Today's Political Climate

Election season is upon us once again. Whew! I’ve been fortunate to illustrate some politically motivated images for leading editorial publications over the last few years . . . Here are a few I wanted to share. Many Thanks to Wesley Bausmith, Heather Hopp-Bruce, Dennis Brack and Meredith Bowen.

“Obama” for The Los Angels Times

“In Godless We Don’t Trust” for The Boston Globe

“Thinker” John Stuart Mill for Foreign Policy Magazine

 "Labor Daze" for The Washington Post Capitol Business Section

THE RED VIOLIN

THE RED VIOLIN for THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY. This image will be used to help brand the upcoming classical concert featuring John Corigliano’s Red Violin Concerto, March 14-16, 2013. NOTE: Copyright 2012 Wayne Brezinka

DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT

David Byrne & St. Vincent have managed to create one heck of an album - "Love This Giant"  which is available now. I was asked by Vita.MN to illustrate the duo for their current Fall Music Preview Guide cover which is out today in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Old Electrical cords were used in the construction of St. Vincent’s iconic curly black hair along with yarn, rope, wool and lots of frayed white rope for David’s hair. Actual size of finished work is 3 ft w x 4 ft h. Many thanks to A.D. Leslie Plesser! NOTE: All images copyright 2012 Wayne Brezinka.
 

TAMPA BAY TIMES

A few weeks ago, an inquiry arrived from Art Direcotor Suzette Moyer of the Tampa Bay Times. She was looking for someone to illustrate a museum preview story for a cover feature section. The article looks at 8 museums in the Tampa Bay area (Dali, Fine Arts Museum, Ringling, Tampa Art museum, photo museum, etc). It previews the year and there are no specific works coming to Tampa this year that are standout so the writer took a generic approach by focusing on single museums when new shows arrive. The theme and direction I recieved was “the museum experience.” This was a tough one! Here are a few of my sketch concepts (we flipped the specs width and height at the last minute) along with process photos and the final image that ran this past weekend on Sunday, September 2nd. Many thanks to Suzette and Paul for the opportunity. All images copyright 2012 Wayne Brezinka.

Fly Away

Just received printed samples of Grace Pettis's forthcoming album Two Birds, out September 15. Complete with hand made paper feathers and birds ready to fly. Turned out great! 

Nashville Arts Magazine Cover Feature and Article

Thank you, to all the wonderful folks over at the Nashville Arts Magazine for pursuing me and my work and for this months feature. They are extremely talented, kind, ambitious and welcoming people. Each one of the following contributed to this article in some form or other. I am so grateful. Paul Polycarpou (President, Editor and CEO), Meagan Nordmann (Production Manager) Deborah Walden (Contributing Writer), Bob Schatz (Photographer), Jeff Stamper (Design Director), Lindsay Murray (Graphic Designer) You can view the full article online here, feature located on pages 31-33 or pick up a copy today at a location near you. Nashville Arts Magazine is distributed to these locations