Hand Made Cherry Sea Chest

Just finished for a client on Martha's Vineyard is this custom made reproduction of a sea chest in solid cherry. The inside is lined with aromatic cedar to keep your fabrics and blankets safe from moths. The rope beckets are made by artisan Tim Whitten. Each piece is given a hand rubbed finish to give it a luster that last for years. The top and face are given a nautical detail and compass painted in enamels. If you would like one of these chests contact me to discuss your project.

Help Support Bill Plympton's Next Animated Film "Cheatin' "

Help support Bill Plympton's 7th animated film by donating a few dollars. Via Kickstart you can donate  directly to help Bill finish his film. If you are a fan of his work this is a no brainer...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/billplympton/bill-plymptons-cheatin-an-animated-feature-film

Cherry Television Cart

Cherry Television cart with wheels below so it can be moved around the room. 

Small Bathroom Cabinet

Last week, I installed this small bathroom cabinet I custom built for one of my very best clients. (  I now have three custom cabinets residing there). As you can see the cabinet is already right at home. Anyone looking for a custom built cabinet such as this one or if you are looking for something different, please feel free to contact me directly.

Father's Day Baseball Prints Available

Latest Illustration for LBA Quarterly Magazine

 

Latest Illustration for LBA Magazine

Illustration for cover of LBA Advisor

Marshfield Ma, Pastel Illustration Series #1

Pastel Illustration Series on locations and spots around the town of Marshfield MA. Marshfield, MA

Virginia is not for Lovers...

Politicians and Religious Leaders are Not Doctors.
Unpublished final illustration on intrusions in women.

From Ken Dubrowski Artisan's Studio: Hand Crafted Custom Designed Kitchen Cabinets.

A custom designed and hand made butcher block kitchen cabinet with a sprayed barn red finish. The interior has two pull out shelves and self closing door hinges. Contact me to talk about your kitchen or bath.

From Ken Dubrowski Artisan's Studio: Just completed. A custom made butcher block kitchen cabinet with a sprayed barn red finish. The interior has two pull out shelves and self closing door hinges. Most of my kitchen cabinets are either cherry, oak or maple but a few people want the painted sprayed finish shown above.

Contact me  to design your custom kitchen or bath cabinets

Politicians and religious leaders are not doctors.

Moments that help define a nation come from small acts that ignite change.

When Rosa Parks walked onto a bus one morning, I am sure she had no idea to what end her act of defiance would reach and how it would force change. When Sandra Fluke spoke to Congress I am sure she did so, not with the intention of sparking change but just to speak up for women's health concerns.

Rush Limbaugh's comments were disgusting and vile and beyond reason. His apology even worse. His statement that woman should do a porn video so he and his friends could get "off" was arrogance. His personal attack on Ms. Fluke lasted over three days in order to send a direct message to all woman. "Speak up and this is how I will shut you down".

In the next few days, I am sure people will come to Rush's defense as they have done in the past. Mitt Romney has already accepted his apology and many will want to move on to other issues. But this issue is so important because it has been growing for over twenty years. Politicians and pundits like Rush are not doctors nor are they religious leaders. Politicians are supposed to stand up against the Limbaughs, thugs and bullies of the world not cower to them.

This action against a woman who spoke up for health care must ignite the same passions that Rosa Park's actions of wanting to ride in the front of a bus did. Young woman in this country need to speak up. For young woman like my daughters, this is your defining moment to ensure that you have a voice and that your opinion matters.

That is why you must speak up.

How Rush Limbaugh sees woman.

People should not be shocked that Rush Limbaugh thinks woman who use birth control are "sluts".

This is how Rush sees all woman.

I mean this attack comes from a man married four times. This is not a "liberal agenda" reacting to this nonsense but a human one. More people like Ms. Fluke need to stand up to the Rush Limbaugh's of the world and the people who speak of religious freedom should have been the very first people to do so.

Grim Grinning Ghost Test 1

Here is the first test of the singing busts for the Marshfield High School Drama party, that Rick Larsen and I are working on...

Illustrator's News Tribute 911

The events of September 11, 2001 have forever changed the way we live our lives.

At that moment ten years ago, a few of us decided to express

their feelings about the tragic events of that day in the form of an online publication.

Many artists from around the world responded with comments as well

as illustrations. The publication stands as a reminder on how how people felt then and can

be viewed by clicking on the link.

http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/downloads/INTribute.pdf

Lloyd Dangle and the Graphic Artist's Guild

The following personal attack comes from former GAG president Lloyd Dangle's website.
I guess he didn't get the memo that the lawsuit was thrown out.
http://blog.troubletown.com/2011/06/your-dose-of-dangle.html

"... The Graphic Artists Guild is very special to me, some of you might know that I’m a past president. Despite what you may have heard from some dickheads the Guild is a terrific organization with wonderful people. I hope they win that lawsuit against those dickheads."

IPA Wins Lawsuit Against Graphic Artists Guild but Artists Still Lose.

Last month's victory was welcome relief that the IPA and five named defendants have been vindicating for blowing the whistle on Graphic Artists Guild.
Artist's organizations like AMI  as well as individuals that support the formation of an American Collecting Society are openly speaking out. That this climate of fear is falling away is a tremendous victory for artists.
But even though the news that GAG's lawsuit was thrown out, until all artists begin to see their earned income returned to them, this is no victory. And until these organizations that continue to take foreign royalties are held accountable artists will never benefit from their royalties.





Decision Vindicates Artists, Validates American Illustrators' Collecting Society
Artists' Reprographic Royalties Remain Unaccounted For

(LEXINGTON, KY) May 12, 2011 - The Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) applauds Judge Debra James' ruling dismissing the million-dollar tortious interference and defamation lawsuit brought by the Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) against the Illustrators' Partnership of America (IPA) and five named defendants.


GAG alleged that IPA interfered with a "business relationship" which enabled GAG to collect and use artists' reprographic royalties, by IPA's creation of a collecting society to return royalties directly to artists.
When published artwork is photocopied, U.S. and international Reprographic Rights Organizations (RROs) collect royalties through fees, including photocopying charges, on behalf of copyright holders whose work appear in those publications. The American Society of Illustrators Partnership (ASIP), founded, in part, by members of the IPA, is the first and only domestic illustrators' copyright collecting society legally recognized by our federal government to collect and distribute royalties on behalf of illustrators- including medical illustrators-who assign their mandate to ASIP.


IPA's statements-that between 2000 and 2007, GAG took more than $1.5 million of artists' royalties and has not returned any to artists-were found to be true by Judge James....

Read the rest of the press release:Association of Medical Illustrators

Graphic Artists Guild, Illustration and the Law

Last week the NY Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit against the Illustrators Partnership of America and five of us based on the fact that we spoke the truth. 

This announcement from Judge Debra James was the first time many artists learned that GAG had taken over 1.5 million in reprographics royalties without their knowledge and consent.

In the lawsuit GAG asserted claims for defamation and interference with contractual relations, alleging that IPA had interfered with a “business relationship” GAG had entered into that enabled GAG to collect orphaned reprographic royalties derived from the licensing of illustrators’ work. 


Many artists had been  afraid to speak out publicly on this issue, pointing to the fact that websites and personal blogs were used as "evidence" by GAG in their lawsuit.
 The link below is from an article on Brad Holland by Steve Heller and should be read by the artists who are upset about GAG's lawsuit and have a stake in how their royalties are being used. The question I have is what will artists do about it ?


Illustration by Brad Holland from DailyHeller blog.
http://imprint.printmag.com/daily-heller/illustration-and-the-law/