Month: September 2015

Revisiting: Halo I & II

Art, Drawings, News | Paul Soupiset | September 28, 2015

It’s strange to see a piece of art you’ve made years ago, having not seen it in person in the intervening years. Yesterday I was reacquainted with two such pieces. In 2008 I crated up two large pen-and-ink drawings on gesso board and shipped them to Los Altos, California, where they have resided in the […]

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Hand Lettering: All Is Not Lost Noisetrade Sampler

News, Uncategorized | Paul Soupiset | September 26, 2015

This week I’m taking a personal break, vacationing in a spectacular redwood forest with a bunch of old friends at a Quaker retreat center north of Santa Cruz, California. When you’re miles from your studio with limited supplies, but your illustration client needs something right away, what do you do? Here’s the story of the […]

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Drawing Close: Mini-Documentary by Kyle Isenhower

News | Paul Soupiset | September 22, 2015

[x_video_embed no_container=”true”] Drawing Close // Documentary on Illustrator Paul Soupiset from Isenhower Productions on Vimeo. [/x_video_embed] Kyle Isenhower and I have been working together, making short films together for maybe five years, trailers, interviews, adverts, and storytelling, all in the service of our clients. My part of that collaboration is usually illustrative with a little […]

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Recent Dimensional Paintings

News | Paul Soupiset | September 20, 2015

In addition to my Chartres Labyrinth series of paintings, which I’ll post soon, I’ve also been working on another series of paintings, this time with more dimension, and using found objects. I’ll post more in the series over time. Soupiset, Paul. Approaching Train. [2015]. Acrylic with found objects on 12×16 gesso panel and pine box. […]

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Coming Soon: Drawing Close

News | Paul Soupiset | September 15, 2015

Drawing Close, Kyle Isenhower’s mini documentary on the illustration of Paul Soupiset, will debut here — and at Isenhower Productions’ website, sometime in the next few days. We talked to Kyle and he confirmed the film is basically finished, and is just awaiting the final musical score (being composed by a mutual friend of ours, […]

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Revisiting: An Illustrated Life

News | Paul Soupiset | September 11, 2015

Back in the spring of 2008, during a trip to New York City, I visited with Danny Gregory at his house. Danny edited (and invited me to participate in) An Illustrated Life — a luscious, full-color-throughout, 272-page tome featuring a “sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of top illustrators, designers and artists from around the […]

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