My Studio
Posted by John on June 8th, 2010Two and a half years ago, with a little prodding from Anne, I moved into a larger studio in Kenosha’s beautiful Harborside neighborhood, across from Simmon’s Island and Beach. The 70+ year old building was a furniture store until its current owner bought and completely rehabbed it ten or so years ago. He and his wife have an awesome loft-style home upstairs, and the downstairs is taken up with 3 tenants—a personal trainer, an art and framing shop (how extremely lucky I am!!) and me. When I expressed interest in moving in, Rob, the owner, offered to set it up to suit my needs. Here is what Anne and I have done to the place.
I love our retro couch. Much of the furniture throughout is vintage. On the wall is part of my growing collection of original comic art. Anyone interested in trading their original comic art for an original Edison, let me know.
The window at the top center is one of the original outside windows to the building. When Rob was constructing my space, it was added to this interior wall, and it now looks out into the central hallway inside the building. The print on the center of the wall is our signed Milton Caniff.
The drawing board where much of the sketching and inking takes place. The red chair is an old juror’s chair from the Lake County, Illinois Court House. It is solid oak, but surprisingly comfortable. The computer in the center is an old e-mac I use for writing.
The contraption in the center of this shot was a prop I built for the photo below. I really had no where else to put the thing.
Off the main studio are two smaller offices, one of which I use for my graphics business. To the right of center is my “Big Mac”, and on the shelves in the background are some examples of the packaging I do for two of my industrial clients.
This room is used primarily as a writing and break room.
Anne found the great retro couches and coffee table at an estate sale. The drawings in the center are hers. Her art hangs throughout the entire studio.