My Radio Interview!

For those of you that are in the Atlanta, GA area I will be interviewed on a local radio station, Radio Sandy Springs. The weekly show is Following your Passions hosted by Bernard Kearse, of Kearse & Associates, P.C. The show discusses peoples' passions about work, hobbies and the things that make life worth living.

The show does take calls from listeners, so please spread the word to some of your friends and contacts. The call-in number at the station is 404-943-1620 or toll free at 1-866-356-0789.

Who: Jay Montgomery and Bernard Kearse
What: Interview about my passions. See if you can guess what it is.
When: Tuesday, June 12th, 8-9 PM
Where: Radio Sandy Springs on your radio dial 1620 AM.
Why: Learn more about the mysteries and true passions of Jay Montgomery!

A copy of the interview will be available on the Radio Sandy Springs website soon after.

Illustration Friday - Signs

This piece was done back at my alma mater Portfolio Center in 1993. The assignment was anything to do with baseball. I actually I had the idea of portraying a secret bribe, or sign, to the Pitcher to sabotage the game. It can also be seen as a commentary on high paid baseball pitcher's. It's about 12" x 20" done in oil washes and Prismacolor pencils.

Comments are welcome.

New print available - His Life

Just announce a new painting is available for for print purchase. Late 2006 I was commissioned by new company called Heirloom Christian Arts. It was a complete pleasure working with Camilla Raymond on the project which gave my ample time, creative freedom and generous compensation to create the new painting based on a one inch high piece of jewelry. I transform the message and detail into a 24" x 36" painting using a relatively new medium called Chroma Atelier Interactive Acrylics. It's an acrylic paint that allows you keep it wet on the surface on your painting for much longer than conventional acrylic paints. This gives way to an oil painting look without all the harsh mediums of oils and using water as thinner. I loved the process! I even made a step-by-step demo of the process for my Materials and Techniques II class at SCAD-Atlanta. If you would like to get a PDF of the step-by-step process please email me. The painterly feel and hand done look is a little different from most of my work, but it was fun to loosen up. Let me know what you think!

Signed and numbered edition of only 50 giclee prints in various sizes, greeting cards, and more are available exclusively through Heirloom Christian Arts.

Thanks for looking!

Atlanta From Above

I went on my first helicopter ride on April 27th for an illustration I'm working on. The Creative Director wanted me to go up and art direct the photographer, Scott Johnson, to take the photos at the right angle and elevation for a new building coming up in Buckhead called Mansion on Peachtree. It was quite incredible and enjoyed every second of it. I took my camera and snapped away until my fully charged battery went dead. I got several photos for hopeful future references. One photo I have already used for reference for another job I'm working on. It really came at the right time it was quite amazing.

I flew it all by myself and took pictures at the same time!

Savannah College of Art & Design - Atlanta, Where I teach.



Go here to see a select group of untouched photos.
I'll be sure to post the final illustration once it's done in about 2 weeks.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie backgrounds

It was well over two years ago when Art Director, Bob Pettitt, contacted me to see if I was interested in doing some movie backgrounds for this movie. At that time I had never heard of Adult Swim much less Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The show and movie is admittedly not for everyone and it's main target market is teenagers who like dark alternative, and crude humor. So be forewarned! Anyway, all they needed were some layered Photoshop backgrounds that they could mess with to create scenes for this 15 min Adult Swim show into a full length movie. Over all I did 7 backgrounds for my first movie art experience. Well, I had to keep it quite until now. With the many delays and postpones of the premier it now finally here and I can show the stuff I did on the web. I'm going to be attending the ultra exclusive movie premier on April 9th right here in Atlanta and the Plaza Theater. I'll try my best to not trip on the red carpet (it was green carpet actually) and smile for the deluge of paparazzi and interviews. Click this link or image to see page I created with the backgrounds and be sure to zoom into each image to see all the hard work.


I would LOVE to hear any comments on these and the movie here on my blog or my news page. Make sure you go see the movie starting on Friday the 13th, April 2007 at a local theater near you.