SPRINGY...

So an uncharacteristically mild winter in western New York has given way to an unusually early and warm spring!

Here's a design for the Infinity Performing Arts Spring showcase.

I was looking at a bunch of Magritte paintings this week and became inspired. I was also looking at some Art Nouveau borders and old seed packet and fruit crate artwork.

The end result is a poster which combines the green rebirth of spring and the blooming of young musical talent.

A good poster doesn't need to communicate everything about an event. It really just needs to visually draw you in for a closer examination.

LOCAL MUSIC and Communism

A design for this year's Local Music Showcase. In the heyday of Soviet propaganda posters, they churned out some amazingly beautiful art. I love the industrial hard edged look of these. So, if it worked in industrial era Russia and China, I thought it might work in post-industrial era Jamestown, NY. Yes, the factory stacks are smokeless. It seems lately, the only thing we are manufacturing locally is some great music.