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should you care enough...
Robin Younger
Yadira
Pete Whitehead
Ashley Westhoff?
Mike Washer
John Sullivan
Gary Schank?
Sarah
Shelly Roper
Tim Ramstead
Jim Ramirez
Rich Pauli
Nancy Ornce
Scott Orazem
Tina Neidlein
Jan Murley
Val Meler
Lisa McPherson
Alice McCoy
Ace Kennedy
Keepsakes staff
Jack Benson was managing Keepsakes and he gave me the wonderful assignment to caricature the sculpting staff for a Collector's Club ornament - he took some heat from some folks who were less than crazy about my likenesses - big thanks to Jack
From l: Joyce Lyle, Ken Crow, LaDene Votruba, John Collin Francis hovering over Dill Rhodus, Linda Sickman, Duane Unruh, Bob Siedler, Robert Chad, Anita Maria Rogers, ?, Don Palmiter, Trish Andrews, Ed Seale
in a crowd
looks like Linda CW coped with meetings by combing her hair - these aren't good likenesses but are enough to help me remember some people I drew in assemblies
Tracy Icenogle
Irv Hockaday
Steve Hess
Tracy Herrmann
Carol Hallquist
this, The Beeder, Sullivan, and McPherson portraits, were all for Noon News, but they weren't used
Tina Hacker
Gary Glissmeyer
Julienne Gehrer
Julienne wrote a really good cookbook, and had samples of some recipes - I was too busy eating to do a good drawing
Don Fletcher
2nd collectors' club ornament
Shane Evans
Eileen Drummond
head of writing staff
Skip Damon
Meg Cundiff
Nancy Cox
Sylvia Christianson
Oliver's Travels
Oliver
Mike Chance
John Beeder
Shara Eaton
Mark Cook
Mike Gaffney
Vern Dufford
Rob Tierman
Mark Schwab
Patrick Kerschner
Kellogg
Nancye Green
Pedro Martin
Vince & Renee
Tom Brundage
Paul Barker
Mike Driggs
Paula Hayek
Rose & Brian Wilson
Rob Kim?
Rich Gilson
Kate Ghio
Scott Brown
Peg Anderson Lee
Wale Adeniran
Peg Carlson-Hoffman
Steve King
John Smith
Rob Scott
Renee Andriani
Rie Egawa
John Dawbarn
Ron ?
Mark Weinstein
Larry Gusman
Mark Wilson
Mary Coleman
Jack Benson
Mary Hamilton
Maura Kluthe
Maureen Gowen
Michele Berg
Melvina Young
Kim Newton, et al
Michael Williams
Tim Arnold
Stan Makowski
Mike Sayer?
Miki Yamamoto
Laddy Maisonet
Mindy Mayes Pierce
painted on those old pulpy cardboard carry out Crown Room trays
Mo
Molly Wigand
Monty
Muriel
Karen Dismukes
Katie Chouteau Brandes
Keiko
Keith Shepherd
Kelly Lapalme
Ken Sheldon
Kerry Meyers
Mike Aube
Kim Ebner
Kevin Doty
Kim Williams
Dan Foster
Jim Langford
Holly
Dan Regan
Kristina
Don Palmiter
Ladine Vertruba
Mark Franzke
Kevin Horvath
Art Carlson
Mike Willard
Laura Huliska Beith
Lee Stork
Mary Gentry
Liz Boyer
Lynette Wheeler.jpg
Lynn Giunta
Jennifer Sanchez
Larry Killham
Jim & Penny Howard
Cindy Ross
Jim Paul
the first two Jim looks more like Gomer Paul
Eric Disney
John Dill
Bob ?
Mark Oatman
Curtis ?
John Wagner
Joni Johnson-Godsy
Joyce
Julie Crandall
Julie Phipps
Deeann Stewart
Dan Taylor
Madeline Tompkins
Dave Mowder
David Albright
Bill Wagoner
David Pjecha
David Terrill
Dean Moore
Debby Glasgow
Dick Daniels
Dill Rhodus
some more of the Keepsakes crew
...whose names escape me - is it Trish Rhodus on the right?
Diren He
Don Jr
Don Sr
Chris Purcell
Cheryl Hawkinson
Doug Bowls
Jen Fitchwell
Chris Opheim
Duane Unruh
Arch Unruh
I was trying to draw Duane but this one looked more like Arch
Ed Sears
Chris Harding
Ed Wallerstein
Elise Paradis
Emil Kornfiend
Eric Brace
Jack Gipson
Dave Penner
Erin Dennis
Bob Martin
Frank Norfleet
Fred Klemushin
John Francis
Geoff Greenleaf
? Gretchen
Robyn and little Chris Grine
Guy Giunta
Hector Garcia
Hella Song
Bob & Debby Holt
humor staff
humor staff with labels
A C Lampey
Alarie Tennille
Andre Du Broc
Steve Willaredt
Bill Whitehead
Andy Reynolds
Andy Stiles
Ann Schleihs
Anne Ducey
Argus Childers
Arlette Torres
Beth Grillo-Canally
Beth Stopperan
Beth
Bill Tinker
Brenda Whitaker
Chun Wang
Dan Walsh
David Taylor
Laurie Sprinkle
Bill Gray
John Ferry
Brent & Kelly Cottrell
Bill Brandon
Brian Pilachowski
Carl Moore
Crown Room
in the middle top is Bud Bramen
Julie Mossburg
John Henderson
Craig Lueck
Cathy Liesner
Brian Gordon
Jake Gahr
Chad
Christen Lueck
John Peterson
J. C. Hall
finish and sketches for the 150th anniversary of the KC Star feature on 15 prominent Kansas Citians
Larry Greenberg
Josh Dusel
Chris Brethwaite
Jim Bourgeois
Azusa
Ben Accardo
Kurt Knupp - 'curtain up'
Laurie Keller
Kevin Ahern
Mike Takagi
Mike Rokoff
Mike H of Licensing
David Sokolof
Bob Haas
Theresa Noble
names?
Bob Druten
John Shepherd
Johne Richardson
Dave Reebeck
Sue Morey
she never missed a day of work in her more than 50 yr carreer so I had plenty of opportunities to draw her
Ellen McKeever
Allyson Jones
Ed Hall
Matt Hawkins
Sam Grasso?
Alan & Dodo Denney
Alan's caricature was enlarged and displayed at his memorial
David ?
Tracey Sonneborn
Susan Sifers
shannon Manning
Warren Ludwig
Ted Jordan
Nina Ikeda
Orlando
Tony Nowakowski
Tom Nelson
Ken Crow
Al Cyr
Dave Beal
Steve Marks
Wendie Collins
Tatia Lockridge
Paula Krekovich
Steve Finken
Scott Emmons
Tony Griego
Tim Bodendistel
Nathan Lathrop
Richard Bagley
Kathy
Marcia Hamilton Stuck
VictoriaPeteFrankMark
Tim McKenna
Mary Barker-Vaughn
Ramon Olivera
meetings
Monica DeLaorra
Paul Schmitz
Rick Cusick
Mike Hobbs
Art Spiegleman
Comix artist, author of "Maus" - he spoke at UMKC
Linda Smith
Jeanne Slater
Linda Sickman
Jen Rarey
Chris Pullman
of PBS WGBH in Boston
Linda Pazorski
Linda Morris
Jeff Manning
Library Mary
Kelly Green
Janet Frunk Clemens
Anita Kunz
illustrator - I wasn't her favorite greeting card artist - I know because I asked
Bob Kolar
Jim Horner
Frances Foster
Sr. Editor, Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers
Barry Moser
printmaker
Annie Finch
poet
Betye Saar
assemblage artist
Jeff Daly
Jerry Clemens
Cathy Law
Denise Cronin
Art Director, Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers
Alan Cober
illustrator/Abe Lincoln lookalike
Alvy Ray Smith
Mike Adair
Dan Pirraro
bad drawings of Bizzaro cartoonist
Bruno Monguzzi
stylish Swiss graphic designer
Chris Kious
founded A Piece of Cleveland (APOC) up-cycling old growth lumber from demolished homes
Dave Owen
KC native, New Yorker staff writer
Debbie Stoller
she started Bust magazine and talked about "stitch-and-bitch" groups
Don Ranly
professor, Missouri School of Journalism
Etienne Delessarte, illustrator
I got to do a workshop with him - I had trouble reading him - we were never on the same wavelength
Food Week
Gahan Wilson, cartoonist
I worked up my sketches into the color portrait that he wasn't too crazy about
sculptor James Surls
Mark Woodward
Mike Wise
I didn't scan the original before I sent it off
J.Borges
S. American printmaker
Guy Billout, illustrator
before this I thought Mr. B-U's name was pronounced bill-out - I love his visual wit
Mort Walker
Beetle Bailey creator
Mona vanDuyn
poet
Robert Stackhouse
sculptor
J Otto Seibold, illustrator/picture book author
he writes his name with J and Otto together so you say it like "Giotto"
Joe Garden
great name for a writer at the Onion
Bill McGloughlin
director (at the time) of KC Symphony
judy Garlan
art director at Atlantic Monthly at the time I think
Laddy John Dill
he's a light and space artist but all I remember is that he had 2 of the same names as my friend John Dill
Lynda Barry
cartoonist/author/amazing spirit
Sabrina Ward Harrison
artist/author
Simran Sethi, Indian American journalist
she said to get quality journalism you need to be willing to pay for it
Stefan Sagmeister, designer
great idea guy - I did a better drawing but gave it to him
poet, William Stafford
Rob Kapilow
he led a series of concert/lectures about "what makes it [classical music] great"
Ricky Ian Gordon
composer
Roz Chast
New Yorker cartoonist
Nicholas Blechman
illustrator/art director/designer and son of R. O. Blechman
mystery speakers
sad testimony of the failure to take adequate notes
Tony Seeger, ethnomusicologist
I think he said he was Pete's cousin - he talked about Folkways Recordings
Wayne Strickland
...and some of his favorite things
Clara Johnson Scroggins
star Keepsakes collector
Steven Guarnaccia, illustrator/designer
the color portrait sparked a connection with Steven that led to work for the NY Times OpEd pages - a gracious man
Vivienne Flescher
I asked her who her favorite greeting card artist was - it wasn't me
Walt Reed
Illustration historian
pols
three designs for a failed Shoebox test
R Peak
not sure who he is but he has a big hat - this wasn't used
Leslie Munsey
Marketing folks
sketches for a series with them each in a crane (next piece)...
Marketing Development
...an exercise in plaids
Marjorie
this may have been for a H-marker, for a relative
Bob Mardo
this piece was commissioned for a recognition of a most-likely deserving Hallmark employee
Sally Luck
I remember her being very appreciative - usually I never heard back from the people I caricatured
Terry Brown
yet another failure at notekeeping
Phil Frerker
anniversary? farewell?
lounger
commissioned by someone at Hallmark but not sure who
Andy Pence
intern
John Lewman
a study for the following illustration
field crew, outstanding in their field, etc
for Crown Magazine - I edited out the cows that were in the background of the printed piece
Gift Sales
sketches, proposed rough, and finish for Crown Magazine - so fun to do
Bill French and friends
sketches for the following piece
Bill French, of UMKC
he had some connection to Hallmark - this was a nightmare, I cropped out most of the worst of it
Derry & Anne
connected to Hallmark UK, maybe? very nit-picky piece
Karen Piper
I did a bigger painting but this was the only OK part
Frankie & Pier
for a Hallmarker's offspring's wedding or engagement
greeter, or maybe not
Tomie dePaola, children's book author/illustrator
I got to do a workshop with him and gave him this caricature-he said it hung in his studio bathroom
Ken Cook
Dave Buehler
this might've been the last commissioned portrait of a H-mark employee
Dennis Boege
I was able to get several things they asked for in this without it looking too forced
Emily Blume
intern
Gregory Amenoff
painter
Tom Allen, illustrator
Tom brought some great speakers to Hallmark when he taught at KU
payback?
compiling and posting these - from as far back as art school - was my birthday gift to myself