Holiday Cards 1990 - Present
Tis the Season
These all began by accident. I first saw the fun of doing Holiday Cards while working at Lohan Associates in the late 80's. They had a custom doing architectural greeting cards. There would be subject matters like a Christmas table setting for famous architects, or the blueprint for Santa's sleigh. I worked with the Planning department to do one that showed the master plan for Santa's North Pole operation, a town in the shape of a huge snowflake.
But I found all these subjects too flat, and took the medium and found Architecture scenes in Chicago that I could skew with the holiday spirit. The cost of mailing these out every year (about 200 friends) eventually forced me to develop this Web site. I continue to add image to my gallery.
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Series I
Series II
All images were first rendered with ink on white film. As I drew these I would have to think in the "negative" since the final image would be a reverse of my drawing.
I actually started this technique when I was studying in Scotland. I was doing lighting schemes for a historical building and needed to work with white ink on black paper. My technique eventually became more involved.
Series III
Series IV
