Design for Obama

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Sheryl Checkman

"Design For Obama Posters for Change. A Grassroots Anthology.

My "Vote for the Polar Bears" Poster design shown on the left page of the Design for Obama book.

Vote For The Polar Bears Poster design featured in Design for Obama book.

I am honored to have one of my designs selected by Spike Lee and Aaron Perry-Zucker for their new book, “Design for Obama,” published by the design and architectural book publisher, Taschen. This book is a compilation of some of the best designs submitted to designforobama.org during the campaign and is being released this week to commemorate the one year anniversary of the presidency.

Contextual essays written by Spike Lee, Aaron Perry-Zucker and Steven Heller create a compelling documentation of this historic campaign. They will be signing copies of their book on Wednesday, November 4 at Taschen’s New York store, at 107 Greene Street in New York City.

This design is available on t-shirts and other gift items at WearMyArtTees.com

Autumn Palette

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sheryl Checkman

Curves of Garlic

Every season has it’s share of natural beauty. The fall, known for its vibrant colors shows off the brilliant beauty of the trees before losing their glorious coats as well as the wonderful earthy hues of autumn’s harvest.

During my visit upstate last weekend I found some really beautiful colors and shapes at a farm stand that I visited. The green curves made by the stems of garlic that lay displayed in a basket caught my attention, as did a display of multi-colored squash in all different shapes and sizes. Deep purple peppers with their green stems resting in a basket along side the better know red and yellow ones, made a still life worthy of an artist.

Squash of Different Colors

Purple Pepper

Peace, Love & Fall Weekends

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Sheryl Checkman

Last weekend I was invited upstate to a friend’s country house for a birthday celebration. Fall was definitely in the air, the weather was crisp… maybe a bit too crisp for early October but the leaves were turning all the beautiful shades of red and orange that they do every year at this time. My friend’s house is in Narrowsburg, NY, a town in the Catskills, not too far from the Bethel Woods Arts Center, the site of Woodstock.

One of the neighboring towns, Callicoon, resides along the Delaware River. It’s a quaint town with some interesting antique and thrift shops. We walked in and out of the shops on Saturday and I found a great 100% wool beret in one of them for $3.00! What a find. But, my favorite find was the sign over the local bar/restaurant, Mathews on Main. Who could ask for anything more?

Food • Bar • Happiness: What else could you ask for?

A visit to a crafts festival at the Bethel Woods Arts Center was on our itinerary for Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful day for an outing. I might not have gotten to Woodstock in 1969 but I finally made it in 2009. We walked to where they have a plaque commemorating the 1969 concert and had a great view of where the original stage was as well as the hill above it where all the thousands of people listened and partied for three amazing days.