Blick Art Materials, Wheaton, IL
December 9, 2006
Story by Chris Rhoads (dustrho)
Photos by Jim Nieciecki (Federationtoys)
IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE ART Our
Dewback Patrol stopped at Blick
Art Materials in Wheaton, IL, this weekend for Art Appreciation
Weekend. Seeing as there were two Star Wars artists on hand there
couldn't be a better reason to take a little time for some of the
finer things in life. Both Dave Dorman and
Cynthia Cummens have made
some pretty significant contributions to the Star Wars universe and
S.C.A.L.P. Intel revealed that a pretty special event was going to
happen at this event. Therefore, Sandtroopers.com wanted to have a
camera in place. The work of Dave Dorman is very amazing and if you
haven't I would encourage all of you to stop by and check out his
Star Wars page.
Several
people trekked out in the cold Chicago weather to meet both Dave
Dorman and Cynthia Cummens, and luckily the General Manager of the
store (Kevin Sandstrom) supplied all of the customers and guests
with free hot coffee and snacks. Cynthia was approached by a few
young artists who wanted to share their own artwork with her, and I
can honestly say that these pieces were truly works of art. I'm sure
that these individuals would someday become artists themselves.
The
biggest moment of the day involved Dave Dorman being inducted as an
honorary member to not only the
Midwest Garrison, but
also to the 501st Legion. Dave
had no idea that we were going to do this for him, so when Jim Tampa
made the announcement to everyone there, you could just see it in
Dave's eyes how much this moment meant to him. Once the plaque was
given to Dave, the entire room cheered and clapped for him. I felt
honored to have been able to be there to experience that moment with
him and other members from the Midwest Garrison.
After
the induction ceremony, Dave began drawing what would soon become
another incredible work of Star Wars art. In what only took him
about an hour to complete, he had finished creating a sandtrooper on
a dewback. It reminded me of the print I own of his ("Dewback
Patrol"), and you know anything involving sandtroopers is a major
plus in my eyes. It was just so incredible to see how little time it
took him to create such a wonderful piece of art. I told him how
great this looked and he said, "Just wait until you see what I've
been currently working on." Sounds like he's working on something
really important, and I cannot wait to see what that ends up being.
PHOTO GALLERY To see the photo gallery
containing 56 photos click
here.
Our
Dewback Patrol stopped at 
Several
people trekked out in the cold Chicago weather to meet both Dave
Dorman and Cynthia Cummens, and luckily the General Manager of the
store (Kevin Sandstrom) supplied all of the customers and guests
with free hot coffee and snacks. Cynthia was approached by a few
young artists who wanted to share their own artwork with her, and I
can honestly say that these pieces were truly works of art. I'm sure
that these individuals would someday become artists themselves.
The
biggest moment of the day involved Dave Dorman being inducted as an
honorary member to not only the
After
the induction ceremony, Dave began drawing what would soon become
another incredible work of Star Wars art. In what only took him
about an hour to complete, he had finished creating a sandtrooper on
a dewback. It reminded me of the print I own of his ("Dewback
Patrol"), and you know anything involving sandtroopers is a major
plus in my eyes. It was just so incredible to see how little time it
took him to create such a wonderful piece of art. I told him how
great this looked and he said, "Just wait until you see what I've
been currently working on." Sounds like he's working on something
really important, and I cannot wait to see what that ends up being.