Business Art
It’s always fun to work with a business and create an image that is fun, colorful, and shows off an aspect that the owner wishes to advertise. Since I’ve always been a big fan of the marriage between words and images, I don’t feel that commercial art is of a lower form than a Pollock abstract. Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of creating all sorts of images for all kinds of businesses which use them for cards, print ads, T-shirts, and on their websites.
Personalized Art
Art that celebrates marriage, anniversaries, big birthdays, posthumous tributes, and poetry is often done for people who “have everything.” This is one thing they don’t have: a custom piece of art that is all about them. I consider it an honor to create this work.
Jazz Art
I’ve been a big fan of America’s Classical Music since I was a toddler (thanks, Dad). It was a natural idea to combine my love for jazz with my love for visual art. Many of these pieces were created for my own pleasure, listening to music as I painted. Also, I’ve created some 15 posters for music festivals which include, the Telluride Jazz and Blues, Sonoma Jazz, 4 for the Birmingham (England) Jazz Festival, and the San Francisco Blues Fest. The biggest compliment I’ve gotten is that viewers say that they “can hear the music” when they see the art.
Pop Art
As a child of the 1950s, it was inevitable that cartoon images, ad images, and various American ad jingles bound about in my sub-conscious mind. These pieces are a by-product of those indelible impressions.
Abstract Art
I began to do these after seeing a Richard Diebenkorn show in 2000. Abstract art demands such a different approach to art from anything else I create. It is refreshing for me. Whereas everything else I do begins with drawing and concept, the abstracts begin with neither-they simply evolve. Many decisions go into their creation. Some using intellect. Others using gut instincts. For some reason, I’ve used Payne’s Gray as the major color for most of them.
See What Rich’s Clients Say
Rich has been co-designing and solely executing all of Lang’s unconventional greeting cards from the beginning (1991). Besides his more obvious virtues - artistry, creativity, wittiness and humor – Rich is a mensch. It has been my great pleasure working with him, putting our heads together and coming up with cards that are always (read mostly) received with cheery approval.
Thank you Rich Sigberman for the wonderful painting you did for Bread & Roses. The posters made from the painting were distributed to the 100 facilities where we bring free, live entertainment throughout the Bay Area. Thousands of people agree that Rich’s use of humor and lively colors in his painting convey the joyful feeling that our music brings to the clients we serve. We love the way he brought it all together: geography (having both Bay bridges) entertainment (jugglers, musicians, dancers) and clients (children, seniors, handicapped).
It is my pleasure to recommend the artwork of Richard Sigberman. Rich was the most imaginative artist I ever worked with. His has a special ability to grasp the essence of a story and illustrate it in a way that was illuminating but not obvious.
I rely on Rich for the creative interpretation. He’s terrific at that kind of brainstorming, and he usually gives me a range of options from serious to humorous, and in several styles. He’s always met my deadlines, and many times, he’s beaten the deadline significantly.
My Recent Blog Entries
Spring Abstract April 2013
Since hikiing around Marin County lately, I’ve noticed some wonderful colors, mostly bright greens, deep oranges, and a multitude of purples….this is my favorite color combination, anyway, although many of my past abstracts have been in the gray tones. This one signals new life, Spring, and is one optimistic abstract to me. There are a few pieces of torn watercolor paper pasted on, used for the torn edges for texture, and it seems to have a sort of explosive quality to that sphere.
the piece measures 27″ x 19″ and is matted nicely. I’m pleased with its insoucient energy.
Spring abstract
Spring Abstract 2013
Happy Birthday to meeee
So, it’s Valentine’s Day, which means February 16th is real close, which means I’m going to be 61 years young or old, whatever…..I’ve been creating some lovely watercolor gifts for friends, hearts with inscriptions, an illustrated poem, my own art, and will be working on an illustrated map soon.
With every birthday comes an assessment of sorts, as to where one is in one’s life as opposed to where one wanted to be at, or thought one would be at….I’m lucky and blessed to say that I’m a lot closer to where I wanted to be than I had long ago thought possible, so I appreciate my life greatly.
And, when that brush hits the page, and I watch that watercolor spread on it, it’s still heaven.
Bubba and Felix bulldogs
Bubba Bulldog
Felix bulldog at play
The Amazing Clancy
capturing a dog's spirit
Priscilla doggie with quote
The not so new year: February
Today, a lovely commission came in: to do a memorial piece for a man whose dogs have recently passed, to be given to his wife as a surprise. To me, this is as meaningful a piece of art as a tribute to a human being, the love between people and dogs being just as profound.
Michellin Sax Pop
pop art meets jazz meets advertising icons