Rusty J Gregory

Dishes and Wishes

2011-10-08T16:13:00.001-06:00

Dishes and Wishes by Carli Tanner Ill. by Rusty. One of my art students Carli Tanner thought of this poem while she was doing the dishes one afternoon. She is ten years old and very funny. This was done in photoshop.

Asher drawing

2011-09-18T11:44:00.000-06:00

Utah County Health and Justice Gallery Spring Show

2011-05-11T13:04:00.002-06:00

Last Friday I found out that I received 2nd place in the Spring Fine Art Juried Show at the Utah County Health and Justice Gallery in Provo, Utah. My wife and I were very happy.

slice of light

2011-04-30T19:41:00.002-06:00

Oil on ABS is such an interesting experience. I have learned a lot by painting on that an using led white.

Happy Easter!

2011-04-27T22:52:00.003-06:00

I have been working on edges.

Smith

2011-02-26T23:07:00.001-07:00

Here is a fun character I have been playing around with lately. Still working out some kinks but I have had a lot of fun.

A Grand-Son

2011-01-11T22:03:00.001-07:00

Here is a little drawing in graphite of my dad holding our son on the day he was blessed.

Shin Sonar

2010-12-30T21:04:00.006-07:00

When the lights are out it seems as though I can always find a stray laundry basket with my shin sonar. oooooooh!

A Smith

2010-12-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

Here is a little doodle that I have been playing with lately.

I love Sugar Cookies-especially the decorating

2010-12-29T21:33:00.002-07:00

These brave little beauties gave their all.

grace color sketch

2010-11-27T23:39:00.000-07:00

I added a little color for fun.

character sketch

2010-11-27T12:39:00.002-07:00

Here is a fun little character that I have been working on lately.

photoshope sketch

2010-11-02T22:47:00.005-06:00

Here is a little photoshop sketch that I have been working on and off. It was fun.

Barb wire in the morning sun light.

2010-10-31T00:13:00.003-06:00

The drive home from Wyoming was beautiful. Worth getting up early.

Busy Bee Book Signing

2010-10-28T06:19:00.001-06:00

Come join in the book signing for Marsipity a Moonbeam 2010 Award Winning Halloween book at the Busy Bee in Mountain View, WY. There will be amazing pumpkin rolls and some tasty witch fingers!

New Toy Drive - In memory of Karli

2010-10-10T23:05:00.000-06:00

My sister Shelby Shaw's 10 year old cousin in-law Karli past away on Sunday the 3rd from Cancer. We are helping her family with a New Toy Drive for Karli's cancer ward in the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon. If you would like to donate please contact me, rustyjgregory@gmail.com.

Book Signing and Art Show

2010-10-05T22:04:00.003-06:00

It has been a while since I have made some updates. Here are a couple of photos from the Purple Cow Book Festival. It was a lot of fun and very windy. I wanted to share some photos from our show for Marsipity on Oct. 1st but unfortunately I forgot to charge the batteries for the camera.

Masipity Show at the Scera

2010-09-29T18:06:00.004-06:00

Here is an up coming promo show for the children's book Marsipity. It runs through October at the Scera Theater.

Stress sketch

2010-09-22T08:33:00.001-06:00

Have you ever been overwhelmed with opportunity? What a feeling.

The Purple Cow & Children's Book Festival This weekend!

2010-08-26T22:50:00.004-06:00

Visit the Purple Cow this weekend for the 2nd annual Children's Book Festival on Saturday Aug. 28 in Tooele, UT beginning at 10:00am. There will be a number of illustrators and authors sharing their talents and books. Marsipity will be a book featured there as well. It will be an exciting time.

The Purple Cow
Children's book Festival

sketchbook fun

2010-08-24T21:54:00.003-06:00

Playing with faces.

I.F. - Diary

2010-07-13T23:18:00.001-06:00

Here is a quick little sketch while my wife read aloud "Specials".

Happy 4th of July!

2010-07-12T13:46:00.001-06:00

What a great time of year!

Desert Sketch

2010-06-21T08:18:00.001-06:00

Here is a photoshop sketch that I did a while ago. It was fun.

Drawing from Daguerreotypes

2010-05-26T22:17:00.008-06:00

Sketching around with pencils and Vidalon. I know you are probably asking what is a daguerreotype? It is a really accurate old fashioned photograph that predates the old black and white photos we know of from the civil war time. It is a process that involves a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate. I am unsure of the whole process, but the images are very sharp and not washed out. These daguerreotype images are from the 1840's from Bill Whitaker's studio. It was a great exercise and a fun study.

Illustration Friday - ahead (a head)

2010-04-26T20:27:00.004-06:00

I went with our scouts to Goblin Valley in Southern Utah this weekend. What a trip. It was a lot of fun running around in a slot canyon and seeing all the interesting rock formations in Goblin Valley.

Get Out of Work 2010!

2010-04-22T12:48:00.003-06:00

Mother's Day is quickly approaching. Don't wait until the Saturday night before to run down to the nearest gas station to get your someone special a two for one "gift". Give her what she really wants, some peace and quiet with a little rest! Introducing the Get Out of Work Cards 2010. I recommend print these little jewels out on cardstock and using a metal ring to clasp them together. Let me know what you think and how it went.

Illustration Friday - LInked

2010-04-13T09:13:00.010-06:00

Illustrator fun.

I have to add this a photo shop sketch that I have been working on
for the Illustration Friday topic Linked because it has been a lot of fun to do.

Wild Baby Chipotle Chicken Recipe

2010-04-08T13:00:00.006-06:00

Here is a little recipe that I like. Our son just turned one so we are sleeping through the night. Feel free to print off the 4x6 card and make any personal adjustments to the recipe as needed.

mushroom sketch

2010-04-07T21:35:00.003-06:00

Another Photoshop sketch. I like extreme and semi extreme view points.

Illustration Friday - dip

2010-04-02T17:11:00.001-06:00

I was playing around with some new brush tools in photoshop. It was kind of fun.

penning around

2010-04-01T23:00:00.000-06:00

sketchbook mileage

2010-03-24T22:37:00.000-06:00

Marsipity coming soon!

2010-03-08T21:52:00.001-07:00

Marsipity will be released around May 1, 2010. It is not quite Halloween but we are so excited to get it out onto shelves as soon as we can. It is available for pre-order on Amazon.com right now.

2010-03-03T08:58:00.000-07:00

22x30 nupastel

Here is a drawing for a memorial scholarship at the MTC in Provo. It was a lot of fun.

Illustration Friday - adrift

2010-02-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

Even bath time can be an adventure.

Illustration Friday - Focus

2010-02-10T09:49:00.000-07:00

William T. Jr.

Self Portrait

2010-01-29T17:09:00.000-07:00

Once I was a cowboy.

Andy, Rock, & Perry

2010-01-22T17:40:00.000-07:00

I really like some of the stars from the 50's and 60's. They have really fun shapes to their faces and hair. I really like this toned paper too.

Mayberry faces: Barn, Ope, & Ange

2010-01-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

I love the Andy Griffeth show. It is very clean, fun, and cracks me up.

Illustration Friday - Confined

2010-01-14T09:22:00.001-07:00

We are all confined to the all mighty $ in some way.

Bountiful/Davis Art Center Show - Illustrators Utah

2010-01-13T15:27:00.000-07:00

Go to the Bountiful/Davis Art Center for the Illustrators Utah show. I am excited to have had three pieces accepted for the month long illustration show running through mid-February.

IF: Pioneer

2009-12-28T11:31:00.001-07:00

Here is a resurrected piece that fit the idea of Illustration Friday.

Illustration Friday: Undone

2009-12-22T13:45:00.001-07:00

Good luck with the knots.

Illustration Friday - hatch

2009-12-18T00:18:00.000-07:00

Hatch with a hatch. Could be fun!

Ear Candling? sketch

2009-12-11T19:48:00.000-07:00

Does anyone want an ear candling? I'm not really sure what that is but this is what comes to my mind. This is a little photoshop sketch that started out as a warm up but was very fun. It could be called ear wax too. When I have a chance I would like to do a little more.

warm ups

2009-12-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

warm up drawing

2009-11-25T16:19:00.000-07:00

I love to do a little warm up drawing everyday before projects.

sketching fun

2009-11-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

book teaser

2009-11-05T08:38:00.001-07:00

The book is getting closer!

oil on ABS and 600 series

2009-11-01T20:09:00.001-07:00

6x8 inches

8x10 inches

Here are a couple of personal projects that I have done. The teapot was painted on ABS, a new experience. The red pepper and garlic were painted on 600 series linen from the New Traditions panels. Very nice stuff.

TV - Suicide

2009-10-29T11:57:00.000-06:00

My thoughts on Prime-Time Television. What are yours?

oil studies

2009-10-16T15:14:00.000-06:00

Some oil studies on Vellum.

Early Anesthesiologist

2009-10-16T09:59:00.001-06:00

Here are a couple of graphics for a get well card. It was fun.

Mormon Temple

2009-10-12T13:34:00.001-06:00

The was taken a few weeks after a big snow storm during the spring in Provo, Utah.

Don't shoot Graphic-Vector Fun

2009-10-12T09:55:00.001-06:00

Here is a t-shirt graphic that is a fun idea for a retiring police officer who accidentally shot up his filing cabinet.

Apple a day-in oil

2009-10-10T01:37:00.000-06:00

A wonderful oil paint exercise involving juicy colors, chunking, and no blending. The idea is to get the right color, right value, right shape, in the right spot to optically blend the colors.

illustration update

2009-10-03T21:46:00.000-06:00

Here is a little peek at the book I am working on at the moment. Things are moving along.

quick oil studies

2009-08-08T17:54:00.000-06:00

Here are a few oil studies that I have done over the last few weeks.

cross section

2009-08-01T02:29:00.000-06:00

During this economic crisis I am still trying to stay busy. Here is a cross section from a big project that I am working on right now. It has been a great experience.

cast drawing

2009-06-17T23:49:00.001-06:00

I really have been busy lately working, doing a book, and when I can find time working my drawing skills at Bill Whitaker's. Here is a cast drawing that is about as far as I will take it. I think I could spend about...forever on it.

color study

2009-05-15T13:36:00.000-06:00

Here is a color study for the up and coming book.

quick draw!

2009-05-09T17:06:00.000-06:00

Little sketches from my note book.

cat face

2009-03-28T20:18:00.000-06:00

warm up drawings in my sketch book

marlin wow

2009-03-28T20:12:00.000-06:00

marlin says huh?

2009-03-28T20:01:00.001-06:00

Super Stan from work

2009-02-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick draw of a guy from work named Super Stan! He recently had surgery and I needed to make him a get well card that featured him. Vola! It was fun.

up the stairs

2009-02-19T12:45:00.001-07:00

Here is a little character I am working on for the children's book I am doing right now. It is a lot of work but has been a lot of fun.

oldy but goody

2009-01-30T17:26:00.001-07:00

Well, I finally took a photo of this illustration.
Got Pepto? for the Pepto Showdown

Terra Cotta

2008-12-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

I rediscovered the Terra Cotta Prisma pencil during one of my warm up drawings. I really like it.

A holiday missile-toe for one and all.

2008-12-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

I have always wanted to make a missile-toe like I imagined as a kid. This is something I whipped up at work as a birthday/Christmas card for a co-worker. Kind of fun. I love doing cards.

Don't miss the Springville Museum Children's Illustration show

2008-12-18T10:46:00.000-07:00

Last night my wife and I took a little field trip to the Springville Museum of Art to visit the Children’s Illustration display for the second time. If you have not yet gone to see the show, go today. It is only up until Dec. 28. It is worth your time. There are some real gems there that I just love. We have pictured here a Greg Newbold, Hala Whitwer, a Bob Barrett, a Brett Helquist, and one of my favorites a Guy Francis.

It was really great to see the work of so many of the people I know and have had for teachers.

Chante Wouden: Faith and Miracles on air

2008-12-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

Don't miss that wonderful story about Chante Wouden, a two time cancer survivor. It will air a few more times for those who missed the premier. Check it out on BYU television...what ever channel that is on your box. It is a great documentery!

Charles Bargue Drawing

2008-12-17T10:08:00.001-07:00

I have been working on learning to see by studying Charles Bargue. Right now I am working on a cast drawing that is a piece of work. My schedule has been interesting balancing work, a children's book, and some academic drawings. On the occasion I make it out to a couple of pickup basketball games a few times a week in the am before work...All the time waiting our new little boy coming in April. My wife is such a trooper. How exciting.

Hot Flash?

2008-09-23T13:23:00.001-06:00

What do you think of when you hear the words Hot Flash?

The real Chante Wouden/Hero.

2008-09-15T12:30:00.000-06:00

The real Chante Wouden/Hero. I was more than pleasantly surprised when I got word that Chante saw my interpretation of her story in my bfa show.

If Will Strong was a caveman.

2008-09-09T17:35:00.001-06:00

I love colored pencil on a toned surface!

Shoot.

heads

2008-09-09T17:30:00.001-06:00

Stake Conference is a great place for spiritual lifting and head studies.

characters and ideas for a children's book

2008-09-09T17:06:00.001-06:00

This is Marsipity. That is her bewitched pumpkin pie that sets the rest of the story up for some fun costumes. Here are some ideas of some of the characters.

I think we have all missed some important event because of chicken pox. Marsipity misses Halloween.

This is where Marsipity turns into an apple at her school teachers door. A Stake Conference drawing.

caricature -esk

2008-08-25T17:14:00.000-06:00

I am working on some fun caricature-esk people to develop a kiddier style for certain projects or future books. It's just a whim. This is my wife Kathy!

BFA Show The Flying Trunk

2008-08-05T14:49:00.000-06:00

Here is my bfa show. It is a modern version of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Flying Trunk". The colors in the photos are not as rich as the original paintings. It was a lot of fun.

BFA show

2008-07-18T15:16:00.001-06:00

The time has come for my senior show(finally)! This is an invite for the whole world. Just click on the card for the details.

The Chante Wouden Story

2008-06-23T16:45:00.000-06:00

"Walking the Halls"
My Mom tells me that when she first found out the news she was completely overwhelmed. I mean, you can imagine. Your little girl was just pronounced with a 30% chance to live. That's very difficult to live with. She tells me she would walk the hospital hall feeling and hearing the words to the primary song, "I Feel My Savior's Love", that song filled her with the comfort that she needed at that time to handle the situation.

"Walking Again"
And so when I first got up and leaned on the walker. Than my legs were shaking and turning purple and blue and my palms were sweating and it was a lot of work even just to stand up. I mean I hadn't stood for six months. So I hadn't used my muscles at all and all of sudden I was using them. Additionally I had an experimental bone graft and two screws in my hip instead of a hip. So the question was will I be able to use my leg. Will I be able to walk.

"The New Dress"
When you are living on a cancer floor, then you learn about death. You learn that life can be taken away like that. One time there was a little girl who got a new dress. I remember watching her run up and down the hallway showing off the new dress. The next day something happened with her heart and she died. You get a close up look at death, I guess at dying. You realize that you really feel that it is a battleground and that not everyone makes it. So you are grateful for every day that you have. Strive to find things to smile about.

"The Gift Shop"
It was now the second time Chante was diagnosed with cancer. All of this before the age of 10. Her grieving father took Chante to the hospital gift shop and told her to pick out anything that she wanted. Across the way on a shelf amongst all the other toys sat a simple doll with button eyes. Upon returning home the doll was the silent way of telling Chante's mother that the cancer was back. It was a difficult time to say the least.

"The Window"
Even living in that battleground I was able to find things to smile about. Going to the hospital basement to practice the piano, or going to the playroom to dance with a giant teddy bear. Then there was the window. I loved looking out the window at the city skyline, and the city lights I had a perfect view of the state capitol. At nighttime when it was all lit up, its big dome roof it looked just like a castle. My mom and I would talk about it and she would tell me stories. She promised to take me on a tour of the castle someday.

"The Grave Yard"
That weekend when I first received the news of my diagnosis. I went to the Mantua graveyard because it is beautiful there, and it is quiet and I could be alone. I was sitting there with my head down, and crying and praying a prayer full of questions that I didn't have answers to. As I was praying the thought came to me to look up. So I did. With my eyes still closed I could feel the sunlight on my face. Then I felt the words at the same time, what do you know. The impression came to focus on that.

sketches for a documentary

2008-05-23T17:42:00.000-06:00

Here are a couple of sketches that I am working on along with my bfa. This story is about an amazing girl who is a two time cancer survivor. Here are some glorified thumbnails to show what will be coming soon. I will give more details on the story when everything is finished and sent in. I don't want to ruin the documentary.

#1 The young mother walking the halls after she finds out that her 3 year old has cancer.

#2 After removing part of her leg the young girl is determined to walk again.

#3 (Rejected piece.) There is another girl in that part of the hospital that is sick too. She gets a new dress and runs up and down the hall with it on as little girls do. The next day she passes on. Kathy came up with this concept of an empty hospital bed with a new dress draped on it. (I think it was still a good idea)

#3 Here is a quick sketch of the little girl running the halls in her new dress. I think this one will be a lot of fun to do.

#4. (needed work) After being in remission for three years the young girl is diagnosed with cancer again. Some where along the line she had a 30% chance of living. This is a view of part of the gift shop in the hospital where he dad let her pick out anything that she wanted. She loved that doll that was on the far off shelf.

#4 I think the newer version is much better than the last. The light casting down on the doll is going to be really fun to do.

#5 Looking out of her window at night she could see a castle lit up at night that turned out to be great motivation for her to get through the chemo.

#6 At age 27 she is still fighting the battle and going strong.

BFA in progress

2008-05-20T13:27:00.000-06:00

Here are four of six drawings that I am working on right now. Not much yet but soon to come.

Got Pepto?

2008-04-29T15:14:00.000-06:00

This is a little scan of an acrylic painting of my Pepto advertisement.

Skill-it toss

2008-04-08T15:39:00.001-06:00

Let the fat lady fling...a skill-it! Fun with acrylic. This is what people do for fun at the Fort Bridger Rendezvous. Very nice.

Pepto Advertisment

2008-03-27T20:41:00.001-06:00

Here is a value and color study for my Pepto advertisement.
Enjoy!

sketch

2008-03-22T13:05:00.001-06:00

Here is a little sketch that I am working on for a Pepto advertisement. The next version will be a bit different and better.

color study for the Skillet Toss

2008-02-28T21:58:00.001-07:00

lady for the skillet

2008-02-28T12:22:00.001-07:00

Fort Bridger Rendezvous

2008-02-27T12:02:00.000-07:00

Here is a little design to advertise for the Fort Bridger, WY Rendezvous. I won't get to the painted illustration for a while so maybe later. Enjoy.

Skill-it Toss

2008-02-27T11:54:00.001-07:00

Let the fat lady fling! Here is a little design of one of the events at the Rendezvous in Fort Bridger, Wyoming that I have seen in the past. It was very interesting to see ladies dressed in the historic gard hucking these hefty skillets for distance....hhhh. Well the final illustration will be coming soon!

Wagon Ride! "Back Yard Adventure"

2008-02-16T22:23:00.000-07:00

This is part of a series of the Back Yard Safari. This was a lot of fun.

The Cowboy Who Drank Milk-final

2008-02-12T19:37:00.000-07:00

Here it is! Well the may be a little bit more to do later but this is the newest version of the Cowboy Who Drank Milk in acrylic. I love acrylic now!

Another Cowboy who drank Milk

2008-02-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

Here is a fun picture that I am working on right now. This is a little study that will be painted by next week. Wish me luck

Phil

2008-01-30T12:02:00.001-07:00

This is a portrait of a man named Phil. He was a great model to draw. Charcoal

N.C. Wyeth and the Magic Pool study

2008-01-30T11:59:00.001-07:00

Here is a study of one of my favorite N.C. Wyeth paintings. It was a a learning experience as I did a line drawing, a value study in charcoal and a color study in acrylic.

The cowboy who drank milk

2008-01-30T11:56:00.001-07:00

This is about a little cowboy who drank milk. It was a lot of fun to paint in acrylic.

Modern Hunting and Gathering

2008-01-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

The Super Market is one of the greatest inventions as compared to hunting and gathering. Here is a little mix of both. I think the TAR TAR sauce sign in the back adds a nice touch to this fish stick hunter.