Santa Rides the Subways (a little early) – Jeffrey Lindberg Illustration

 

 

Santa Rides the Subways (a little early)

Santa-Rides-Train---Cover-DrawingThis is a concept drawing that I have done for a Christmas children’s book.

The concept is simple: Santa is out delivering presents over Brooklyn USA when his sleigh breaks down and he lands on top of a brownstone in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Enlisting the aid of a young girl, Carmen- and other Brooklynites – Santa gets his sleigh working- with the aid of a subway train!

Below can be seen other concept art for the book.

Brownstone-Santa-outline

carmen_with_santa

Watercolor Paintings – Mid-Coast Maine

*Watercolors Painted in Damariscotta Maine. *

popham-island
Popham Beach, Maine

Most of these watercolors I painted on site on Biscay Pond in Damariscotta, Maine.

This is in mid-coast Maine, and for those of you not familiar with some of the smaller towns in Maine, it is about one hour north of Portland.

A beautiful little town that we have been visiting for a long time now- and I never get tired of painting the view that I have had at various houses usually right on Biscay Pond.

View-Across-Biscay
Biscay Pond, Damariscotta, Maine

I am offering prints of my watercolors – limited to 10 – all signed by me.

Prints use archival pigment print on acid free cotton rag paper. Smaller prints will be mailed in tube- larger prints mailed flat.

Biscay-panorama

 

Please note: I am also considering offering to sell the original painting. This would be negotiated separately from any print orders.

Please feel free to check out my other images for sale on my my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JeffreyLindberg?ref=hdr_shop_menu

or on my website: www.jeffreylindberg.com.

Biscay-Trees

Thank you for checking out my work. For me these are pure painting, and truly labors of love!

Rachel-Carson-Salt-Pond

Galadriel – Lord of the Rings –  Archival Prints

Galadriel – Lord of the Rings –  Archival Prints

Galadriel  -The Lord of the Rings
Galadriel -The Lord of the Rings

Image directly inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s  “Lord of the Rings” books. This is my imagining of Galadriel where she shows Frodo the pool of water that shows him a possible future. This painting is hanging in my living room- which shows what I think of it!

This painting was carefully using a detailed pencil drawing- followed up by colored pencils, airbrush, acrylics and oil paints. Original painting measures approximately 15″ x 30″ – on board.

Moon-Queen-on-wall

I am offering prints of Galadriel – from “the Lord of the Rings” – limited to 10 – all signed by me. Original painting is based on the “Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. Prints use archival pigment print on acid free cotton rag paper. Smaller prints will be mailed in tube- larger prints mailed flat.

Print Sizes and Prices:

12” x 16” – $175.00

18” x 24” – $350.00

30” x 40” – $600.00

Prices include the shipping charges. The framed painting image is shown to give you an idea of what the painting might look like on your wall. Framing not included.

Please feel free to check out my other images for sale on my website here- or at my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Rediscovering My Illustrations

Rediscovering My Illustrations

How going through my basement and attic helped me to remember what I have created!

Science fiction Illustration
Stranded astronaut near Jupiter.

The Working Method

I have been an illustrator for most of my career. I prefer not to say how long, but let’s just say, I was working in the pre-digital era, and now embrace both traditional and digital media as part of my work flow.

Honestly, more of my work for the last decade has been finished digitally- after hand sketches and some watercolor concept work I completed all my work using Photoshop.

Santa Rides the Trains
Santa Claus in Brooklyn

But there was a period of almost 15 years where I created hundreds of images for children’s books. I painted book covers, short story illustrations, picture book art- usually using the same process that I taught myself in trial and error fashion. The basic process went like this:

  1. Concept rough thumbnail sketch
  2. Color sketch with pencil and colored pencils
  3. Work on finished art. Always on a gessoed panel. I used to use masonite. But traveling to the city back and forth that got heavy! So I switched to heavy illustration board – usually Strathmore paper.
  4. Paintings would be created using acrylic underpainting using brush and airbrush to set the tones. Colored pencils would state the initial color palette and further establish the tonal transitions. Then more acrylic painting from large to small sable brushes. Finally, glazes of oil paints would “pull together” the values and colors. In my opinion, there is nothing like the glaze of oil paints for true color and values.

As i said, I have painted hundreds of images, from romance to science fiction using this working method. And most of them got stored in either the basement or the attic- protected but not really looked at for over 15 years.

Astronaut near Jupiter
Jeff in Space

So- in January 2015 I decided to FINALLY  collect the paintings together into one place- placed on a metal shelf and sorted out by subject. I was thinking that maybe there would be interest in these images. That people would like to see paintings- and possibly be interested in quality prints of my painting-illustrations. It would be great if they could have a “use” outside of the initial purpose of illustrating a story.

The Secondary Discovery

I had recently read an article in the NY Times by Heidi Julavits “Turning Clutter into Joy”.  This essay took a different approach to the prevailing wisdom that one should purge themselves of useless possessions- the flotsam and jetsam of life that accumulates over the course of a lifetime.

Yes I did find lots of useless things- detritus that was definitely of no use to anyone- least of all me. But in the process of throwing out these remnants of life and previous work, I began to run across pieces of art that I had totally forgotten about. Or maybe I remembered them, but in a kind of a dim way, like a faded image on photo paper. These were drawings, sketches, paintings –  IDEAS! that I had almost totally forgotten about.

And the Illustrations!

I will admit that not all are great- some are just good- and others just blew me away. Digital techniques have their own usages, and I have been about to expand the range of what I can do with Photoshop, After Effects and other software.

So I have photographed all my newly discovered paintings with my digital camera, and have selected some to be shown on my website, and on Etsy, to have them available as digital archival quality prints.

Illustration Storage Archive
Painting & Illustration Storage shelf

Collection-2015
Artwork and Illustration Collection – found items!

Old is New Again- and Vice Versa?

With social media- and sites like Etsy, Instagram and Pinterest, I can share my art in ways that didn’t exist when these paintings were originally created. This process is fascinating to me as an illustrator and an artist. Old work becomes new in another context, and going forward my newest work will still be created using the techniques that i perfected in painting those images that originally were mere illustrations.

Please check out my new shop on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Don Mattingly – Archival Prints for Sale – Etsy

Don Mattingly – Archival Prints for Sale –  Etsy

Archival print available on Etsy
Archival print of Yankee-great Don Mattingly

I am offering archival prints for sale – on Etsy. Inspired by my hero of the 1990’s I painted this image of former Yankee Don Matttingly- in action with his perfect swing. I haven’t painted too many sports images- but I love baseball and think of doing more in the future. This painting was created using colored pencils, airbrush, acrylics and oils. The original painting measures approximately 20″ x 15″.

Mattingly---on-wall

I am offering archival prints of Don Mattingly – A Yankee Great – limited to 10 – all signed by me. Prints use archival pigment print on acid free cotton rag paper. Smaller prints will be mailed in tube- larger prints mailed flat.

Print Sizes and Prices:

12” x 16” – $175.00

18” x 24” – $350.00

30” x 40” – $600.00

Prices include the shipping charges. The framed painting image is shown to give you an idea of what the painting might look like on your wall. Framing not included.

Also: I am considering offering the original artwork for sale. The price for this painting can be negotiated if interested. As mentioned before, this was created using colored pencils, acrylics and oil paints- on illustration board.

Please feel free to check out my other images for sale on my website here- or at my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Cinderella – Archival Prints for Sale on Etsy

 

 

Cinderella

Archival Prints for Sale on Etsy

Cinderella - Artwork for sale
Cinderella – Archival prints for sale on Etsy

 

Cinderella – Archival Prints for Sale on Etsy.

This painting was originally created for the cover for an anthology of fairy tales. Models were hired, costumes selected and the various reference material was used in the creation of this painting. Original painting measures approximately 20 x 30. Was created using colored pencils, airbrush, acrylics and oil paints. Please click here – or on image – for more details about archival prints and sizes. This will be a limited edition set of prints.

I am offering prints of Cinderella – limited to 10 – all signed by me. Printed using archival pigment print on acid free cotton rag paper. Smaller prints will be mailed in tube- larger prints mailed flat.

Print Sizes and Prices:

12” x 16” – $175.00

18” x 24” – $350.00

30” x 40” – $600.00

Prices include the shipping charges. The framed painting image is shown to give you an idea of what the painting might look like on your wall. Framing not included.

Please feel free to check out my other images for sale on my website here- or at my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Announcing new site on Etsy – showcasing my Illustrations – now available as prints

I have been going through the archives of my illustration work, and selected many to be part of my new shop at Etsy.

I am now in the process of making the best archival giclee prints of my illustrations available for sale in the next few weeks. The subject matter ranges from romance book covers – to children’s book covers – fantasy and horror –  to a collection for images for adults as well.

This is an exciting opportunity for me to share work with a wider audience than the people who initially read the books that these illustrations were created for.

I have discovered some art that I haven’t seen in years- and it does make me feel good to like so many of them!

The brand new shop can be seen at Etsy.com:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu

I welcome all comments and suggestions. As I am new to Etsy – and this forum of selling images – this is a work in progress. But I am excited about the prospect of sharing my work with so many people who may enjoy looking at them.

 

Thank you!    Jeffrey Lindberg

Jeff-in-Space! Magic-Marble Skull-Hotel Transformation Unicorn---Unfinished Vampires-in-the-Basement Jack-o-lanterns Harrys-Ahead-of-Time Surprise-Dragon Rooftop-Werewolf Old-Jeff Monster-from-the-Deep Blind-Date Maypole-Spirits Eric-in-Clouds Cinderella Crazy-Gang-Next-Door Night-Thieves Ghost-of-Chicken-Liver-Hill Under-Sea-Over-Stone