Going Through My Files...

Here's a portrait I did of biologist Edward O. Wilson for World Watch magazine.

Remarques

        Most people in publishing know what a remarque is, but for those who don't: a remarque (pronounced ree-mark) is a small, personalized drawing that an artist adds to a print or book. I do them on the title pages, as most illustrators do.
        Today I did remarques in two sets of The Green Mile for two different collectors, six chapbooks per set. Here's an example:

        Tomorrow I'm doing a remarque in a copy of Rose Madder that a collector has sent me. I'm going to do something more than the small drawing of a rose that I've done in the past: I want to do a viney rose that takes up more of the title page. Later this week I'm remarquing a set of the Dutton paperback chapbooks of The Green Mile for someone else. The paper is very absorbent and will require a different pen than that used on the Subterranean hardback set.
        I'm adding a News & Reviews page to my website. I've just started it. Here's the link: http://markedwardgeyernews.blogspot.com/

       

One of several new promo pieces that I showed editors and art directors in NYC June 1-3.

The Inquisitor's Apprentice hits stores in 4 months and 20 days!

The Inquisitor's Apprentice hits stores October 3rd!

One of the illustrations I exhibited twenty-nine years ago at Westport West Gallery in Kansas City

       Mark English is the most awarded illustrator in the history of the Society of Illustrators in New York. In the 1980s Mark and his ex-wife Peggy owned and ran Westport West Illustration Gallery and it featured the work of America's best illustrators, people like Bernie Fuchs, Bart Forbes, Bob Peak, and Alan Cober. For some reason they included me too, though I had very little on my resume. Mr. English asked me to lunch and I almost got sick from nerves. He said my work was fantastic. I'm sure I responded with something self-effacing. He said: I hope that you don't learn so much that it ruins what you already have. I'll never forget that. I think he meant don't let technique smother instinct. Here is one of the pieces I exhibited there in 1982.