Albany Convention Center Murals

Close to two years ago, I was asked to propose a series of murals that would be printed as wallpaper and hung in the convention center that, at the time was just a hole in the ground. The ribbon cutting was today.
The murals tout the unique and rich history of Albany as well as it's natural and cultural assets. There is a companion web site were one can click on any of the elements and get a couple of paragraphs of description or history.
Below are photos of the main mural as well as close up sections. Five additional themed murals will  be posted soon.

©  2017Albany Convention Center Authority

More of the Convention Center Murals

These are the five, themed murals. each measures 13' x 15'.

Gentleman Jack cocktails

A while ago I posted an assortment of cocktails rendered in watercolor. There were several renderings of these cocktails done for the purpose of animating them. Three of those animations are posted below.

238082 Gentleman Jack Manhattan

238081 Gentleman Jack Gentlemans Brew

Gentleman Jack Mint Julep

Angry Orchard Cidery labels

These labels were produced for limited run ciders available only at the orchard in Walden, NY.

Sparkle

Fruit & Berries

#3 in a set of three, food themed posts.

Cheese, a Love Affair

Here is the next, food themed post.

Cocktails

Here is an assortment of cocktails done in watercolor with a pencil overlay. I'll be posting an assortment of cheeses next and then one of fruit. I guess its 'Theme Week'.

Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery

Its been a while since I posted anything but I am beginning to catch up, starting with this.
This craft brewery & cidery is located on a well known and beloved apple orchard where they also grow their own hops and barley. The idea was to evoke the classic produce crate art of the 40s to reflect this brewer's commitment to ingredients sourced as locally as it gets! They even brew a farmstead style beer with yeast developed on the farm.
In addition to the art of the apples and hops, this time I had the opportunity to do the graphic design as well.

Spindrift

Spindrift is a fresh ingredient soda & seltzer company. These are the new re-designed seltzer packages with my illustrations.

Hops rendering

Something a bit different, style-wise. I was asked to follow the style of the existing suite of drawings for this.

Facundo Bacardi

Bacardi has released a suite of special rums and launched a web site for which I have contributed artwork. I created vignettes in multiple layers of line and wash that were then animated by a very creative team. When I saw the results, I was floored. Take a look and see if you don't find the animation as fun as I do!

http://www.facundorum.com/The-Rum-Collection/

The images below are stills from different stages of the animations.

Snowflakes

I won't say who these were done for but I thought that they were fun-fun to do and, hopefully, fun to view.

Real McCoy Rum

Yes, that's right, rum!!!! Sam Adams beer, Real McCoy rum, hmmmm... there seems to be a trend developing here. These elements were developed for various in-store display items, mainly a bin stacker and a standee.

IBM Television commercial

I was fortunate to be involved in a television spot for IBM that aired during the Masters Golf Tournament on Sunday, April 13th. I and my art work both appear in the commercial. It was
one of 45 or so unique spots in a"Made with IBM" series that aired one time each. This spot can now be seen on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2j5Ev2sPE

Nantucket Nectars

Here is a big project that I worked on last year which is finally making its way into stores. I re-illustrated the label art for the entire line of Nantucket Nectars juice flavors, fifteen in all. All the art was done in watercolor and each of the elements were done separately so that they could be re-arranged for different flavors. This was a great project!

More Boston Beer stuff

These were done for various point of sale pieces using the "For The Love of Beer ©" graphics. These go with the football and basketball art in earlier posts. 

© The Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Mendola 'Best Of' blog post

My work is featured on my rep's blog along with a lot of great images from some of their other artists. Click the link to see: Mendola blog

Samuel Adams seasonal bottles

One last post for 2013
This was done along with a poured glasses version. I will post that one in the near future. This is the most detailed and challenging a rendering I have ever done digitally. The drawing part is still traditional pencil but the rest is photoshop- for anyone who would care about that sort of thing.

Detail

Publix Markets in-store promotion

This was done for a 5' tall display, among other applications, promoting fresh caught Salmon in season. I quite enjoyed this project.

© Publix

Sam Adams package design that didn't make it.

Not everything I've done for Boston Beer has seen the light of day.

© Boston Beer Co. Boston, MA