Hi Lilla,

I recently had the pleasure of working with Anthology magazine’s amazing creative director, Meg Mateo Ilasco, on the Summer 2013 issue: “Home is where the Art is.” I was asked to do an illustrated map of Rio de Janiero.

This was a very gratifying job. I did copious amounts of research online for each neighborhood featured, in an effort to get the flavor of each one. I recently showed the map to a friend living in Rio, and he said, “Looks to have been done by somebody only with a native knowledge. Just showed my brother in law (native Carioca) and he was thoroughly impressed as well.”

Here are some of my preliminary sketches, lettering experiments, details and the final.

Obrigado, – John

John writes:

Hi Lilla,

I recently completed 9 spots and 1 cover illustration for Wellesley Magazine.
It was a fantastic project to work on. Here are a few of my favorites from the set.

John writes:

“Hi Lilla,

This is a piece I did recently for Harvard Kennedy School, for an article about making voting processes more fair to everyone. I’ve included a close-up, sketch and final layout too.”

John Coulter writes:

“Hi Lilla,

This is a recent job I did for Virgin Holidays. I’ve included some close-ups and the sketch. It was animated by Given London.”

John Coulter writes:

Hi Lilla,

Here is a recent illustration that I did for the Rhode Island Monthly. The article was about the politics behind building wind power turbines on the Rhode Island coast.
To see more please go to my blog.

John Coulter writes:

“Hi Lilla,

This is a recent illustration for the Las Vegas Sun for an article about why businesses don’t want to come to Nevada.
I’ve included the layout, some close-ups and the rough thumbnail sketch. ”

John writes:

“Hi Lilla,
Here is a recent illustration I did for the Las Vegas Sun.
The article is about Democrats and Republicans arguing about the best way to create jobs in Nevada.”

John writes:

“Hi Lilla,
Here is a recent illustration I did for the Las Vegas Sun. The article is about campaigns bribing judges. I’ve included close-ups, the layout and the original sketch too.”

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John Coulter writes:

“Hi Lilla,
Recently UNLV had an exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the installation of the Flashlight, by Claes Oldenburg and Coojse Van Bruggen.

The Call for Entries:
The 30th anniversary of the installation of the Flashlight will be celebrated in 2011. Situated on the campus of UNLV between the Ham Concert Hall and the Judy Bayley Theater, Flashlight is a 38 feet tall, 74,000 pound, all steel pop art sculpture installed in 1981. To commemorate the occasion, the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery is hosting a juried exhibition. We invite Southern Nevada artists to respond with your interpretation of this pop icon, one of the first public art pieces in Southern Nevada.

Respond to Flashlight with an original work of art. We are looking for your response be it an interpretation, adaptation, modification, alteration, incorporation, deviation, transformation…

I entered 3 pieces: a diptych oil painting, a wire sculpture (inspired by Alexander Calder) and a collage/painting (using the escort cards found on the Las Vegas Strip), and all 3 were accepted.
I won 2nd place for the wire sculpture, here are judge’s comments:
“This person took time to craft an object which looks like a 3-d drawing of the flashlight where the negative spaces have as much to say as the positive ones. I am hopeful that this sculpture looks as good in person.”

By the way, the flashlight in the sculpture is upside down, so it glows from the bottom at night. Visitors to Las Vegas should make sure they visit the Flashlight, its monumental in person.

Thanks
John”

John writes:

“Hi Lilla,
Here is the latest illustration I did for the Seattle Met. I’ve been using more textures and limited color with this work.”

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