Lebanon, OH illustrator C.F. Payne’s illustrations have appeared in magazines,
advertisements and children’s books for more that 35 years. A graduate of Miami
University with a BFA and the Illustrators Workshop, Payne began his freelance
career upon his move to Dallas, TX in 1980. He has taught illustration for more than 30 years, 19 of whic
Lebanon, OH illustrator C.F. Payne’s illustrations have appeared in magazines,
advertisements and children’s books for more that 35 years. A graduate of Miami
University with a BFA and the Illustrators Workshop, Payne began his freelance
career upon his move to Dallas, TX in 1980. He has taught illustration for more than 30 years, 19 of which were at Columbus College of Art and Design. Currently he serves as the Director of the MFA in Illustration program at the Hartford Art School.
His art has been exhibited in numerous museums and university galleries that
include the Cincinnati Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Norman
Rockwell Museum, Huntington Art Museum, the Baseball Hall of Fame and more.
His art has appeared on the covers of Time Magazine, MAD Magazine, Der Spiegel,
the New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and Reader’s Digest. C.F. Payne
has illustrated 20 children’s books authored by Sue Macy, Marissa Moss, Phil Bildner
and noted actor/authors John Lithgow, Steve Martin, astronaut Mark Kelly and Mark
Twain’s classic, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”. In 1995 he was awarded the
Hamilton King Award by the Society of Illustrators for the best illustration of the
year. In 2012 he was awarded the Distinguished Educator in the Arts Award by the Society of Illustrators. In 2018 he was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of
Fame.
Christina Wald is a designer, illustrator, and educator. After illustrating over 60 picture books, she has finally written a book! Sketching Here & Everywhere: My Sketching Obsession is the culmination of years of teaching sketching to others and her own journey.
She loves to travel and sketch all over the world and re
Christina Wald is a designer, illustrator, and educator. After illustrating over 60 picture books, she has finally written a book! Sketching Here & Everywhere: My Sketching Obsession is the culmination of years of teaching sketching to others and her own journey.
She loves to travel and sketch all over the world and recently went to New Zealand with the Urban Sketchers in spring '23, did a month-long artist residency at Chateau d'Orquevaux in the Champagne region of France last summer and produced a Travelogue about the experience, and is taking groups of sketchers to Romania in June of 24.
You can join Christina in Italy in 2025 for a week long vacation and sketching workshop.
She started the Urban Sketchers Cincinnati group in 2017.
Her picture books are sold all over the world from the San Diego Zoo (which she has illustrated 3 books for including their Centennial children's book) to The Wild Life of Elk in gift shops in the Grand Tetons to Camas & Sage: A Story of Bison Life on the Prairie in Yellowstone, to her latest, Return to Kew Gardens on sale at Kew Gardens in 2022! She also regularly illustrates books for a publisher in Switzerland written in German including by Yodeling star Melanie Oesch! She has two more picture books out this summer. KRIT and The Train Rolls On to the County Fair.
She teaches illustration and narrative storytelling at Northern Kentucky University and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and 3 cats.
Jim is a professional artist living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally known for airbrush illustration, he now works predominantly in oils, a medium he first explored while attending the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Jim’s style combines painting and digital techniques with traditional methods.
Jim graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinn
Jim is a professional artist living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally known for airbrush illustration, he now works predominantly in oils, a medium he first explored while attending the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Jim’s style combines painting and digital techniques with traditional methods.
Jim graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1978 with a major in illustration and graphic design. From 1982 until 2000, he was a partner in AIR Studio, which represented more than a dozen regional illustrators. Since then, he has been a full-time independent illustrator.
Over the years, Jim has gained a reputation for his many beer posters and labels. He has created the Bockfest poster for the past 29 years, which feature whimsical illustrations goats, beer, spring, and OTR.
He has also completed numerous posters for the Hudepohl 14K Brewery Run.
Jim also enjoys painting landscapes and portraits. His commissioned work has included a number of family and institutional portraits, including one of May Festival Chorus Director Robert Porco, which hangs in Cincinnati’s Music Hall.
Jim has also enjoyed creating a number of public and private murals throughout Cincinnati. His “Beer Barons” mural is on display at the Moerlein Lager House at The Banks. Jim has worked with ArtWorks since 2015, when he designed the Cincinnati Brewery District Mural, “Grain to Glass,” at the Moerlein Brewery in Over-the-Rhine.
Jim is a member of the Cincinnati Art Club, serving on its board from 2006 to 2009 and chairing the club's ViewPoint juried competition. He has taught at the College of Mount St. Joseph, the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Miami University, and AIC College of Design.
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