Artist, Author & Marketing Expert
The term Renaissance Man is used for a very clever person who is good at many different things.-Wikipedia
Alan as an Illustrator
Alan started his professional career as an illustrator after graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1991 with a BFA in Painting and Illustration. His first job right out of school was for two covers for Marvel Comics – Conan Magazines the Savage Sword of Conan #204 and Conan Saga #88.
He has since trained under his mentor of six years John Frederick Murray at The School of Visual Arts and the John F. Murray School of Art on Long Island. He studied a traditional academic approach to Drawing and Painting that can be traced back to Jean Leon Gerome and other 19th Century French Academicians at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. This training technique is known as the Riley Method. The Riley Method was taught to John Murray by Frank Riley at The Art Students League of New York in the 50s.
During and after Alan’s training, he developed a steady working relationship with many of his clients, most of which are top tier companies in their perspective industries. He has illustrated Book Covers, Coffee Mugs, Promotional Material, Calendars, Portraits, Advertising, Card Game Illustrations, Magazine Covers, and more.
“I have always been inspired by traditional, classical, and academic works of art. I enjoy the ‘intellectual’ painters, especially those of the 19th century, as well as the Old Masters. I also love creating my own worlds, painting the characters and their environments as I envision them.”
Alan as an Author and Marketer
Da Vinci has shown us that artists can excel in multiple careers. He was considered one of the best painters and known for having imperceivable transitions of values in his paintings including the Mona Lisa. He was also known as an inventor and scientist. Alan does not claim to be a Da Vinci, however, he has excelled in numerous skills and he works to be the best at anything he puts his efforts towards. He’s an accomplished illustrator, author, and marketing expert. Alan is the author of the marketing book Front Page Addiction, available at Amazon. He is working on the second volume of the book which will be more towards SEO and online reputation management.
Alan started his marketing career in late 2000 while working for a photo agency as a stock illustrator and web designer. He soon excelled in getting an amazing online presence for the agency and then realizing he could accomplish more, he started the extremely successful marketing agency SEO Image, in 2002. He was able to get Fantasy-Illustration.com (now Fantasy-Art.com) several thousand visitors every month in the early 2000s and that caused him to focus on his digital agency, which caters to some of the world’s biggest brands. You can read Alan’s marketing Bio here.