Post 13, Classic WSJ Art

( To view the initial Post in this series, please click on https://cyan-sunfish-e2wr.squarespace.com/config/pages/620a981b1f3c5f26f4888ee8 ). This time, some never before seen (in this Blog) samples of Art I created at The WSJ, where I had a ‘day job’ for about 8 years…

Above my portrayal of trucker Jane Glennie. This was a page one, full-column illustration, in the ‘human-interest’ category. Note my signature on the right. We covered a lot of ground at The Journal. Here is an info-graphic I dreamed up:

…Charting the amount of widgets sold over six years. Moving on to Sports, here is a half-column image of a sought-after trophy:

CLIO

At The Wall Street Journal, we also had a healthy interest in Architecture…

Old Castle/Fortress

A Cathedral looking like it could be located in France. The looseness of this drawing suggests that it was done in a hurry, likely on deadline. We often were working under pressure— the nature of the biz.

Adam Osborne

Above a Titan of Industry, judging from the pose! This illustration was a One-column-wide image in the paper.

Finally, a somewhat wild ‘Hedcut’ portrait…

Mary Ellen Kay

This looks to me like an early piece. I confess to getting carried away with rendering this model’s hair! There is a visual conflict between the pointillistic face and the strongly linear hair. The hair detail is impressive, even to me! I hope you’re enjoying this blog tracking my progress at The WSJ. More next time…