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Independence Day 2011

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Santa’s Prayer

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Two things we need right now: a little Christmas and a little prayer. This 9″ x 12″ painting was created in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on paper.

A Before and After Case Study

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I was asked by a client to re-design a print ad laid out by someone else. The original layout (above, left) was cluttered and confused. The ad, for an author’s book signing events in upscale communities in Los Angeles County, was going to appear in a local cultural magazine. What was needed was a visual [...]

The Guardian

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This painting was created for Pregnancy Resourse Services in Silverdale, WA for a benefit auction. This was a directly commissioned piece; something I was asked to do. I was given a verbal description of what they were looking for, and the rest was up to me. I didn’t do many preliminary concepts; I developed one [...]

Lion of Judah

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Since I practice two separate but related disciplines, I am very aware of the commonalities and differences in the process of each. For me, graphic design tends to be more evolutionary in that I start with concept sketches and develop from there. My illustration process is a bit different, because I almost always have the [...]

David: Start to Finish

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This is the concept rough from my sketchbook, which is not finished enough to be considered a comp, and the finished artwork. The illustration was created in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil, on Arches 140#. Most depictions of David, the hero king of Israel in the Old Testament, show him fighting Goliath of Gath. A [...]

The Film Buff

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  Last weekend I was over at the local Borders bookstore and cafe. I sat down with my sketchbook and began drawing the folks at the table in the center of the room. They were all older, and were discussing films and the movie industry, spending a good portion of their conversation contrasting the three [...]

Fisherman

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  I enjoy watching people. My frequent jaunts upcoast often include visits to piers where there is an abundance of both commercial and private fishing activity. This was one of two young men who evidently spend a lot of weekend hours fishing from the pier. He takes his catch home to his family in a [...]

Peace In The Midst

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Wishing you peace in the midst of it all. ©2008 Alvalyn Lundgren. All rights reserved. My holiday greeting this year was created in response to the upheaval of many of our trusted systems, both domestically and internationally. We live in perilous, uncertain times and have much to be worried and anxious about. We don’t know [...]

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