Eric Colquhoun Illustration Portfolio

Happy birthday, Benny Goodman! - Happy birthday to American "King of Swing", Benny Goodman. From 1936 until the mid-40s Goodman was the leader ... View Article

Dutch painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a painter born in the Netherlands in 1836. He trained in Antwerp, Belgium and moved t... View Article

Hans Christian Andersen - The Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, born April 2nd, 1805, was a prolific author who created some of Wes... View Article

Happy birthday to Isabella Stewart Gardner - Happy birthday to American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts Isabella Stewart Gardner. She... View Article

Break a leg! - “Break a leg" is saying which actors and musicians say before they go on stage to perform as a way to wish �... View Article

Happy birthday Nat King Cole! - Happy birthday to Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, who was born March 17th, 1919.... View Article

110th anniversary of Roald Amundsen reaching t… On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his... View Article

Happy birthday to Karl Benz - Happy birthday to Karl Benz, who was born November 25th, 1844. Benz was a German engine designer and automotiv... View Article

Happy birthday to French composer Georges Bize… Happy birthday to French classical composer Georges Bizet who was born October 25th, 1838, in Paris. He was be... View Article

Porter Blackburn podcast poster - I was hired to create this illustration to be used as a web poster for a digital ad to promote a podcast. The ... View Article

Portrait of actor Errol Flynn - I did this portrait of the actor Errol Flynn as part of my ongoing “Birthday Boy” series. I posted... View Article

Earth’s World - Earth’s World is an account on Instagram and I just love it. Earth – their real name – is a “d... View Article

Ted Williams vintage looking baseball card - I created this vintage looking baseball card for the occasion of Ted William’s birthday – August 3... View Article

Beer label design - I like a good beer. And back before the pandemic I had wanted to try brewing my own beer. 15 months, or so, of... View Article

Miles Davis portrait - I created this illustration to celebrate Miles Davis’ birthday on May 26th. I wanted to create a portrai... View Article

Dutch Golden Age portrait - I have always loved the art of the Dutch Golden Age of painting and I just love the ruffed collars, so, I had ... View Article

Vintage poster style portrait of Muddy Waters - My idea for this piece was to create a vintage style poster of Blues great Muddy Waters. I have been intereste... View Article

Caricature of Rudy Giuliani - I did this caricature of Rudy Giuliani because he is such a great subject for this kind of work. He is instant... View Article

Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner - Have any of you also been watching the Netflix documentary series, “This is a robbery”? I did this... View Article

Honus Wagner baseball card - The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card is considered the Holy Grail of sports collectibles. In 2020, a T206 Honus... View Article

Louis Daguerre portrait - This is a portrait of photography pioneer Louis Daguerre. Daguerre was a French artist and photographer who in... View Article

Walter Gretzky memorial - This illustration was done as a self promotion in memorial to Walter Gretzky, the father of the famous retired... View Article

Dog portrait – Millie, the German Shorth… I was hired by a friend to do a drawing for his daughter of her dog, Millie. I have been working on this techn... View Article

Claude Debussy – Clair de lune - I created this image to mark the birthday of French composer Claude Debussy. The inspiration for the look came... View Article

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