Murals & Illustration

Quality first

Why choose Marlin?

From digital to traditional, paint rollers to pushing pixels, your project deserves the benefits of an artist that can exploit the benefits of each.

Commissions (traditional and digital)

From logos, posters, t-shirts, book designs to large murals. Marlin is experienced with traditional pen and ink, to digital drawing, painting, and more.

Illustration (traditional & digital)

Marlin has completed many types of illustrations over the years. From Scientific drawings for books and museums, to fiction and book artwork in pen and ink, paint, and digital platforms.

Murals (indoor & outdoor)

If your looking to have a cool mural done at your business, and or home, you have found the right place. Marlin is a seasoned and experienced artist for all types of indoor and exterior murals.

About

Committed to Quality Since 2007

Marlins artwork can be seen from high in the air on large roof tops, to a simple small painted art for a book illustration. No matter what type of art is needed, Marlin can help get your design going. With years of experience, and plenty of happy customers, you know that your are getting your monies worth with Marlin.

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Rendering a B&W Song Sparrow for birdfest

Rendering a B&W Song Sparrow for birdfest

I did another scratchboard class for the Leavenworth Birdfest.  Great festival with all kinds of fascinating talks and experts and field trips.  My class was self described as less birders and more on the artistic spectrum.  They turned out awesomeness as you can...

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Hard Cider labels

Hard Cider labels

I made some hard cider labels for an awesome new company called Wenatchee Valley Cider Company.  They have 4 main "strains" so far and each name and image was chosen for its own back story.  I can't wait to see it for sale, which should be this summer.  They were...

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Library Owls

Library Owls

I was invited to give a class to a couple libraries in the greater Seattle Area, and so I took our little Pygmy Owl on the road!  This time, perhaps to make it simpler (?) I decided to have the artists work up from black.  That is probably the best way to start...

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My class on scratchboarding Pygmy Owls

My class on scratchboarding Pygmy Owls

I have scratchboarded a few owl species in the past and thought it would make a good subject for people to get an introduction into scratchboard.  It is surprising how many artists have dabbled with scratchboard at some point, then left it behind. We are NOT doing the...

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coreid tribute painting class

coreid tribute painting class

I taught a watercolor class where we painted an insect quite large.  I chose to use a little familiar looking brown insect.  We might not know what to call them, but we know them and we love them; they are gentle, they are the coreids.   Also known as a leaf-footed...

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