http://localhost/ Recent news articles en-us http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/bote/folios-01.html TIVADAR BOTE will hang another show at his gallery of record, Herringer Kiss Gallery, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in June, which follows 15 prior new artworks shown there in mid-'06 and a faculty show at Illingworth Kerr Gallery at the Alberta College of Art and Design, where he teaches design and visual communications. During that, he delivered a trade campaign graphic to Cline, Davis & Mann for pharmaceutical client MGI. 2007 projects included 12 sports silhouettes for American Express. In '06 Bote also joined 24 prominent Canadian graphic designers in the “Lest We Forget: Canadian Designers on War” exhibition in capitol city Edmonton, curated by Alison Miyauchi, marking the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He travelled to Sydney, Australia, in summer '07, and to Cuba in July '06 just prior to the hospitalization of Fidel Castro, where his photojournalism talents netted him a series of stunning visuals from that island nation. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/deluz/folios-01.html TONY DE LUZ enjoys a nonexclusive association with fine art agent Linda Roberts for whom he's painting a collection in his signature Americana style featuring California pier scenics on exhibit beginning late 2007 at Manhattan Beach CA gallery Magpie, with a "days of the week" theme. He was also invited in fall '07 by Kaufman Clark Gallery, Sedona AZ, to hang 14 paintings and rotate new work on a regular basis, and he was commissioned to create the '06 Sedona Film Festival poster. Projects include continuing ad art for Santa Monica College tie-ins with that city's transit system in '06-'07, and a vintage-style U S map for International Paper's special "forest legacy" book designed by Counterpart Inc. He's working with a Scottsdale AZ community planning and landscape architecture firm, and spring '06 wrapped work with a team of architectural artists at Brick House Multimedia of Phoenix. He and his wife stay busy rearing four school-age offspring occupied with sports, art, and music. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/epkes/folios-01.html GREG EPKES was tapped by renown Oregon designer Von Glitschka to create an original piece for a book on textural themes, Crumble. Crackle. Burn. released in May '07 by HOW Magazine. Epkes also joined leading global digital artists in "Pixel: Artists Who Use the Computer", part of the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts mid-'07 curated by Mark Fearing and Jeanette Pelster, Portland digital artists. Web site design and management increasingly occupies Epkes' studio time, which includes client Hedge Graphics and major Portland fundraising events for area public schools including Holiday Home Tour and the Red Ball. He and his surgeon wife acquired a beautiful, pristine cabin furnished in Adirondack pieces and located streamside in Mt. Hood National Forest. His family grew by one more in early '06 with the arrival of a new baby sister for their young son. Unfazed, Epkes delivered a Wall Street Journal rush job, then tackled the corporate brand image for salad-themed restaurant, Crisp, through agency Craig Jackson & Partners, as well as ongoing summer and fall covers for Travelosity's TravelSmith catalog designers. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/hill/folios-01.html CHARLIE HILL joined Hedge Graphics in July 07, coming on board with dual talents in illustration and screenwriting. The Los Angeles-based artist provides motion graphics for the zany "Trailers from Hell" (www.trailersfromhell.com), a changing site that posts the latest movie trailers from famous, or infamous, horror and outer-space type Hollywood films. The site provides Hill with a venue for his more humorous figures in contrast to his otherwise heroic-style images that are fitting for both contemporary and vintage purposes in advertising projects. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/hofkin/folios-01.html BONNIE HOFKIN loves chocolate, and for good reason: the Hershey Foundation invited her, via design firm Gallagher & Associates, to create artwork for nine large panels that explain the steps in chocolate-making modernized in the last century by noted philanthropist Hershey himself, and will grace an educational theater housing equipment and other artifacts within the historic Hershey Museum (PA) in ‘08. On the flip side, Hofkin cultivates her fine art side and recently enjoyed a solo show of her portraits held at a beautiful wine country home. Continuing gallery shows include Evolving Art Gallery (San Francisco's Design District), a recent group event at Timmons Galleries, Rancho Santa Fe (CA) of her signature nod to ancient Mediterranean and Michelangelo influences in portraiture and still-lifes. She was featured in the Las Vegas Arts Council national juried exhibit, "Faces of Woman", and the ‘06 Woman's Music, Art and Dance Festival show at the City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach (CA). Her “Speedbag” illustration entry in the Artrom (Italy) International Juried On-Line Art Competition/Exhibition 2005 netted her a finalist spot. And more fine art was included in American Art Collector/West (Alcove Books) and she authored A Practical Handbook of Color Techniques for Medical Illustrators through the University of Texas. Music also provides respite, whereby she plays blues harp at local venues such as the Larkspur Theater Café (CA). http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/mccollum/folios-01.html RICK MC COLLUM paints to keep up with the demand by collectors and galleries for his Western paintings. He received the Artists Choice Award at the '07 Western Artists of America show held in Ruidoso NM. His Jackson WY gallery, West Lives On, booked his new paintings in a three-artist one-sculptor show, and in that same town's historic Wort Hotel hangs a commissioned McCollum painting. He continues to sell in Carmel CA. In late '05 he wrapped another Mountain Oyster Club Show and a collector's invitational in Tucson AZ, and was featured in the Oil Painters of America show in Missoula MT. He saw his eldest son marry in Newport last summer, and continues to teach at the University of Bridgeport CT. McCollum’s work is often featured in Southwest Art Magazine. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/moyer/folios-01.html LEE MOYER was one of 15 invited into the 2007 "Pixel: Artists Who Use the Computer"  worldwide digital imagery show in the Lake Oswego (OR) Festival of the Arts where he had the show's high sale.  In the studio, his specialty in show business art netted him an image in the 2008 Tori Amos RAINN benefit calendar, and a four-part Fox Home Entertainment Laurel & Hardy package for Samuels Advertising, who engaged Moyer to create a followup slipcase project for the comic duo's classic releases spanning '06-'07.  Moyer's design and logo energy netted him packaging work for Java Sutra's exotic coffee, Jackson Hole Soda, and Pants on Fire BBQ, advertising artwork and logos for Atlanta's Alliance Theater complex, and for Portland's Northwest Children's Theater and Third Rail Theater. He was honored by Spectrum as one of the year's best in sci-fi illustration. His covers for The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club, The Algabraist, Buckaroo Banzai: Return of the Screw and Eye Witness: Rise of the Apostle premiered; along with interior illustrations in A Practical Guide To Monsters, The Cryptopedia and covers for DC Comics' Zauriel and Aquaman with Mike Kaluta. He has been working for two years on Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition concepting and book illustrations, and two of Sony's World of Warcraft properties.  He and Annaliese, his professional photographer wife, continue to enjoy travel that revolves around both work and recreation, his and her's. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/muns/folios-01.html MARJORIE MUNS is working on a series of paintings in homage to Mark Rothko, as contemplative still-lifes that incorporate books and reproductions of the iconic artist's work with other objets. She continues to enjoy display of her larger framed watercolor still-lifes at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's prestigious Rental Gallery, where she was feted with a kick-off reception in '06, and she had a painting in the Long Beach (CA) Museum of Art '07 auction. Muns also taught, by invitation, at California State University/Long Beach. Her "Golden Stone & Bowls" entry in the Artrom (Italy) International Juried On-Line H20 Color 2006 competition netted her a Finalist spot in May '06. In '05-'06, she wrapped a second Ojai Valley Inn project and another for the Williamsburg (VA) Spa, courtesy of Jim Cox Advertising. No wanderings in Europe this year, but a trip to the Pacific Northwest for midsummer rain/cold/heat/wind was fun. She and web designer husband Paul recently remodeled most of their Long Beach craftsman bungalow, complete with a fresh tri-color paint job and cork flooring. And raccoons who go for the grapevines. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/payne/folios-01.html TERRY PAYNE won First Prize in a portrait show invitational sponsored by Artrom International online gallery. In late '07 he lost a beloved black dog whose life he'd chronicled in pictures and from which he created a poignant memoriam viewable at www.auggie.terry-payne.com. Payne completed a second CD cover, “Full Moon in 3”, for California recording artist Jennifer Terran, and continues work with design, illustration, and production firm Ogdemi Feldman Design of North Hollywood, generating software packaging and illustration for licensed products. Payne’s also a regular at Saturday night Swing dance venues. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/perkins/folios-01.html KEN PERKINS and his rockin' blues band, Kenny Perkins & the Nightshift, continues to delight Denver-area audiences, opening for and/or featured in lineups in venues very large (Denver Civic Center) and small (clubs!) and festivals. A CD is in the making. Lacewing Galleries of Boulder CO introduced giclees of Perkins' work in November '07 (available for sale to collectors, via Hedge Graphics), and assignments include a scenic for Coors' Killians brand packaging via Trinity Inc., (Coors being a repeat client), a national Hagar Slacks ad, and further Princess Cruises collateral pieces for design firm Sargent & Berman. He and his graphic designer wife traveled in Greece and Turkey in '06, but content themselves of late with getaways to hot sulfur springs just west of Grandby, and annual treks to family in Texas. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/salvati/folios-01.html JIM SALVATI enjoyed not one, but two, major events that showcased his work recently. In his signature oil-painterly style, Salvati sold out an entire collection created for the gallery at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. In late 2005, at the Beverly Hills store of international art and culture book publisher Taschen, he signed copies of “Illustration Now!” where his work was featured with 150 innovative artists in a publication edited and designed by Cologne-based Brazilian Julius Weidemann and Daniel Siciliano Bretas. http://www.hedgereps.com/artist-folios/schweitzer/folios-01.html DAVE SCHWEITZER's capabilities spanning realistic, flat graphic, and painterly styles enhance projects including a series of Kraft Foods cream cheese container illustrations for Baker & Associates, large murals for La Salle Bank and a St. Louis mall food court remodel, several sparkling covers for Travelosity's TravelSmitih catalogs, and complex architectural pieces for NYC realtor-developers Moinian and S & L Green via the Cara Martin agency. He continues to enjoy the honor of selection by the U S Air Force on a biannual basis to create a detailed, scenic military aircraft painting, an event which includes a trip to a base to shoot reference, then a special presentation event in the Nation's Capitol. In his very spare "spare time", Dave paints fine art and remodels a vintage Racine residence, including new oak ceilings and a painting that covers his daughter’s ceiling with sky, leaves, and branches.