Buy my NEW Art Book between now and December 25th and receive 5 mini prints from the book! Wow! What a deal! That's right, 5 mini prints all yours for buying just one copy of my Art Book Monito Hermoso, A collection of paintings Vol. 1 by Mike Cressy! Send me a copy of the receipt and I'll send you the 5 mini prints for free! Act while prints are available because there is a limited supply! Buy now before the prints run out! Check out my new BLOG at: http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/ Comments are welcome!! HEY! Order a copy of my new book of many of the paintings here in my Galleries! Cheap to buy, years of enjoyment. How much better does it get? NOW available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell's and other booksellers! Stop by and leave comments and buy the book. http://www.amazon.com/Monito-Hermoso-Vol-Mike-Cressy/dp/0615206662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218912859&sr=8-1 http://www.lulu.com/content/1997580 ___________________________________________________ My NEW Blog: http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________ Drop by and say hello at my other hangouts on the web: http://www.myspace.com/mikecressy http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513677512 http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/1-Art/profiles/283401-Mikecressy http://mikecressy.blogspot.com/ ____________________________________________________ 2008 Seattle Calendar for sale NOW! Crisp clear photos of some cool places around Seattle. http://www.lulu.com/content/1175517 ________________________________________________________________ Here's the interview from earlier this year: http://designinspiration.blogspot.com/2007/01/mike-cressy.html If you'd rather listen to an interview that I did two months ago, here's the link: http://www.cindycenter.com/MikeCFinal.mp3 A humble lad really. From deep in the bowels of Detroit I sprang. Greek roots from the old country. 2nd generation. Worked in the car factories until I saved enough to make my excape to the west (left) coast. Hunkered down in Los Angeles for a number of years learning my craft as an artist so that one day I could make a splash (more like a piddle really.) in the art world. I met up with some well seasoned lads from the old school. Ren Wicks, Bill Robles (Bill is still among us.) , Nick Galloway, Neil Boyle and Larry Salk. All well known in their day for their creativity. They taught me all I know about the business. We were known then as Group West. Having had that training, I made my way in the commercial art world. Then I got married, moved to Seattle and started working in the computer game industry, just because there was a lot of money to be made there and they hired artists. Then I got divorced. Free as a bird I went from company to company, making my mark over and over again. With a place like Microsoft there were chances to do that over and over again. A great place if you get on with people. Even computer people. (wink) These days I'm back at doing my own art and trying to make a go at it. Check out me new website and send me a note. www.mikecressy.com Some of my influences are: William Joyce, Glenn Barr, Kevin Hawkes, Robert Williams, Berkeley Breathed, Chip Kidd, Bruce Timm, Shag, J. Otto Seibold, Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly, Steve Johnson, Lou Fancher, Gary Baseman, Mike Mignola. Always nice to make new friends I say. Come to my blog and say Hi: http://web.mac.com/mcressy/iWeb/Site/Blog/Blog.html

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