots of photos.

http://www.kenstewartphoto.net/dowling_drivel_blog/?p=6416

Great turnout this year!

Books By the Banks 2014!

Books by the Banks is Saturday!

This year there will be a lot of illustrators at tables so stop by and say hi!

I love going every year whether I have a table or not. It is great for Christmas/Holiday shopping!

First of all, Caldecott wining illustrator Erin Stead will be there!

Philip Stead and Erin Stead
Sebastian and the Balloon

 And also check out:

Jerry Dowling
Drawing the Hollywood Book of Fame

Jerry's book is amazing! It should be a textbook for caricature!

Programming with illustrators:

Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books
Linda Leopold Strauss, Jeffrey Ebbeler, Michelle Houts, Tim Bowers Moderated by Blue Marble Bookstore's Dave Richardson

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.     Author Presentation: Philip and Erin Stead

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.       Author Presentation: Adam Watkins

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.        Author Presentation: Marc Brown

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.        Author Presentation: Loren Long

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.        Drawing with author/illustrator Matthew Holm

Illustrators in the show: 

Loren Long
Otis and the Scarecrow

New York Times Bestseller!

Tammie Lyon
Good Morning, God!

Casey Riordan Millard
Shark Girl and Belly Button

Matt Kish
Heart of Darkness

  

Tim Bowers
Memoirs of an Elf

Marc Brown
Marc Brown’s Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together

Jessica Burkhart
Bella’s Birthday Unicorn (Unicorn Magic #1)

Leah Busch and Dr. John Hutton
Calm Baby, Gently

Andrea Cheng
The Year of the Fortune Cookie

Jeffrey Ebbeler
Arlo Rolled

Kelli Gleiner
A Day with Monster

Matthew Holm
Squish #6: Fear the Amoeba

Dr. John Hutton
Sleepy Bee

Sarah Jones and Dr. John Hutton
Play

Maria Montag and Dr. John Hutton
Sherm the Germ

Christina Wald
Macarooned on a Dessert Island

Adam Watkins
R is for Robot

And of course a lot of great authors will be there!

Soapbox Media did a nice writeup here about Books by the Banks:

http://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/100714-cincinnatis-literary-luminosity.aspx 

 

Jeffery Ebbeler's poster from 2013

My (Christina Wald) poster from 2011. I really enjoyed doing this! Marlene Steele, John Maggard, Ryan Osterander, C.F. Payne and Will Hillenbrand have done the previous posters.

Jerry Dowling Interview

Jerry Dowling has a radio interview on radio Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. with Mike Martini of WMKV 89.3 FM about his Hollywood book and Books by the Banks.

Another Lunch Puppet Slam and Jerry's giant Arthur's Sketch

This is the original sketch for the mural at Arthur's

Last week at Arthur's, Jerry brought his original sketch. I could not get him and Pam both in the picture without going over the patio ledge.

Jerry Dowling

 Pam also brought a new puppet. This time a spider modeled by Tom Beuerlein.

Great lunch and a lot of cool art was shown!

Next week is at Slatts Pub. BYOP!

Tom does puppet improv

Jerry's little helper

Such a shame Jerry Dowling wasn't at today's lunch at Arthur's. We decided it'd be best to make some improvements to his mural ...

Illustrator News: Jerry Dowling's Hollywood Book is Here!

Jerry Dowling's Hollywood book is here!

Jerry Dowling's amazing Hollywood book is finally available! Each copy is $24.95 plus tax and he will have them available for sale at lunch.

We will have a link to order online soon.

This is a must have for ones library. It could be a textbook on caricature and portraiture.

Christmas Party Pictures!

Jerry Dowling put together a great post together about this year's Christmas party.

It was our biggest ever with over 40 people!

Read his write up here: http://www.kenstewartphoto.net/dowling_drivel_blog/?p=4069

Until 2014...

Illustrators Lunch This Week at Habits

Photos by Jerry Dowling

Massive lunch this week at Habit's since veteran lunch illustrators Jay Baur and Craig McKay were in town from Atlanta. There was even a rare sighting of Jerry (Unusual for lunch at Habit's)

See the more of Jerry's photos of the lunch at his blog: http://www.kenstewartphoto.net/dowling_drivel_blog/?p=3795

Illustrator News: Craig Cleveland heading up new design program at Covington Catholic

At Covington Catholic High School, artist & teacher Craig Cleveland will come on board full-time as of the Fall.
He will be teaching Graphic Design I, II, and III, as well as Intro To Autocad at his Alma Mater.
In addition, he will also be heading up a Web Design class.

They have a new Technology Lab that features pc's, some mac's, a handful of new Wacom tablets for the students to draw with, a poster plotter...and hopefully a new Wacom Cintiq coming soon. Their website is: www.covcath.org

Some of the fun projects that Craig has challenged the students with:
> an original Board Game design, working in design teams of 2, featuring original illustrations, logo design and 3-dimensional mockups.
> create a hybrid automobile comprised of various parts from other vehicles

Some of Craig's students will be heading to colleges all over the country, majoring in design or illustration.
For example, one student will be taking design at Montana State.

If anyone in the Illustrator group is interested in coming to school, showing their work and inspiring others, they can reach him at:

ccleveland@covcath.org

Jerry Dowling visited last year and it was a big hit!

MoreStudent Work

Student Work

Illustrator News: Jerry Dowling in CityBeat

Cool article about Jerry's mural in Arthur's! It also mentions the book he is finishing on Hollywood caricatures.

It is funny that the article mentions that people often ask if they can get their portrait added to the mural.

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-25486-if_these_walls_could_talk.html