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DEEP PURPLE ABANDON

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:59:41 +0000

My first project and cover for Deep Purple, for the album Abandon and the tour that followed, the first time that it really hit me of the magnitude of this project was when I went to see the band live as their guest and saw the fans walking around wearing tshirts of my art and holding tour programs that featured my work. The high point was when the lights dimmed and the band hit the stage with massive backdrops of my work behind them I felt like a kid all over again. They also did a smoking version of Highway Star, one of my favorite songs and the second video.

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND BEACON THEATER NY 2003

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:55:52 +0000

In the last few years I have frequently been the guest of Butch Trucks and the Allmans on their Beacon Theater runs, It always leaves me speechless as the concert starts and the animation of my cover art graces the screens behind them, always get a kick of seeing the expression on the fans faces. Sometimes life is cool.

URIAH HEEP WAKE THE SLEEPER 2008

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:48:40 +0000

I have been a URIAH HEEP fan since I was 13 years old living in Athens Greece, where they were huge. It brought a smile to my face to go online and see them hit the stage with my artwork displayed everywhere, a great band and great people especially Mick Box.

LYNYRD SKYNYRD TWENTY AND RETURN TO FOREVER

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:10:58 +0000

I was introduced to Lynyrd Skynyrd and was asked to work with them in the spring of 1997 and went one to design five albums for them two studio releases, two greatest hits albums and a Christmas album plus a Van Zant release for good measure. They were a fun bunch of guys and very gracious, especially Ricky Medlocke and Johnny Van Zant. I was invited several times to see them live and hang with them backstage. Of course nothing tops the first time I watched them perform in front of huge backdrops of my painting. You can see this in the first video which takes a minute to start moving even though the music starts earlier, so be patient. The final video is shot by a fan but is the only version I can find of Return to Forever that showcases the new stage and artwork, great band , great music enjoy!

STYX BRAVE NEW WORLD

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:47:30 +0000

I was introduced to Styx in 1997 and designed their double live album Return to Paradise, and later their DVD which I received a platinum award for. They asked me to do the cover, a painting, for their next album Brave New World based on the famous novel. The tour and merchandise that followed that summer of 1999 really showed off my work, using projections behind the band. As always the performances were stellar.

ART IN AMERICA VIDEO 1983

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:43:03 +0000

In the spring of 1983 I did my first cover for ART IN AMERICA and quickly found myself going to Detroit to work on their video for MTV. I was asked to do some animation and backdrops and then was asked to be in the video! yes that’s me the bearded guy painting with the big sunglasses did not think much of it until it started getting heavy rotation and my mom was inviting all the people in the neighborhood to see me on TV!