The lively exhibit hall floor was busy with attendees. Yes, this was a "meet and greet" type of event, but there was plenty of buying too. That's important! While it's wonderful to meet artists at their booth at a convention -- please remember that they often have steep expenses involved with getting to and setting up at an event.
Buying directly from an artist at their booth is the best way to show you "love their work."
BILL ROBINSON, Flimflammery
https://flimflammery.com/
https://www.briankesinger.com/
UPDATE 9.15.19 Well known for his steampunk themed book series.
and also his charming Star Wars art (which he produces with permission from the license holder because he does NOT create/sell merchandise with these images. If you see t-shirts etc with this art on it.. it's stolen and counterfeit. Fans are the front lines of fighting rampant art theft. Know what you're buying and who you're buying from. Spend your hard earned money supporting artist rights).
ELSA CHANG
some sample images from her portfolio page on her website..
EXPEDITION ART
Finally got my copy of their fantastic "In Danger" book!! So many artist contributors, including many artist friends. I highly recommend this book for all animal art lovers. You can buy direct from them
and I hope Stuart will be carrying it at SNB soon.
Here's the cover
and lucky me, I got this big, beautiful drawing by one of the most accomplished wildlife artists I know Manu Carrasco! http://www.mannycarrasco.com/ He was a headliner of panel at Lightbox on drawing birds of prey -- with a real eagle for life drawing!
GENEVIEVE TSAI
I'm a longtime fan and SNB stocks her books:
JANICE ROSENTHAL
Some terrific items I got from Janice at this show...
LORELAY BOVE
https://www.davidadepasquale.com/
David's plush art, the Chonk tigers, were everywhere at the Expo! I saw so many being carried around by attendees who snapped them up from his table!
https://www.davidadepasquale.com/shop/chonk-friend-mega-tiger
NICHOLAS BONO KENNEDY
Loved the small original oil paintings he had for sale! Such a clever offering. Easy for attendees to transport home, plus the "investment" feel of buying art in that medium. Great way to grow a fan base that wants to grow with you.
When I visited the SNB store on 9.14.19 -- it was fun to see Nick's book as one of Stuart's picks from the Expo! Signed copies of Nick's book now available at the store.
LILY WILLIAMS
Panelist discussing her success with illustrating Children's Books. She kindly signed a number of her books for SNB stock https://stuartngbooks.com/if-sharks-disappeared.html
Lily is an artist in action -- raising awareness about important issues. I picked up a set of her postcards. Notice her credit and contact info right on the card! Great job with branding and artist rights awareness!!
Here are links for Lily's books she signed at LBX for Stuart.
STEPH LABERIS
Long-time SNB artist pal, Steph was the artist selected by popular Little Golden Books series for their "Grumpy Cat" line of titles.
Steph also spoke on the Illustrating Children's Books panel. The panel reached room capicity and was recorded. I'll put link here once it's available.
Young reader below clearly engaged by Steph's captivating art for her non-fiction Little Golden Books title..
MICHELLE THIES
Cute plush characters on her table caught my eye. Even more amazing was her story of taking her art from a Kickstater self-published book to an art assignment for the Getty Museum!!
Michelle's Kickstarter book is pictured below (Farm Cat/Pharm act), along with her Getty book.
Next up -- a table shared by
MJ ERICKSON
and
NILAH MACGRUDER
Table sharing is a great idea!! You have a booth buddy to watch your wares when you take a break. You have a chance to interact with twice as many people than if you're at a show solo.
Don't have photos of tables for these next two artists. One is a long-time favorite of mine. The other is an artist I didn't know before, but an item on her table stopped me in my tracks.
BENSON SHUM
https://bensonshum.com/
a convention favorite and super nice person. I can't resist the charm of his art. No wonder he's a popular illustrator along with his industry-related art day jobs, like being an animator at Disney.
I bought these prints... which have his signature. But boy do I wish there was a website address on the back. These little prints often become gifts. Let your artWORK do some heavy lifting for you by sharing your credit and brand.
MARIE-ALICE HAREL
http://www.maharel.com/#/the-book-of-anetzar/
This was a new artist for me -- and as I was typing this post, artist Claire Wendling saw the business cards I had and endorsed this artist. Wendling likes Harel's work and ...her personally. Wow!! You can't hope for higher praise than that!!
Here's the item on Harel's table that stopped me in my tracks. Read the story behind it on this link from her website:
http://www.maharel.com/#/the-book-of-anetzar/
(next two photos are from Harel's website)
Also notice on her Bird People postcard that she advertises her upcoming Kickstarter!!! Excellent idea!! Not only will I hang onto this card, I'll make a note of checking out her crowd funding campaign when it launches. Harel isn't local -- she flew in from Europe for Lightbox. This is the sort of talent you find at this show.
UPDATE 10.18.19 --- Her "Bird People" Kickstarter has launched. Exquisite. Surreal. Utterly unique. Don't miss out on this special project !!!
Here's the Link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maharelillo/bird-people
In between checking out all the artist exhibitors, it was common to see groups of artists clustered together looking at each others work on iPads etc. No wonder the prevailing comments I heard from exhibitors and attendees ranged from "exceeds expectation on all levels" the first day... to "my new favorite show of the year" by Sunday!!
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