Photography

Douglas Andersen | This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Assistant Professor
BFA/MFA: San Jose State University

Doug Anderson graduated from San Jose State University with a major in fine arts painting. After spending a few years in the gallery market, and finding it too commercial, Anderson moved into the illustration market. There he worked for five years in Lockheed’s Space Systems Division as an illustrator, doing technical illustration and conceptual paintings of spacecraft and hardware. Some of the programs Anderson worked on were Space Shuttle, Space Telescope, Space Station, and early Mars landing projects. Later on, he spent another five years as an art director for Lockheed’s New Business Acquisition, doing conceptual renderings for new products, and designing presentation artwork for SSD’s Acquisition Management. After leaving the space industry Doug has spent the last 15 years free-lancing in the Science Fiction game and book cover market along with other various markets.

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Dennis Nolan | This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Assistant Professor
BFA/MFA: San Jose State University

Teaching: College of San Mateo, San Jose State University, Hartford Art School. Freelance advertising clients include: Activision, Atari, Columbia Records, DAW Books, Imagic, Lucasfilms, Pacific Telephone, and TOR Books. Illustrator and author/illustrator of picture books: publishers include Dial, Disney, Dutton, Harcourt Brace, Little Brown, Macmillan, Philomel, Simon & Schuster, and Viking. Awards include: New Yorker and Newsweek Best Books of the Season, SCBWI Honor Book, SCBWI Golden Kite Best Book Award, Spectrum Best of Fantasy Art Silver Award. Books have been featured on Reading Rainbow, Good Morning America, and CNN. Painted commissioned portrait of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Exhibitions of work include Eric Carle Museum, Mazza Collection, University of Hawaii, and Society of Illustrators.

Bill Thomson | This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Associate Professor
BFA: Syracuse University

Bill Thomson is an artist who works out of a studio in Southington, Connecticut. Thomson graduated from Syracuse University in 1985 and his work has appeared in advertising, editorial and book assignments for diverse clients across the United States. His client list includes the Jacksonville Jaguars Ltd, the Arts and Entertainment Network, McCall’s Magazine and Fleet Bank. He also recently illustrated his first children’s book, Karate Hour, for Marshall Cavendish.

Thomson’s work has been recognized by the most prestigious international illustration competitions including those held by the Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts Magazine, The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, and STEP inside design Magazine. His work has also been exhibited in numerous group shows across the United States.

Bill Thomson is an Assistant Professor in the Illustration Department and received the Outstanding Teacher Award from University of Hartford in 2004. He has previously taught courses at Syracuse University and Tunxis Community College. Bill was also a track coach at Southington High School for fourteen years before joining the Hartford Art School. Bill Thomson and his wife, Diann, have three sons, Billy, Nikolas, and Ethan. His boys are his most significant accomplishment and also appear in many of his illustrations.