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e-Mail: nate@nateowens.com

VISIT THE GIFT SHOP
CAPS, SHIRTS, STAMPS, ETC.

For years I've done illustration for publication and gallery art (oils, watercolors, acrylics, etc.) The art has appeared on everything from bus benches to ads, magazine illustrations, tv spots and gift products like coffee mugs, shirts, greeting cards and wall decor prints.

As an art director I designed annual reports, catalogs, brochures and ads (some of which ran in Time, Newsweek, USA Today and The Saturday Evening Post) and publications - working with a staff of artists and photographers, directing photo-shoots of products and on-location setups for companies and resorts, products (some involving models) from firearms and trophies to sports wear, boats, fishing gear, golf equipment and toys.

The humor illustration and painting has been the most popular and most widely published (greeting cards and products from Leanin' Tree publishing since 1980), inspired by growing up on a farm around tale-spinning great uncles and a menagerie of interesting critters. (NEW: Handsome prints on canvas of these and other works.)

Clients include...

• Leanin' Tree
- publishers of Greeting cards and gift products. They have published my work since 1980 - (Visit their web site to see the cards and gift products using my art)
• Western Horseman Magazine
- The most popular horse magazine in the US.
• National Barrel Horse Association - International riding association
• McGraw Hill
- publisher of magazines and books.
• Zondervan Publishing
- publisher of Christian Books.
• Focus on the Family
- a Christian family help ministry and publisher.
• Harvest House
- publisher of Christian books.
• LANtimes
- a trade magazine to the computer industry.
• Visual Events
- a marketing and advertising firm.
• CCC Publications
- publishers of humor books and gift products.
• Gannett and Morris Communications
- newspaper publishing.
• Ministries Today Magazine
- a journal for ministers and church administrators.
• Presbyterian Publishing
- publisher of Christian educational literature.
• Western Graphics - publisher of wall decor prints and posters

I work on the computer - some of the software I use:
Painter
PhotoShop
FreeHand
Illustrator
In-Design

For 3D modeling and rendering:
ZBrush, Rhino, Carrara, Hexagon, Poser and various others.
DreamWeaver (for Web page authoring and design)

For web sites and interactive videos:
Flash (animations, interactive graphics)
Sound Forge, Acid XMC (for sound editing)
Vegas Studio, Camtasia (video editing)

Note: All images fully © copyright protected by the publishers and the artist