{"id":2796,"date":"2016-07-13T05:54:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/?page_id=2796"},"modified":"2025-03-08T06:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T13:56:58","slug":"published-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/?page_id=2796","title":{"rendered":"Published Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein illustrated review nominated for<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Best Graphic Arts Presentation<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the 23rd Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A set of 33 sketch cards for Fleer\/Upper Deck Scooby Doo trading card series titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scccared Silly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three ink drawings selected to join the permanent collection of the United States Coast Guard art collection in 2025 and two ink drawings selected to join the collection in 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 House and\/or Business painted portraits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 sketch paintings in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wish You Were here: Urban Sketchers Global Exhibition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for ACWL-Nuveen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1802 pieces of art on Instagram <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@artofctupa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and over 40 designs on teepublic.com.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirteen self-published books on Amazon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two illustrated movie reviews published in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScaryMonsters Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as two published in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phantasmagoria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine (Ireland).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art exhibited at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nave Museum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texana Arts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victoria Public Library<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My watercolor work is routinely featured in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerlineman Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art featured on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toon Time<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on MeTV as well as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Svengoolie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 30 T-shirts designed and sold on teepublic.com.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several illustrated food reviews on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Food Finders <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and one in the<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Houston Chronicle<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illustrated to cover and fourteen interior illustrations for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home Video Humor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> book published by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lunchmeat Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Illustrated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet Sister Mary Margaret<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> children\u2019s book for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OSV Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;\u00a0 three, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holey Moleys<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> children\u2019s books for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good and True Media<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brother Jude<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brother John<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> children\u2019s books published by the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abbey of the Genesee, NY<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; four, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Monk\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> children\u2019s books for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Benedict Press; The Naughty List<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karate Petshop; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and five digital children\u2019s books for the publisher <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farfaria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven illustrated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twilight Zone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reviews published in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimensions of Imagination<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three monthly illustrations (for a total of twelve months) for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OSV Kids Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OSV Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 50 illustrations for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dandyline Games, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 4 illustrations for<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Per Aspera Games<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featured in an issue of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australia Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> portrait magazine, as well as supplied <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">illustrations for two of their published books.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created and produced two Youtube Channels; one about drawing and one about gaming with my son.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrote and illustrated a sketch blog titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sketching Around Town<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for our local newspaper; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Victoria Advocate.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced art for seven wine labels for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joadja Estate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Australia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created illustrated instructions for the Firebox Stove; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fireboxstove.com<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrote a family\/travel blog and had articles published on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forgeoverland.com<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Famousparenting.com <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outdoorfamiliesonline.com<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everal illustrations published in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MacIntyre Gazette<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Texas, Queensland, AU.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twice featured in the local newspaper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spoke at the local Retired Teachers Association meeting and Eleanor Brackenridge Literary Book Club meeting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015 I was part of a team that worked on a graphic novel called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monster Elementary<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that won a gold medal in the Independent Book Publishers Awards. I have also completed an 8-page story for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monster Elementary V.2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which won a bronze medal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worked on several independent comic projects and did over a hundred commission paintings for individuals and small press companies around the country and the world and hundreds of personal and promotional artwork..<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein illustrated review nominated for Best Graphic Arts Presentation in the 23rd Annual Rondo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2796"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2796\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctupa.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}