Gregory Manchess
Fedex Corp.
Paramount
Disney
Columbia Pictures
Lucasfilm
Warner Brothers Pictures
Anheuser Busch
US Postal Service
National Geographic
Smithsonian
Scientific American
TIME Magazine
Newsweek
Marlboro
Smuckers
The Nature Conservancy
The RAND Corporation
KPMG
American Cardiologists
Mutual of Omaha
John Deere
General Motors
Global Marine
Holland Cruise Line
MacDonald Douglas
NASA
Playboy
Penthouse
Rolling Stone
The Atlantic
The New Yorker Mag
Sports Afield
Car & Driver
Cosmopolitan
TV Guide
NFL
MLB
National Hockey League
Random House
Simon & Schuster
Penguin Books
St. Martin’s Press
Dial Books
Tor Books
McDonalds Corp.
Captain Morgan
Patron
Ralph Lauren
Shiseido
Land’s End
Eddie Bauer
Carmax
Candlewick Press
Little, Brown & Co.
I work up images based on the needs and overall outcome of conversations with the client. This may seem like a standard approach, but for me, concerted effort is needed to begin the visualization process. Dreaming images into reality is the crux of successful picture-making for my work. The mood and emotional balance of the artwork is it’s ultimate connection to the viewer.
Inherent within those first, small thumbnail sketches is the core of the communication. I refer back to these original gestations over and over again throughout the process. Here lies the key to drawing the viewer in and holding their attention. And it all starts with composition, color, and light.
From there, I research the subject matter to familiarize myself with all aspects…and begin to develop the sketch. Final sketches are based on more conversations, as in the final sketch for “Magellan Enters the Strait” and fine adjustments are made, comparing the final sketch with the initial thumbnail. From there, the final painting develops very quickly.
