San Francisco based caricaturist specializing in live event entertainment and commission illustration done from photos
UMB Scout funds had me drawing live digital caricatures at their booth during the Financial Planners Association convention in Boston. It was interesting timing, what with the market in freefall on Monday. But as you can see, my subjects were smiling. The fun-damentals are sound after all!
Caricature subjects can download soft copies of their faces here.
This young woman, just arrived to San Francisco from Atlanta, wants to make an entrance, so she is sending out a postcard. The caricature will make a good talking point when she’s meeting her new potential clients.
Charles Krug is just about my favorite venue (mostly due to Patty Grantham who runs the events) and I spent a few hours drawing caricatures of guests at their “Tastings on the Lawn” event. This was the last couple of the day and their picture tells cute story.
A double mitzvah at the Stanford Faculty Club. The two honorees are pictured together here. Must have been 80 teens and I drew caricatures of a pretty good chunk of them.
Oracle took over Moscone—and half the city—for this mega trade show. Zanett hired me to help entertain clients at their booth along with the DeLorean car on display. Subjects can download jpegs of their headshots HERE. Here are some pictures of the set up.
This gentleman has devoted his retirement to bird photography, and his daughter wanted a personal and original gift.
Zanett hosted an after hours event at the DUCCA lounge and I drew caricatures for them and their guests. This one is a hot yoga enthusiast, which sounds pretty cool.
This large event at the Hilton was marvel comics themed so everyone got a superhero body, like the “Hulk” pictured here. With a couple thousand in attendance the lines were too long for drawing much detail. These averaged about 2.5 minutes each.
This “Island” themed event was held poolside at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Here are a few of my favorite caricature subjects. You can see more at the client web site.
This gift caricature illustration was commissioned to honor a lady whose accomplishments are only overshadowed by her personality. 
This well known venture capital firm threw a big bash for their partners and staff at a veritable palace of a venue. They thought of everything—pool, waterslides, even a caricature artist! I could use an angel, but alas, everyone left their wings at the office.
The International Brotherhood of Electric Workers threw a big bash with everything from rock climbing to pony rides to…well, you guessed it—caricature artists! Marc Schmid and I drew nonstop for five hours or so and it was great fun. here are a few of my favorites.
Loopnet threw a bash at AT&T park for 250 of their employees, a bright eyed and happy bunch, most of whom were born right about the time I started drawing caricatures. Here are a few of my favorite “quick sketches”. There were also a few videos taken at the end and I will post them (with a link here) as soon as possible.
The Menlo Country Club had me drawing caricatures this labor day afternoon. I have a feeling this caricature will wind up on his dorm wall this fall.
Lots of cool good-looking kids at Finley Center in Santa Rosa. Here is one of the future tennis stars I drew caricatures of.
Richard at A Sound Explosion hired me and a second artist, Zach Trenholm to draw caricatures at a Lafayette health club’s annual open house. It was a huge crowd and kept us both busy all night.
Crissy Field has to be the toughest venue for a caricature artist in the city, with no shade and lots of wind. But CCI, a general contractor firm made the best of it with a great band, pictured here, and great catering, along with Franco’s Family Fun Tattoos and me. Here are a couple of my best caricatures of the afternoon.
BTW the gorgeous blond caricature subject below was a TV reporter from Spain with her own camera crew. It was that kind of night.
Sequoyah Country Club is a regular client; they have me doing caricatures every year at their employee party and funny thing, every year the lines get longer. Here are a few faves.
Here’s a unique caricature illustration I did for a wedding guest sign-in. It measures 24X30″ and will be framed after the reception. Note the time ribbon with milestones of the relationship. It’s been a long journey, but this state at least, finally gets it.
Since the art is digital it was easy for this client to use it elsewhere in the wedding too.
Hannah was the star of the show at the Silver Creek Country Club in San Jose. She and her friends are crazy for sports so nearly ever caricature I did all night was soccer, basketball or lacross-themed. No complaints though, I had the privilege of drawing the charming family matriarch from South Africa without a soccer ball, and shortly afterward the sexiest pirate I ever laid a pen on.
Marc Schmid and I drew caricatures for a Northbay Entertainment at a carnival sort of setup in Rohnert Park. We both drew nonstop for three hours—kids, family groups, lots of smiles here. This was my first cartoon subject, luckily I got a photo because later I would have been too busy.
NewEra had me as a draw at their booth for the 2008 Share Conference. Don’t ask what it’s about, it’s crazy technical. Anyway their theme was “Integrity Agent” ala 007. I made them templates that reinforced the secret agent theme. Note the lariet holders—very nice! I was pleased to see that people wore them around at the show. As a bonus, my subjects downloaded soft copies here. You can also see the poster I did for this client here.
Medtronics in Santa Rosa called upon me to make two more caricature illustrations for employees who were either transferring or leaving, These were framed as gifts but also supplied in digital form for a power point portion of a sendoff meeting. 
Clos du Val threw a release party with about 300 guests. Here’s one of my favorite caricatures of the evening.
Charles Krug winery in St. Helena had me back again to draw caricatures for their employees.
This was the second night this week drawing caricatures with this group at the Hilton.
Fireman’s Fund threw a bash for their employees and families. Marc Schmid and I drew caricatures for a few hours.
2000 financial agents at the Hilton kept me and four other caricature artists busy for four hours. This was a particularly fun bunch to draw for. The smiling gentleman on the left, in particular, really made the night special. His colorful commentary on the caricatures I was drawing really energized the crowd, eliciting peals of laughter the like of which I haven’t heard in a while. If he ever wants to quit his job in high finance, he’s got a job with me, working the crowd. He’s a genius in his own right!
Steve and Kate camp is a high end daycare for elementary and middle school kids. I drew caricatures of kids at three different locations, averaging a couple minutes each. Great fun drawing for such an appreciative crowd!
I draw caricatures for Sonnen BMW every year at Piper Park in Larkspur. It’s always a fun family-oriented group. Here’s one of my favorite quick sketches of the afternoon.
Hudsen Health Care is a regular caricature client so they know what to expect. These faces get better looking every year.
A few hundred insurance agents and their spouses were at the SF Marriott at a 60’s themed party. I was decked out pretty hip but forgot to take a picture. Here is a couple I did at the end of the evening when I was drawing at a four minute per couple pace.
The Native American Aids Project took over the White Horse Inn with some wild performers momma never told me about. Sorry, no pix of them, just these relatively sedate revelers.
This is self explanatory. Daniel is the sort of agent I’d enjoy buying or selling a house with.
No caricature here. A trades show client commissioned this for a poster to be given away at the show.
This cute couple wanted a kind of stamp that could serve in a variety of ways at their wedding and reception.
Blue Cross took over Bistro Boudin on Fisherman’s Wharf for a few hours so I organized a crew of caricaturists for them. Zach Trenholm, Marc Schmid, Big Al and myself cranked out a couple hundred caricatures for a happy crowd. Here are two of my favorite caricatures.
I first drew this couple four years ago at their high school prom. This makes feel old for some reason, though not nearly as old as I’m going to feel drawing their kids at their high school prom.
The guests at this wedding reception were surprised to see a caricature artist, but by the end of the evening they were totally sold. Caricature is a great wedding reception entertainment. It’s personal and interactive, and gives people something scary to do while they are feeling brave with champagne!
This lovely couple was married at Fogarty Winery on Skyline Drive, a venue that boasts the best view of the South Bay you can get with your feet still on the ground. This is the first wedding caricature I’ve done with three subjects, but Angel, their chihuahua couldn’t be left out.
Matanzas Creek Winery has a lilac festival every year where lucky wine lovers feast on great food, wine and the sight of an endless field of lilac. I worked with Marc Schmid on this job, who is the only caricaturist I know who talks more than me. Next time I’ll bring earplugs! 
The two superheroic types in this caricature were recently awarded JD Powers service awards and the boss wanted to let them know they were appreciated.
This caricature was done as a tribute to a beloved gentleman golfer who passed away.
I was commissioned to turn this group of thirty team members into caricature currency, to be used as drink tix I believe. Bonus: the individual caricatures sans money template were delivered to each member for personal use.
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Left my camera in the car, but I managed to get this cell phone shot of a believe-it-or-not, mother and son.
Angius & Terry LLP had me at their booth to draw some attention and we managed that. These pics were taken during lunch when their was minimal traffic, but the rest of the time we had a pretty good crowd. Digital caricature subjects can download soft copies here.
Big Al and I do this event every year. They really go all out, with roving fairy tale characters, face painters, a magician, a Dixieland jazz quartet, and most important, great food.
This is my longest grad Night. I had some particularly fun subjects this year. A few highlights…
My first digital caricature trade show client, Forte Design had me back at DAC again this year. Here are a few of my personal bests. Soft copies of all the caricatures are available for download here.
These caricatures may suggest otherwise, but truthfully, Marin Acadamy puts out about the smartest grads in the world. I went all digital this year for a change of pace. 
Ravenswood hosted a hundred or so wine sales people from all over the world. Here are a few caricatures.
This was a mix of grads, parents, siblings and friends. This young man was such a good (and eager) subject I wound up drawing him twice. 
This was a fun bunch, they kept me drawing caricatures all night with lots of fun theme requests, like sumo wrestler and zombie.
This creative type is heading east to Chicago from the Bay Area and we used his product as a means of transportation.
Healdsburg High threw their senior bash at SKANDIA. I liked my setup with the backdrop they provided—nice touch. Here are a few fave caricatures.
Google had a contest for kids and teens to do their logo art, you know, the one that changes every day. I drew the kids but also a bunch of Googlers. A lot of fun things to do there including face painting by my pal Jodi Carr, who you can see in the background. My personal fave entry is pictured here, although it didn’t win it was brilliant!
Thomas Page Elementary in Cotati has me draw every year for their Family Night celebration. The line winds behind me like Disneyland so I kick them out fast—2 to 3 minutes tops!
NAPFA is a an organization dedicated to the support of independent financial planners and UNB Scout Fund hired me to draw traffic at their booth. The setup is all digital caricature with a projected screen image. In addition to the prints they received on site, participants can download soft copies of their caricatures here.
About 300 women entrepreneurs in one room—imagine the energy! Here’s one of the caricatures I made.
A rite of passage for new employees at PBWiki is getting a caricature. This company goes the extra mile and has me sketch from life rather than working from pictures. Pretty old school for a web startup huh?
This caricature was commissioned by a grad student as a gag gift for a beloved professor.
This piece was created for a Realtors associationn with a conference theme of “It’s A Jungle Out There”
The Holy Names is a little known school tucked away in the Oakland hills. I drew about 45 caricatures in two hours. Forgot my camera so this fuzzy call phone pic is all I have to show for it.
This was a 50th birthday party and a double decker cruise boat out of Alameda was hired for about 50 guests. These two gentleman made excellent caricature subjects.
Here I drew caricatures of few dozen kids for a local organization picnic—lots of smiles!
Held at the Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland. Here are a couple of my more interesting subjects.
400 accountants from KPMG celebrating their biggest holiday of the year—post April 15. Three hours of nonstop caricature. Here’s the first of the evening.
The National Queer Alliance threw a bash at the Berkeley City Club, where I drew caricatures for three hours. I was fine with being the only straight at the party, but it was tough being the only one over 30! BTW this was the wildest persona at the party…and the most fun to draw!
150 or so Microsofties (is that the correct term?) invaded the Cartoon Art Museum and I drew digital caricatures on my tablet. We had it set up to deliver to the printer and cell phone simultaneously but turned out I couldn’t get reception. The softcopies are still available for download on the web however.
150 or so bankers from the Great Lake region cruising the bay. There were three of us caricaturists aboard and more than a few couples walked out with second or even third opinions. This was the last couple on the boat—hope they didn’t miss the bus!
This lovely lady wanted a caricature of herself as an 80’s party girl. She sent me reference pix so I got the details right.
Three evenings drawing caricatures of technical writers and editors from all over the world. The pair you see in the slide show are editors of rival German magazines. Sorry about the picture quality, the lighting confused my camera!
Here is a quickie—a corporate team of eight who wanted to liven up things up a little. This is the sort of thing I can turn over in a day if you catch me at the right time.
Client comments: “This is PERFECT! My CEO loves it!”
This mitzvah was held at the Freidman Center, planned and executed by DJ Holiday, one of Sonoma County’s fave party planners.
This exec at Kraft foods is retiring and his cohorts wanted to lampoon his old fashioned ways, like hanging on to stocks forever (I bet that’s really paid off!) and driving the same car year after year. Great fun for everybody! Caricature is an incomparable tribute to character. This was printed out at 12X18″ by the way, and framed, a real memento!
This young man isn’t really retiring, but he’s being transferred down south and his HR department thought it would be a nice sendoff to commission a caricature.
California John is a brand name and a real person too. I was commissioned to do a caricature for some labels. Nice looking guy, would make a great uncle!
Three busloads of teens at a south of market club. Here’s a sample caricature subject.
Guardian Warranty hired me to do digital caricatures at their Moscone display this weekend. Saturday subjects can download their caricatures here.
This was a small show at the Palace Hotel. Note the borders on the paper—it was a Chinese New Year theme, “Year of the Pig”. This custom option is available on request.
These two chefs at Google are opening a new cafe and HR wanted a caricature poster to commemorate. I’m not sure what’s on the menu but barbecue sauce is central to the theme I am told.
Three year olds are a challenge for a caricaturist, and this bunch was partying at a gymnastics venue, so they never stopped moving! Great fun though. Pix coming….
Francis Ford Coppola’s wine group reached the million case sales target and celebrated at the Top Of the Mark. These caricatures were easy theme-wise. It’s about the wine stupid!
How’s this for a setup? I’m at one of 30 tables in a room at the Nikko Hotel with Mikey of FabulousSavings.com, a world class marketer out of Toronto. Every 5 minutes we get a new client. Mikey’s message was driving sales, so we printed out licences for his customers. He’ll followup by e-mailing jpegs of their caricatures to everyone later, which they can use on their cell phones or networking sites. Live digital caricature created quite a talking point with the crowd, it was great fun.
