Porsche Cars President Illustration

Porsche President, (24X30, ink and acrylic on illustration board). This piece was commissioned by Porsche Cars North America as a gift for their retiring President and CEO, Peter Schwarzenbauer, who was named to the management board of Audi AG. The company wanted him driving a Porsche Spyder across the Atlantic to Germany where he would begin rebuilding struggling Audi. I can't say enough good things about this client. They were super professional, accomodating with their photo reference, and wrote me a sterling letter of recommendation. My check arrived in a box with a Porsche cap and a little die-cast model of a Porsche Spyder. So I can say they paid me with a car!
(Thanks to Mike Hasson at About Faces for the lead.)

Georgia Tech President Retirement Caricature

Buzz at the Smithsonian, (16X20, ink and acrylic on illustration board). Georgia Tech commissioned this piece as a gift for University President G. Wayne Clough who is moving on to become the new Chief Executive at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. As Dr. Clough looks on, the Georgia Tech mascot, Buzz, is climbing the main Smithsonian tower and placing the T from the Georgia Tech Tower on top. The school wanted to present Dr. Clough with a whimsical reminder of his days as Tech President. Hopefully he will hang it in his new office, so I can say my artwork is in the Smithsonian!