SCAD

These are pics from the the recent Art of Live Caricature lecture and demo I did with my freind and colleague Justin Galloway at the Savannah College of art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Thanks to all the students that participated and thanks to Illustration professor Don Rodgers for having us



Me pulling this old gag again...(although it IS the most important lesson to learn)


Justin Galloway does his portion of the lecture


Students enjoying a caricature by Justin Galloway


Me making one of my stupid drawing faces

Upcoming Jert Sightings

SUPERBOWL 44

Sunday February 7, 2010

I will be drawing live cartoons at Miami Dolphins Stadium in Miami Gardens Florida during the Superbowl, If you have a ticket, look for me and the NFL will pay me to draw your picture.

Art of Caricature lecture at SCAD


I will be sharing pearls of wisdom like this
I will be giving my yearly lecture and demonstration on the art of caricature at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. The lecture and demo will begin at 11am in the Illustration building on Wednesday January 27th. If you are a student at SCAD and are interested in attending, drop me an email, or leave your email in the comment section, I'll get back to you when I know which room we will be in.


Femme Fatale


I will have 3 new pieces in the
Femme Fatale gallery show at the
WonderRoot in Atlanta, GA.

	WonderRoot
	982 Memorial Dr.
	Atlanta, GA

Opening Reception will take place on Saturday, Feb.13th
@ 8pm with performances by:

Naomi Lavender
GRL PRTY (w/members of The Back Pockets)
Allison Weiss
Clementine Willowilde
Geri X.

World of Imagination group exhibition in New York



I will have 5 new pieces in the APW gallery's annual world of imagination show. I will not be able to make it to the opening reception personally, but if your out in Queens around that time go on over to APW and check it out.

Opening Reception: 3/5/2010

Hours: Friday - Sunday 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Phone: (718)-383-0671

48-18 Van Dam St - Long Island City - NYC 11101

The Scam

artwork done for the back cover of punk band "The Scam" 's new album

Ladies of the Clermont Lounge #1

Dr.Sketchy's Atlanta #4

Dr.Sketchy's Atlanta #3

Please Donate to Help the American Red Cross International

If you can, give money to help the Red Cross help the earthquake victims in Haiti...I know first hand that the red cross can be a vital lifeline to people displaced by natural disaster... follow the link and make a donation...do more than talk about it

http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=RSG000000000&s_subsrc=RCO_BigRedButton

Dr.Sketchy's Atlanta #2

dr.sketchy atlanta #1

It's here

Super Hero Cheesecake #2

this piece is from the same series as the last post, also sold to a different happy customer

Super Hero Cheesecake #3

this is from a series from the annual Asifa gallery show at WonderRoot, Sold to a happy customer

Big Bad Wolf

this is another wine bottle label I created for the new Bourgeios Brickhouse Winery based out of Waterloo, Illinois

Pink Elephant

This is a wine bottle label I created for the new Bourgeios Brickhouse Winery based out of Waterloo, Illinois

SOLD!

Just sold this original drawing to a happy buyer in the St.louis area that is a big Ray Charles fan..The original drawing is 12x16, airbrushed with graphite on 60 lb. vellum paper and it was drawn way back in 2005. Reproductions of this guy has been up on the display walls at a bunch of major theme parks and retail caricature locations all over the place including Orlando (Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure), New Orleans (Riverwalk), Atlanta (Six Flags over Georgia), and Myrtle Beach ( Hard Rock Cafe theme park). I'm glad it has a happy new home on someone's living room wall.

By the way, if YOU are interested in buying or commissioning an original piece of art from me then hit me up with the deets at mrjert@gmail.com , I'll be happy to take your money. (semicolon , close parentheses)

little boys in America love baseball

This is Chase...he loves baseball....especially Albert Pujols. He also loves Spiderman, Superman and the TV show C.O.P.S. (even though his Mom won't let him watch it).

Eual and Tobe

These are my grandparents, I love them very much, they are in heaven now. For the record, my Grandma's name was actually Alice, but my Grandpa insisted on calling her Tobe. Nobody knows for sure why, but she didn't seem to mind.

Old News

Here is a link to a September news article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution about New Orleans artists that relocated to Atlanta after Hurricane Katrina. It is a well written piece by journalist David lee Simmons in which I am briefly quoted.

http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-music/jazz-n-more-after-134819.html

and here's a link to my New Orleans photo album on facebook, featuring pictures I took pre, post, and shortly after Katrina

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=156153&id=1064584576&l=9b85b73dc9

It's been 4 years and 112 days since God evicted me from New Orleans...time goes by fast, and I miss it sometimes, but overall I am happy with how things turned out for me.

meanwhile.....

I got lotsa pieces in the works , there will be new artwork up on the old jertblog very soon.

Flyer of the week

this is a picture of a record label I designed for Dropout Boogie's street promotion (I wasn't involved with the sticker production or this particular photograph)

The Dropout Boogie flier was named flyer of the week by KCFreePress.com !!! Check out the website, especially if you live in the kc metro area http://www.kcfreepress.com , lotsa juicy little nuggets on there

Heres a direct link to the flyer of the week page
http://www.kcfreepress.com/news/2009/dec/18/flyer-week-dropout-boogie-jert/

Dropout Boogie

commissioned flier for a weekly old school soul night at Kansas City's Gusto Lounge, featuring the incredible record collections of 2 of Kansas City's finest DJ's

Asifa Atlanta Animation Art show at Wonderroot

	I've got 4 new unseen pieces up at the asifa atlanta annual show the open reception is Friday, December 4, 2009
	8:00pm - 11:55pm
	WonderRoot Community Arts Center
	982 Memorial Dr.
	Atlanta, GA $5 cover with bands and shit

you can get more info at http://www.asifa-atlanta.com

here's a little entertainment between art posts.....please enjoy



...more art coming very soon

Streetside Records KCMO

I was just commisioned to do this piece for Streetside's big black Friday Vinyl sale..If your in the Kansas city area go check this event out....I'm told there are some really good finds

2009 International Society of Caricature Artists annual convention and competition

you can find out more about this great international organization by visiting http://www.caricature.org

A sweet sketch of me by the AMAZING Hermann Mejia

Me by Jason Seiler

Me by fred Harper

Me with the 2009 Most "Humerous" award... I find the typo humorous

panoramic of the ballroom/ competition room

2009 top ten Caricaturists

People looking at my drawings :)

My competition wall #182

Myself and one of my favorite artists of all time Hermann Mejia, He was very exited to meet me ( but not really)

Hermann Mejia, Jason Seiler, Mad magazine cover illustrator Mark Fredrickson, and Mad Magazine art director Sam Viviano

Guest speakers Tom Richmond, Hermann Mejia, and Sam Viviano

World famous New York illustrator Fred Harper working off of his iphone

One of my favorite artists Seo Kim of Canada

the awesome Aaron Philby

My hero ed Steckley

night-time corn maze drinking party

dudes sleeping 8 to a room ...something that i must admit i am thankfully too old for

Proud papa Jan Op de Beek from Belgium

Beau, Rommel, and Zittman

Seiler from Chicago and Moyse from the U.K.

Korean girl wearing two pairs of Jeans

myself with Seiler and Bluhm

Myself withthe amazing Japanese artist Tomokazu Tabata


some folks playing a japanese game where you must all draw the same subject either as cute as possible or as gruesome as possible

you can look at more drawings of me on this facebook album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=183433&id=1064584576&l=3e764f37bd

you can look at my competition drawings from the last few years on this facebook album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=156106&id=1064584576&l=d8a8732abe

and you can look at more of my convention pictures at this facebook album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=161604&id=1064584576&l=e34176a948