Samuel Adams Norse Legend video

Ye ha! Check out this elegant animated video about Sam Adams Finnish Sahti beer that features the artwork I did for the label- sweet!

More "New Look" samples

I'm exploring how this style applies to different subjects. Here are examples from two ends of the lifestyle spectrum.

New Look

I have been working on a new(ish) style to compliment the work I have been doing. This has been percolating for a while and was nudged along by the work I have been doing for Sam Adams beer.
It is not entirely new in the sense that I have always had a preference for montage in my illustration work but this combines my affinity for drawing with my newfound love of Photoshop. Everything old is new again.
Here are a couple of portfolio samples to start with. These are rejiggered compositions using elements from various assignments, some of which never saw the light of day.

Edward de Vere

Author Leslie McCrae is publishing a series of suspense/ thrillers about a Black Ops type operative named Edward de Vere.

 I have established a style that will, hopefully, carry through the series and give it a distinctive look. Take a look at the first two stories available for download from Amazon and visit The author's site.

Guinness holiday promotion

I did this a while back but since I have had such a good run of work on the Samuel Adams Small Batch series labels, I thought I would post this as well.


© Guinness & Co.

Mars Chocolate

Watch this space, as they say in the advertising biz, for news about a project I worked on for Mars, Incorporated. Also, news about 'Willoughby: The Dragon from Suburbia' coming soon.

Samuel Adams Grumpy Monk

Yet another one! Incredibly, due to the limited edition nature of this product line, I have been fortunate to be involved with  an astounding 14 labels for Boston Beer in the last 2 years or so.
This is the latest - and possibly, the most irreverent one to date. The label was just approved and the release date is, as yet, undetermined.

© Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Norse Legend Sahti

Another in this playful series of labels for an interesting line of beers - a chocolate Bock, double I P A, barley wine, a Gose and now a Sahti. The subject matter for the art has been as eclectic as the recipes. Fun!

 © Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

More Samuel Adams Small Batch labels

The Small Batch series grows. In addition to the four labels  that have been on shelves since November there are two more coming soon and a third one "Verloren" which is German for lost, was announced just today on some of the industry blogs. Not one to fall behind in announcing my own work, here they are. Once again, these are collaborations in the absolute best sense with the enlightened art director I work with at Boston Beer.

All images, design, names and text are trademark and copyright: Boston Beer Company, Inc.

Willoughby : The Dragon from Suburbia

Here is yet another project I have become involved with. A writer and I are in the process of developing a series of graphic short stories for Kindle, Ipad type platforms. Here is a developmental sketch and a link to our fledgling blog that will (hopefully) chronicle our progress on this exciting project.

'Willoughby' blog

Cowboy & paper burn animation

This is an iteration of the cowboy animation I posted a while back. I am exploring how to integrate a bit of animation as an element in a longer video that may have other elements and live action. Another integration of my art with live action video was the Ralph Lauren web video, which I posted a link to last October.  

I have uploaded this to Vimeo and Youtube

Griffon's Bow and The Vixen

Here are the last two in the recent series of labels I worked on for Samuel Adams. The drawings are mine, the inspired design and art direction is from Boston Beer.

 

Sam Adams Third Voyage

This one showed up today on the blogs. One of the things I really enjoy about working on these labels (and the Imperial Series labels) is the fact that the drawings are sketches- not finished renderings. They have an iterative, fresh feel about them. More to come...

Sam Adams Tazman Red IPA

It's on the beer blogs so I might as well post it here on my blog. Another fun project with Boston Beer. I don't know exactly WHY I was asked to draw the little guys in his beard but I love them! More to come...

R P I Tribute Painting

This was a neat project I did for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I worked with the President's office and and with Dr. Jackson personally on this painting which was presented to a long time board member and champion of RPI. The recipient was a graduate of the school of Architecture and a lifelong builder, hence the architectural theme of the montage.
It is a large piece, 30" x 60", done on linen canvas. Multiple giclee on canvas prints were also reproduced and framed as gifts.

Click on the image for a larger view.

Cowboy animation

This is something I have been playing with for a while. I think it has great potential for short tie-ins between video content and static display art in exhibits and for ipad type publishing platforms.
Go to my web sitewww.dahltaylorart.com and click "Animation Illustration"

Sam Adams Imperial labels

Well, here they are - one of last year's favorite projects. I was asked to do the renderings for this new series of labels by a very talented designer, Matt Moffatt at Boston Beer. He incorporated them into these elegant, fresh designs. These finally arrived at the local beverage center this week. I did see digital images before but it is still a thrill to have the actual packaging in hand, to say nothing of the fine product inside!
I couldn't be more pleased.

All design, images & names are trademark & copyright: Boston Beer Company, Inc.

Sam Adams

Here is the first of a series of label illustrations I did for Boston Beer. This particular one is available in a variety pack. There will be a series of beautifully designed new labels for the Imperial line of beers starting with the Imperial White that will feature my drawings. Look for those in the near future!

Photo courtesy of the Daily Beer Review.
Artwork & Design Copyright The Boston Beer Company

Albany Institute of History & Art Exhibition

The exhibit covers the development of graphic design from the earliest use of printed text and images with items from the Albany/ upper Hudson Valley area including the work of artists and designers working today.
Here is a portion of the text from the Institute's announcement:

"Graphic Design—Get the Message! looks at graphic design from four themed areas: typography and early printing; commerce and graphic design; political and social messages; and the creative process. Through the use of posters, broadsides, package designs, paintings, decorative arts, historical photographs, and computer interactives, these four themes will address topics such as technology and innovation; manufacturing and commercial growth; changing aesthetics; typography; designers and the growth of the design profession; and social and political expression in graphic work. Graphic designs, objects, and the history of design work from the Albany area will be used to address broader issues of national and international significance. As it examines technological, commercial, aesthetic, and social factors, Graphic Design—Get the Message! will reveal not only how the field has changed over the years, but also how it has changed us.

Throughout its run, the exhibition will also feature a number of lectures and demonstrations by graphic designers and scholars in the field."

I am delighted to be a part of this 5 month long exhibition about graphic design which runs from February 5th through June 12th. I will also be giving a presentation on Friday, May 6th at 6:00 PM in conjunction with the exhibition. 

It is a spectacular show and worth seeing -even without my work!

Here is a link to the Institute's site:

Albany Institute of History & Art

Equestrian art

Here is one of my thoroughbred paintings. Several other equestrian themed paintings are posted on the 'Equestrian' portfolio page.

Devon Callicutt trial sketches

Courtroom drawings of a murder trial in Albany, NY.
I am called on occasion to cover a trial for the five local television stations when cameras are not permitted in the courtroom in high profile cases. Another notable trial was the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno. See 'Courtroom art'.

'Having Our Say' film

This was done for the television movie about the Delaney sisters.
The story is based on their best selling book which was also produced as a play on Broadway. I will post the art that I did for that on the 'Theatre art' portfolio page at a later date.

Unwanted horse

Here is a pretty cool treatment of my work. The designer commissioned me to paint the horse plus three dozen small watercolors of various horses which she then combined in a sort of mosaic. This was for a veterinary relief campaign to rescue neglected horses which was underwritten by a pharmaceutical company.

Detail

Hooker painting

This is the most recent in a series of paintings I have done of traditional Irish workboats known as "Hookers" or "Galway Hookers" which are sailed throughout the Galway Bay region in the west of Ireland. These boats had all but completely disappeared by the 1970s but have since enjoyed a major renaissance. 

New Windsor NYS Historic Site

One of five life sized paintings which are reproduced as cutout figures combined with actual objects and displayed in front of exhibits of artifacts from Washington's last permanent encampment which was located in the Hudson Valley near Newburgh, NY. The complete series is posted on the 'Museum Exhibits' portfolio page.

Benjamin Gilbert

Illustration

Illustration, the heart of what I do and have done over the past 30 or so years. Yes, I do portraits, gallery paintings, exhibit work and even some video but illustration is where I started and still consider my 'calling' as it were. Here are several plucked from the flat files.
More (much more) are posted on the 'Illustration' portfolio page.

Ralph Lauren video

Here is a project that I really enjoyed being a part of. It is a 6 minute online video where live action characters essentially walk around in a storybook. It is called "The RL Gang Fantastically Amazing School Adventure"
Working with a company called Filmworks that shot and directed everything, including me was a great experience. They made magic, in my opinion.
The process started with footage of the kids, dressed in Ralph Lauren back-to-school clothes that was shot on a green screen and then combined with the approximately 200 watercolors I did. The After Effects work done in post production was nothing short of brilliant and I was delighted to see my art 'come alive'. Add in the original score and narration by Harry Connick Jr. and the final piece was quite remarkable. Take a look.

http://filmworks.posterous.com

Images and video copyright Ralph Lauren Media LLC

Bloomingdales

Here is a snapshot of one of the Ralph Lauren 'RL Gang' windows at Bloomingdales.

Portrait examples

Former NYS Attorney General, Dennis Vacco

Dr Cromie, CDPHP

Erland Kailbourne, Fleet/Norstar

I have had quite a range of portrait commissions- from children and teens to judges and politicians, including a New York State Attorney General. These are examples of portraits commissioned for  boardrooms.
Other portraits are posted on the "Portraits" portfolio page.