Thursday, December 30, 2010

Happy New Year Abstract!


WIshing everyone a very Happy New Year! May 2011 be a wonderful year for you!
Love
Mike

Monday, December 27, 2010

Oldies but goodies...



A few more older drawings I uncovered recently... Hope you dig them!
Hope you had a very nice Xmas!
See you next Post!

-MC

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Holiday party abstracts!



Two new abstracts that have that holiday party feel to them! Hope you had a great Xmas!
See you soon for the next post.
-MC

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Santa Claus 2010


Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy Festivus, and all the rest... may your day be a good one!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

My NEW Abstract Art Book 4 sale NOW!


Finally it's available. I've had to delay publishing for some changes that needed to be made but here it is. Available on Amazon.com and other booksellers nation wide!
Get yourself and someone you love a copy for the holidays!

http://www.amazon.com/New-Century-Abstracts-First-year/dp/1451526385/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292112955&sr=1-15

Peace and happiness for the holidays!
-Mike

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Newer abstracts




A couple of new abstracts finished recently. I'm working on the next batch right now.
I'll post those when they are done.
Hope your December is going well.
-MC

New drawings!



I did these while waiting for something to happen... they are almost doodles, except in red pencil.
I'll be posting more drawings from my graphic novel soon.
See you next post.

-MC

Saturday, December 4, 2010

My art featured on ImageKind!


I had the honor of being featured yet again on the front page of Image Kind yesterday (Friday Dec 3)... 10th or 11th time this year.
Thanks Image Kind for helping to spread the word!

See you next post!
-M

Saturday, November 27, 2010

You are SLEEPY!!!


...especially after a big thanksgiving meal. A new painting in acrylic on canvas. Sorry it's taken so long to post the newer paintings but I've got so much going on these days. There will be a new pop/surreal painting soon. I'm working on it this week.
Hope everyone had a very nice holiday this weekend! See you next post.

-MC

Friday, November 26, 2010

New Abstracts for the holidays




Having been snowed in this week, I was able to get back to doing some new abstracts. So I finished off a few and started new ones, which I'll post when they are finished.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Big snow storm yesterday!




Beautiful views, worst traffic ever! Some had to wait 6 hours to get home from work. I made it in 2.5 hours! YAY!
This is out of my front and back windows.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Sunday, November 14, 2010

"Ten Zip" A new abstract for November


Another brand new Abstract. I've been slower to working on them lately because I want to put more thought into them. This one is reflective of that thinking. Hope you dig it!

-MC

Sunday, November 7, 2010

"Time of year"... new abstract...


Yup, that's a new Abstract coming your way. I'm taking a different approach to doing abstracts that rely a bit more on design then on emotional outbursts but hey, even I can backslid from time to time.
Look for new Abstract being more fun.
-MC

New Image Kind Feature


I got me a new feature on the splash page of Image Kind this last week. They've been very kind in putting my art front and center in the last year. Thanks you guys! I'll be posting a whole new batch of art in the coming year! Stay tuned!

-MC

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween Everyone!


This is my post for today's festive events... BOO!
-MC

Spider magazine Illustration


I recently finished this illustration for Spider magazine. It will be in the March 2011 issue of the magazine. They sure do get things done way in advance of most other publications I know of. Can't wait.
-MC

Saturday, October 30, 2010

New Doodles from the grind...




Not many meetings at my current gig at MSFT but here are three that I did over the last few weeks.
Hope you dig them!
See you next post!
-MC

Friday, October 29, 2010

October 2010 Abstracts!






I've tried to upload these abstracts four times now... hope this one works!
I hope to have more next month! I've been a bit on the busy side lately.
-MC

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Art for Inside Counsel Magazine


This is a recent illustration I did for Inside Counsel magazine in Chicago.
I did this in Illustrator... which is what I use for most magazine illustrations these days.

Cheers!
MC

Birdie's plans for the day


Another new painting... working on another for "Spider" magazine... enjoy!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Front page feature on Red Bubble on Friday!



It was funny to see which image they picked. The scary baby is the perfect one for two weeks before Halloween!
-MC

Friday, October 15, 2010

Spooky Cat Tree


This post is for Illustration Fridays... where this week the topic is "Spooky" and I thought painting fit very well.
Enjoy!
-MC

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

NEW Art Calendar for 2011: Red Pencil Sketches


My new Art Calendar for 2011 is NOW available at this link!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/mikecressy/calendars/6061119-1-the-red-pencil-sketches

There will be two more new Art Calendars for 2011 due soon. Check back often.

Hope the Autumn is going well for you.
-MC

Sunday, October 3, 2010

New Client sketches



New sketches for the magazine Inside Counsel in Chicago.
I'll have the color finished by the end of this week after they pick which one they want. Doing the final art in Illustrator.

-MC

Thursday, September 30, 2010

New Abstract


Only one new abstract this time. I've been too busy with work, parties and trying to finish up production on my NEW Art Book "New Century Abstracts" that should be in the book stores in November, just in time for the holidays!
Stay tuned!

-MC

Friday, September 24, 2010

New Doodles for September




Not many meetings at the gig I'm working at every day but when there is, I get a chance to put down some lines. This is what I've got for the last few weeks.