Mark Ulriksen at Drawger.comMark Ulriksen at Drawger
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http://drawger.com/_images/drawger_leo_logo.giftext/html2009-06-01T06:18:59+00:00http://www.drawger.com/thethirdmanSome family portrait commissions
http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/index.php?section=articles&article_id=7952
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In the past few years I've been doing a number of private commissions, mostly dog portraits (I advertise regularly in Bark magazine). Every once in a while a dog commission morphs into a family portrait. The good part is the deadlines are pretty lax (which means these take forever to get to) but the down side is that no one sees these. Until now that is.</p>
<br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/2807187187.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/9688596919.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/8918795909.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/6702106516.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/9085682081.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/5904688799.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/5072365159.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/6863000190.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/8266571500.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/4124303090.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/0640410527.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br>text/html2009-05-21T05:09:14+00:00http://www.drawger.com/thethirdmanSerendipity
http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/index.php?section=articles&article_id=7862
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I love happy accidents and this roll of film I accidently double-exposed is a favorite. Back in the olden days I'd occasionally shoot a roll of film of a classic movie, a big sporting event or a major news story. I guess I wanted to own these moments visually.<br />
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Over twenty years ago I had shot the Iran-Contra hearings without realizing I had already photographed the movie Fanny and Alexander. Imagine my shock and total delight when I got this roll back. I only wish I had shot more.</p>
<br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/9264652435.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/1323463397.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/0854776065.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/3062037891.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/8844857992.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/8609470327.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/1213607228.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br>text/html2009-03-21T03:07:45+00:00http://www.drawger.com/thethirdmanAnother Sports job-United Airlines & The Chicago Bears
http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/index.php?section=articles&article_id=7335
<br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/united club entrance.jpg" hspace="5"><p>If the Golf Digest job about the Masters was the coolest job I had last year then another sports gig, murals for United Airlines and the Chicago Bears, was the toughest. United's agency, BDM of Mineeapolis, commissioned a number of illustrators to create paintings that would be converted into murals for the walls of the new United Club at the Bears Soldier Field stadium. Tim Zeltner did the cityscapes and I did the paintings of the players.</p>
<p> </p><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/all time left.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/all time greats.jpg" hspace="5"><p> What made this job so tough is that I had five weeks to do the sketches and the finishes. Plus their were four clients for the project: the agency, the Bears, United and the city of Chicago. It all went amazingly smoothly, primarily because the art buyer, Kim Witczak, ran interference and served as my point person. Her only brief on the job was to "make them cool." You can't beat that.</p><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/United-Fan Wall.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/fan wall straightish.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/United-33 worlds Fair.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/cityscape left bar c:u.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/cityscape righ2 c:u.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/cityscape players.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/United-cityscape.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/windows.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/United-George Halas.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/United-Bruno Nagurski.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/United-kickoff.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br>text/html2009-03-17T18:11:14+00:00http://www.drawger.com/thethirdmanGolf Digest Masters Assignment
http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/index.php?section=articles&article_id=7317
<img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/563.jpg" hspace="5"><p> Last April Golf Digest gave me <a href="http://www.markulriksen.com/news.cfm#">the greatest assignment of my life, attend the Masters</a> and paint my impressions, whatever they may be. The magazine just came out and I will eventually be offering prints as well as the originals for sale. Clink on the link above to see the story.</p><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/Arnie Greets Masters Fans.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/The Start of the Back Nine.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br><img src="http://www.drawger.com/thethirdman/images/The Heart of AmenCorner.jpg" hspace="5"><br><br>