The Cramps

The Cramps Family Portrait

Quick sketch demo

Self Portrait Assignment

These were demos for a project that I assigned. Self portraits as character

A few of my Plein-air paintings

Back Bay, Newport - oil on panel

Fullerton Train Station, Fullerton - oil on panel

Muckenthaler, Fullerton - oil on panel

Santiago Canyon, Orange - oil on panel

Crystal Cove - oil on panel

New Website

Check out the new Website Design here.

WW1 Tanks finished

I went ahead a finished the tanks that I started. The boys were happy

Speed Paint Demo 3-3-11

Well, when my 8 year old saw what I had done yesterday for his brother, he wanted one also. So my classes had to endure tank demos this week. We focused on painting the ground in these. I'll finish this one also.

Quick paint Demo 3-2-11

This one is for my 10 year old son. He's had a bit of a trying time of late. He's into tanks right now so I thought I would do a WW1 tank for him for this weeks demo. He liked it. I'll finish this one - adding some soldiers milling around in the rain.

Quick Sketch Deom 2-17-11

Quick Sketch Demo 2-16-11

Quick Sketch demo from 2-10-11

I'll develop this one further later. The area around the house is the least developed. Ran out of time :-)

Visceral Instrumentation

I'm part of a show that opens today in Anaheim

Quick sketch Demo 2-9-11

Self Portrait

My wife and kids love me, thank goodness. They put up with my gooberness - like drawing myself as a steampunker :-)

Actually my kids take after dad. LOL

So You Want to Make Childrens Books

Merry Christmas

Book Contribution

Susan Ruddick Bloom asked me to do a digital demo for her book "Digital Collage and Painting". Here is my contribution to the book that has just been released.

Interviewed by Pop Dose

Have you ever wondered what inspired the images on your favorite album covers? With Uncovered, we discuss the stories behind the artwork with the people who made them. This week, we talk with Cliff Cramp, the artist responsible for the cover of the new Plain White T’s album, The Wonders of the Younger.

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Work In Progress

Article in Inside CSUF

Creating Musical Art
Artist Creates Cover to Represent Band's Latest Album

If a picture is worth a thousand words, an illustration used for the cover of an album surely must say that and more.

And musicians, as artists themselves, know that the artwork must represent the band as well as the music.

So when Plain White T’s was creating their latest album, they spent time thinking of what they wanted to say and how they wanted it recreated on the CD cover. They even drafted a rough sketch while on a plane flight that their record label, Hollywood Records, used when contacting Cliff Cramp, professor of art, about bringing the band’s vision to life.

The result will be seen when the Grammy Award-nominated band releases its latest album, “Wonders of the Younger,” Dec. 8. Not only is Cramp’s work on the cover, it is used for the album booklet boxed with the CD.

“The communication was excellent between all those involved,” said Cramp, a Cal State Fullerton alumnus with a BFA and MFA in illustration. “That, and the theme, made this a really fun project to work on.”

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