Fred Harper's life goal at the age of 14 was to be a caricature artist in a
carnival or amusement park. Fred achieved this lofty goal by age 19 as a summer
job at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, OH. Time to make new goals! Fred
graduated with a BFA in painting at Columbus College of Art and Design and
painted hundreds of murals for "The Limited Express" until he got his pencil in
the door at Marvel comics. He painted posters, pin-ups, and covers as well as
drew interiors for titles such as "Conan", "Spiderman", and "Doctor
Strange".
Fred's shown his work at CBGB's 313, The Museum of American Illustration, and
Banning and Low galleries in Washington D.C. (two solo shows!). Fred's work is
in the private collections of the rich and powerful... not that he could call in
any "favors"... but his illustrations have appeared in such great publications
as "Time", "The Wall Street Journal","The New York Times", "Playboy", "The
Village Voice", "Sports Illustrated", and just about every issue of "The Week"
magazine.
Fred makes appearances at high schools and colleges. Some of these have been
at Collegiate in NYC, McDowell High School, Brooklyn School of Technology, The
Pratt Institute, and Syracuse University. The National Caricaturist Network gave
him the "Best Color Award" and has invited him to guest teach a color seminar at
their annual convention. Recently, he painted the key art for the 10th
anniversary of this year's Ozzfest'05. When you see that kid in the black
concert T-shirt with the Ozzy demon sitting on the crapper, think of
Fred...
Boy, that didn't sound good did it!?
Fred currently resides in New York City with his cat named Buzzard.
Visit Fred's website here: fredharper.com/home.html
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