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The Cajun Alphabet Book is back in stock on the website. Grab one today!<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Jon<\/span>\u00a0is from the small town of Slaughter, Louisiana. He specializes in illustrating with ink, graphite, and color pencil. \u00a0His work ranges from realism to cartoon\/surrealism imagery, and has a tendency to mix those genres regularly. \u00a0The attention to detail that he gives his work is extensive and one can appreciate, at first glance, the amount of time and consideration he puts into each piece.He pursued his artistic interest at Louisiana State University, and achieved a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Fine Art, in the school of Graphic Design.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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In March 2006,\u00a0Jon<\/span>\u00a0began truly started pursuing his passion in New Orleans. \u00a0Besides displaying at French Market, he regularly attends and exhibits at about 10 other art festivals and fine art shows a year,\u00a0such as\u00a0Jazz Festival,\u00a0Voodoo Festival, Festival International,\u00a0Red River Revel,\u00a0Mudbug Madness, Festival Acadiens,\u00a0and\u00a0Fairhope, Alabama Craft show.<\/div>\n
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The ZULU Social Aid and Pleasure club selected\u00a0Jon<\/span>\u2018s original design, through a heavily juried\u00a0process for their 2011 official Mardi Gras poster<\/span><\/a>. This\u00a0piece will be forever a celebrated piece of New Orlean\u2019s history.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tour Des Echecs <\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

This is a 6 minute time lapse of 22 hours of footage of a color pencil and ink drawing I completed in 2014. It’s an abstract piece consisting of a floating skull tower over a chess board, featuring scattered chess pieces throughout as well as moths and butterflys.
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