Book Covers: Lost Tribe of the Alleghenies

When I have a break from my day job and art creations, I take on side projects to do illustrations and designs for fellow artists and writers like a flyer for a show by local sculptor Mike Sirvet or contributing illustrations for a book by education nonprofit NumbersAlive!

Most recently, I designed the cover for The Lost Tribe of the Alleghenies, a wonderful novel by local Washington, DC author Alan Margolis. I thought I’d share with you the final design (featured above) and some of my early prototypes (below) we mulled over. Interested in buying his book? You can get it online at Politics & Prose!

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Artomatic!

I’m excited to announce I’ll be at Artomatic this year! This year it is across the street from the Crystal City metro at 1851 S. Bell Street from May 18th till June 23rd. I carved up a dimly lit corner for a mini-show of new and old works on the 3rd floor – Room 300.

Artomatic, for those that don’t know, is a multi-week, multimedia arts event held in the Washington, DC where artists, performers, and creative types take over an underused building and turn it into an arts venue.  For more information go to http://artomatic.org/.

Please come and look for me! I will try to be there on opening night and will tweet about other times I’ll be there! I appreciate your support.

Thanks!

Adam

Still life

Some random watercolors of fun art objects I have around the apartment.

Enjoy!

More Bogota Watercolors

Sorry the blog has been dead for a bit! I lost my camera then re-found it after a month – very typical.

Anyways, here are some recent-ish works that I have made. Most are watercolors I did while in Bogotá. I’ll be posting a good backlog all week. Enjoy!

Online Portfolio

Just a really quick update.

I finally had a chance to create a better, static online portfolio page! Check it out at www.adamchamy.com.

I will continue updating the blog when new works become available. But now there will be this static page so you can easily view past works, exhibitions, events, etc. 

Let me know what you think!

Regards!

-Adam

Views of Bogota

Avocados of Bogota

I love going on trips and actually having time to think. A busy schedule was thankfully interrupted with nine days in Bogotá, Colombia for the week of President’s Day! The city was absolutely incredible and I met up with some awesome friends, ate delicious fresh fruit, and generally wandered the city

I brought my watercolors & ink and (somehow) managed to get some art time in! I’m happy with the turnout – it was sort of photo-journalistic for me. Just painting whatever was nearby – fruits, those boxy buildings and sloping mountains…. I haven’t done a landscape in FOREVER but Bogotá sorta just inspired me.

Blue Sky, Santa Fe de Bogota

Have you ever gone on a trip and delved into your art practice  – photography, writing, etc? It’s interesting how a new environment can be so… refreshing.

Purple

Purple
48 x 36″
Mixed Media on Canvas

I was feeling uninspired the other day and decided to pull out an underutilized paint color (purple) and some random found materials and then go for it. It was a very fluid process with little formal sketching or planning before hand.

It turned out a bit sinister and dark – no intention of mine – it was sort of what emerged from it all.

Enjoy!