ca world 2005

November 13 - 16, Las Vegas, NV

ca world is the annual conference of  Computer Associates. I was hired by Jack Morton Worldwide to be the host of a stage in the Business Services Optimization (BSO) area of the tradeshow. I painted live digital portraits and some of the resulting portraits are shown here. My role was to demonstrate the parallels between working as an artist with IT (Information Technology) and the BSO Best Practices that various speakers and panels, who I introduced, talked about. The more I learnt about BSO the more I saw how my commitment to optimized processes and strategies was an essential part of what allowed me to be effective and efficient as an artist, as in art as in business...

Introducing...		Painting a portrait of Claude L. Williams, Vice President of ISCISC, Vienna, VA, one of the speakers at the event.
The completed portrait of Claude.		Portrait of my Studio Manager, Beth Davila Waldman.
Painting joyfully! Painting a portrait of Prasanna Simha Arkalgud, VP of Radio Frequency ID Solutions at Computer Associates, Herndon, VA.		Prasanna sitting poised...
Portrait of Prasanna.		Portrait of Gus Chiarello.
Painting Peter J. McGarahan.		Another view. The final portrait (and a zoomed in detail) are shown below.
Portrait of Jeff Foucher.		Portrait of Brad Lyon of Jack Morton Worldwide, NY.
Fellow stage host (and dancer), comedic magician Robert Strong.		Thumbs up!
Robert in action.		Waiting for Seinfeld...