Released on: December 4, 2007, 8:28 am

Press Release Author: Mike Sexton

Industry: Small Business

Press Release Summary: Mike Sexton, Kansas based digital artist has had his first
art book published showcasing the wide range of his artistic style and showing his
progress over the course of his career to this point.

Press Release Body: Mike Sexton, owner of Birdman\'s Designs- www.birdmansart.com -a
digital artist & graphic designer as well as website designer based in Junction
City, Kansas, has had his 1st art book published! This past May Mr. Sexton won a
people\'s choice art contest held by Kennedy Publishing and first prize was a
publication deal for his artwork. Mr. Sexton has been a professional artist for
approximately 3 and half years now but he says, \"I\'ve been drawing and doodling for
most of my life including creating my own folder covers in school as well as
bookmarks to give it some extra personality.\"
Since opening his business back in 2005, Mr. Sexton has created many designs to sell
in his Cafe Press store for people to be able to purchase his work on clothing items
for women, children & men as well as gift items such as mouse pads or pillows or
even coffee mugs and shortly after this he also began to take on clients for website
design work as well as graphic design to help pay the bills. He says this about art,
"Art is an absolutely wonderful career to have but I'm also honest with myself and I
know that it takes years to build up a successful reputation as an artist and so as
I create more paintings and try to get my name out there more I also work as a
website designer and graphic designer to help pay the bills of a 'starving artist'."

Mr. Sexton found this contest in an online art group that he's a member of and
thought he'd give it a try and was very happy he did. With this publication he hopes
more art lovers will see his work. The book entitled \"The Wild & the Magical-
Fantasy & Wildlife Art by Mike \"Birdman\" Sexton\" features works from the last 3
years of Mr. Sexton's career. These include some of the very first paintings he
created as well as several that are extremely recent. When asked what sorts of
categories these paintings include he stated, "I tried to include a bit of
everything I create from birds to big cats such as tigers and lions as well as
fantasy art such as dragons which I've always found fascinating as well as one of my
biggest loves- Egyptian art which covers both their mythology/ancient religion as
well as buildings from that time of history. I think art lovers of many different
genres will want to have this book and see that art isn't just oils or watercolors
but that digital art can also be a very powerful and telling medium to display in
one's home and for other digital artists or aspiring digital artists to also realize
that there really is an appreciation for such work out there. Quite honestly just
because a piece is created digitally does not mean it took any less time or effort
or skill for that matter than a regular painting done on a traditional canvas & with
traditional paints and brushes. This can be a fulfilling and rewarding career &
this is what I hope to convey in my book."


Web Site: http://www.birdmansart.com/

Contact Details: 2524 Commonwealth 52, Junction City, KS 66441
785-762-3962
email: birdmansdesigns2@gmail.com