A native of Bellingham, WA, Illustrator Ben Mann has created a broad array of designs in his 20 years of commercial work.

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From logos and menus to commercial products and stylized caricatures, Mann's degree from San Francisco's Academy of Art College has served him well. His favorite subject matter to depict?

"Mankind. The subject gives me so much to work with. Naturally it is the subject I can best empathize with....People tend to identify strongly with my painting style and the human warmth in my subjects. My work is far more about stirring a kinship than challenging the viewer."

Mann's art education goes beyond the formal degree that hangs in his sunny studio. He has traveled extensivelyand has the storage unit full of spiral-bound sketchbooks to prove it. Highlights have included... rendering penguins in their native Antarctica...dipping his brush into the Mediterranean to capture the flavor of a Greek fishing village...and working on handmade Indonesian paper in the lush hills of Bali. This past May he spent 2 weeks enthusiastically sketching in the streets of Paris. In October, 12 days traversing with his snorkle packed alongside his art supplies on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. "I find that the good fortune of travel is a gift that keeps on giving. Long after the suntan has faded, I have these incredible visual memoires that depict what I saw, and how I saw it."