Second acts, Tron, Pharmaceutical art

More ancient ParisBreakfast history today.

It's "Career Wednesday" again 

I was listening to Tina Brown talk of 

"second acts, third acts, fourth acts, on Charlie Rose and remembered of past acts.

I used an airbrush and my illustrations were influenced by Japanese woodblocks.

After a serious injury (I was shot pointblank by a mugger) landed me in Saint Vincent’s hospital, I got interested in medical art. 

Lemons 🍋 into lemonade. It became the pharmaceutical advertising art you see in medical journals.

The movie TRON  just opened - 1st film to use computer graphics extensively.

I combined TRON style + old master drawing ✍️ 

Still using airbrush (no PhotoShop in 1982).  A transparent, futuristic style perfectly suited to medical art.

My first illlustration flyer brought in a ton of work.

Advil ads, Prozac ads, high-tech anything ads became my caviar and champagne 🍾 Medical advertising paid nicely.

Covers for Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Omni etc. Are you asking WHO IS THIS PERSON? I have no idea.  If I had use an airbrush today I'd be toast. I worked for 10 years. Hillary Clinton came along with cutbacks on pharmaceutical wastage-
Ads that ended in the circular file i.e. the wastepaper basket. My lucrative illustration business went down the drain. 

Then I volunteered for the James Beard Housedoing photography.

A new career evolved that kept me in 🍾 and caviar gratis. 

Then I moved on to wine 🍷 art, but that's another story.

Second Acts, Third Acts, Fourth..etc.

More ancient PB history today.
It's "Career Wednesday" again!

I was listening to Tina Brown talk about her

"second acts, third acts, fourth acts," etc. on Charlie Rose
and I was reminded of some past acts of my own.

I used to use an airbrush and my illustrations were heavily influenced by

Japanese woodblocks for their compositions and coloring.

After a serious injury landed me in the hospital(I was shot pointblank by a mugger), I got interested in medical art...

Always lemons into lemonade on my menu :) Really it was the pharmaceutical advertising art you see in all the medical journals.The movie TRON had just opened - the first film to use computer graphics extensively.

I combined the TRON look with old master drawings....

Still using the airbrush (PhotoShop was yet to be) I came up with a transparent,futuristic style that suited medical art to a T!

My first illlustration flyer brought in a ton of work.

Advil ads, Prozac ads, high-tech anything ads became my caviar and champagne.
Medical advertising pays nicely.

I did covers for Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Omni etc.
Are you asking WHO IS THIS PERSON? I've no idea and if I had to pickup an airbrush
now I'd be a goner. I did this for almost 10 years. Hillary Clinton came along with her cutbacks on pharmaceutical wastage-
among them, ads that ended up in the circular file
i.e. the wastepaper basket
i.e. what I was producing
And my very lucrative medical illustration business went down the drain. Around then I volunteered for the James Beard House. And a new career evolved that still kept me in champagne and caviar. From there I went on to wine art, but that's another Wednesday story.