Creating a new style: This one is hopeful.

Observations of Nature

Temporal Distortion from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

I started out by drawing. I drew everything. At MassArt I did not stray too far from drawing,
-- the reason I got into the school and what I hoped would lead to a career in illustration. I saw the
graphic design majors hogging the copiers, cutting and pasting endless comps for their very picky
professors. I couldn't imagine being so uptight. When I graduated from Mass College of Art in 1988,
I had a portfolio of excellent illustrations and paintings. I admit I had a lot of fun in college but it soon
dawned on me that full-time illustration jobs were scarcer than hens teeth. After about a year of carrying my portfolio
around town, getting published in several newspapers and doing illustrations for the
Museum of Science education department. I realized that I would never be able to quit my security job
doing this--let alone find someone to marry me! This is when I first learned about the Apple MacIntosh
Computer. Almost overnight all my friends who did freelance paste-up for Boston area newspapers and
stores were hanging out with me not making money. Through a friendly businessman, I exchanged the service of
designing several flyers advertising his business with lessons in Adobe Photoshop 1.3 and
Adobe Illustrator 1.1! Then this guy introduced me to the owner of a graphic design firm called
Ruby Shoes Studio and I was hired as a graphic designer right away because I knew how to use an
Apple! That was 22 years ago and I worked through 8 companies up to CD (Creative Director) and
was eventually laid off in 2010 because of the economy and the nasty outsourcing trend. Personally I think it has become a
young person's career. It is difficult now to find a design job that can support a family and I
feel very sorry I don't have one but I am going back to school to become a high school art teacher.
I created a new illustration portfolio and I finally got an agent who thinks highly of my work. After 22 years of corporate design staff involvement, I want a fresh start.
My website www.greglambdesign.com shows basically where my interest lies.

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Acrylic paint

I spent the summer painting. I painted my house, two coats. When I needed a break, I took some pictures with my Nikon and printed them out big at Staples. I found that these big print-outs make good reference as I put them down where I can see them and just mix the colors I see. I like John Singer Sargent's paintings at the MFA in Boston. His brush strokes are so deftly applied and full of abstraction and life. He is my artistic hero.

June 3rd for Illustration Friday--"Shadow"

Illustration Friday for 4/15--"Journey"

This used to be a sure way for a middle class worker to support his/her family. Not anymore.