6/13/2011 Leaf A Legacy Well, it's official: Kate Forman Illustration will be painting a leaf for the Dutchess County, New York "Leaf A Legacy" public art project. Funds raised will benefit the agency Abilities First, which serves developmentally disabled adults and children. I am very, very, happy and honored to be part of such a positive artistic celebration!
3/17/2011 Happy St. Patrick's Day! 'I write it out in a verse -- MacDonagh and MacBride And Connolly and Pearse Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.' W.B. YEATS Spring - 1916
2/14/2011 Happy Valentines Day... Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."
Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.
- Hafiz Persian Poet, 1300s
1/13/2011 Futuristic Illustration My cartoon depicting a time travelling granny will be in the next edition of the Graphic Artists Guild newsletter...thinking it might be funniest to Terry Pratchett fans, though.
1/10/2011
Hmmm...how do I make an illustration that depicts the "humor" of future technology...hmm...
12/15/2010 Descriptions... Ah-ha moment of the week: listened to a graphic designer extolling the virtues of hand made art, and recognized his two favorite adjectives as being about my work too...personal and emotional!
11/25/2010 Happy Thanksgiving!
11/22/2010 Subway Sketches Alot of my inspiration comes from the people I sketch while riding the subway (I don't have any bus sketch-ability, too bumpy.) I just started a "Subway Sketchbook" on my facebook fan page, and I'm looking forward to adding more...
11/15/2010 Commissioned Paintings Getting to work on the "Wedding Paintings," and taking inspiration from Marc Chagall...
About Me Kate is an illustrator whose colorful and textured illustrations depict people of all ages, races and walks of life, though most of her models are the people she rides the subways with in Queens.
Ellen Moore Osborne The Progressive Christian Editorial Cover Illustration
Bob Lindler The Lindler Fried Group, Inc. Walden University Alumni Magazine Feature article full color illustrations
Laura M. Lee Horizons Magazine Editorial Series of full color illustration for a feature column
Bank of America/ HomeFree-USA Advertising Full color illustrations for bank mortgage brochure geared towards churches in the African American community.
Ann Dillon Cobblestone Magazines/ Carus Publishing Children's/ Editorial Full color illustrations for children's magazines: Cobblestone, Apple Seeds, Calliope, Faces.
Linda Crittenden Presbyterians Today Editorial Full color illustrations