New Quest for Clients

I have had great satisfaction as an artist over the years, getting my work published in interesting magazines and newspapers, posters and the covers of some very cool books. I've also edited a very cool book, created a very cool calendar and had a book of my old black and white collages published.

However, the only satisfying art I've done that actually helped pay the rent has been the CD covers, of which I've done around three dozen, the majority for Bill Laswell's Axiom label. These jobs have dried-up in the last few years, and I've decided it is time to find some new clients in this field. I have a list of a thousand or so independent labels to plow through, but I wonder if any of you can suggest a few that might be particularly good matches for my work.

Here's a small sample of covers I've done. There are some larger images in my gallery, in the folder "Published Work". As always, thanks in advance. I'll will try to be helpful to you when I can.


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A Bit of Free Association/Brainstorming Requested Feb 18, 2008

So, I'm trying to come up with a brilliant logo for a new hip, progressive Seattle news and culture Web site, and the title I've been given to work with is The Seattle Needler, referring to that iconic landmark of Seattle, The Space Needle (from the 1962 World's Fair) and the idea of needling the powers-that-be, being a thorn in their side, goading and pestering until the truth comes out. See thumbnail below for latest attempt. I'm a little bit stuck (pun intended), and I'd appreciate any critiques, suggestions, wild ideas, etc. I'm working on spec for a couple of old acquaintances who I'd like to see succeed in this endeavor. There may be a job in it for me down the road, but that isn't a certainty.



Any help would be appreciated.

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Clean Slate (Jan. 7, 2008)

Just thought I'd get rid of all the old news: We are a week into the new year, People who want calendars probably have them. The Dream Book Contest at ends today. I deliver my piece to the Seattle Art Museum today. My new Web site is up and just needs a whole lot of tweaking. I've been hanging out here for almost two years now (and still no DD), and I'm not leaving, but this year I'm going to get some of my art out into the real world, too. More to come.

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