FEATURED: Portrait of governor Jerry Brown

My portrait of recently elected California governor Jerry Brown got featured in a contest organized by Sac News&Review.

2nd place in Artbistro´s Holiday Greeting Card Contest!

This year´s Benjamin Bay Christmas Greeting Card is, quite obviously, inspired by my affection for vintage toys. It is available for purchase at Tailcast, where it was featured under "most liked". It also won second place in Artbistro´s Holiday Greeting Card Contest.
Happy holidays!

Cover for Sacramento News & Review + Chico News & Review

Sacramento News & Review contacted me and asked if I wanted to illustrate their cover story about the diminishing internet privacy. The result was three illustrations on this theme, the headline of the article being "The End of Privacy".

Illustration for AAA Traveler Magazine – VIA

Editorial illustration for the November/December issue of AAA Traveler Magazine. Accompanying an article about delicious food in Burgundy, France.

"Your shareholders, sir"

Recently I was commissioned to create a humorous illustration for Glass Lewis, a major governance analysis firm, on the theme of executive compensation.

Monte Carlo Vintage Tennis

New Art Deco Illustration

  I´m adding this brand new Art Deco illustration to my series of vintage coffee designs. I´ve been inspired by the art deco aesthetics for some time now, and I really wanted to combine this "woman-with-coffee" theme with a 30´s automobile.  

Deep Sea Creature

An updated version of an old illustration I created back in 2008.

GALLERY WINNER!!!

I was just notified that my gallery on ArtBistro.com was selected as one of the winners at the September 2010 ArtBistro Gallery, which I find to be a great honor!

Vintage Farm Animal Inns

Featured on Coroflot´s special members´gallery: A few images from my latest series themed "Vintage Farm Animal Inns".

Calypso

An old illustration that I dug up from the depths of my computer and decided to tune up.

Rome next in series of famous cities

Next out in my series of famous series: Rome! What can I say, who isn´t charmed by a black haired girl on a vintage vespa with an ice cream?

BEST IN SHOW!

My submission (see below) for “Where in the World Does Your Wine Come From?”, sponsored by Center for Wine Origins, Telluride Wine Festival, and SCHILLING studio Gallery, was selected as one of the six finalists.
It also won "Best in Show" -- wonderful news!!!
The artwork will be displayed and sold at the Telluride Wine Festival in SCHILLING studio Gallery from June 24 to 27th.

The New Haven Register posted this article about my winning submission:
http://elmcityexpress.blogspot.com/search/label/Martin%20Wickstrom

Preview of wall art for BrGr restaurant, New York

Here is a small preview of some of the images I created for BrGr restaurant in Manhattan, NYC, earlier this year. I´ll be posting a link and photos of all the illustrations when I´ve been there in a week or so.

Series of famous places

This is my first piece in a planned series of four, depicting famous cities in the world. I wanted to experiment with a looser composition, and this is the initial outcome...

Telluride Wine Festival Posters

My latest two illustrations are for the Telluride Wine Festival Poster Competition in June this year. The theme will be "Where in the world does your wine come from?", focusing on the world´s wine regions.