Chuck Hues (aka Chuck Hughes, Artguy, and  C. Hues)

Web Site: www.SeeHuesArts.com

Email: artguy@SeeHuesArts.com

Cell: (507) 993-0384

Rochester, MN 55901

 

Professional Profile- -

Chuck has thrived as a freelancer for 18 years, creating illustrations and designing artwork for nearly EVERY sort of business from coast to coast  proving his value as a self-motivator, but

he has equal success as a team player and a director. He seeks a long term home where he can focus his creative talents in a long term capacity. (Willing to relocate for the right job).

 

Education- -   

-           BFA Visual Arts (Illustration)) Auburn University, Alabama, 1986-2000

 

Skills Summary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Creative Visual Troubleshooting and Professional Experience:

-           Illustration (traditional and digital mediums)

-           Design, (layout, logo design, etc.)

-           Painting Specialist (murals, decorative detailing, backdrops)

-           Conceptual art

-           Theme Artist (Signage, stage art, merchandise)

-           Print and web output image preparation

 

Software Proficiencies- - (Mac & PC)

-           Photoshop CS2 (since Photoshop 3 was released)

-           Corel Draw 11 (learning both Adobe Illustrator and InDesign)

 

Positions Held in Art Field- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Contracted Drafting Assistant (Landscape Illustrator) -2000-2001 Bearwood Homes

Contracted Drafting Assistant (Landscape Illustrator) -1998-1999 "In Design" Architectural firm

Production Assistant, Dollywood, TN -1996 IWERKS Entertainment, IMAX Movie

Art Director, Athens, GA Screen printing company -1996 New World Graphics

Art Director, Shakopee, FL Screen printing company -1993 Celestial T-shirts

Window Mural Artist 1992, Fort Walton Beach, FL

Children's Book Illustrator -1991 Dr. Louis Josof book entitled "Christopher's Miracle"

Screen printer, Birmingham, AL -1990-1992 BSR Screen Printing Co.

 

Illustrator (since 1990) - -

Music Related: The Grateful Dead (4 designs and Fall Tour 1994), Moe. (Fall Tour 2000 & Halloween), Wookiefoot, The Drag, The Lord Is My Shotgun, Kilgore Trout, NuFunk Mafia,

Liquid Blue, Relix Magazine, Johnson Family Band, Pachyderm Recording Studios, MJG Productions, Mr. Blotto, Gold Standard, Vega Productions, New Rebellution,

Non-Music Related: Infinity Tattoo, Hog's Breath Saloon, Moinx & Co.,

Dave's Pub, Local Star Café, Rhinos Grill, Burro Loco, McAdoos Beach Club,

Sea Mist Resort, Mary Esther Elementary School, Audubon Society, Child Times Magazine, Bearwood Homes, SS Arabians, Our House Magazine, HealthSouth, Lighthouse Family Church, NewTrition Concepts, R&R Licensing, , Rhinos Bar & Grill

 

 

 

Album Cover Artist-

            -Downhome Groove, 2008, North Carolina band

            -Jon Wayne & the Pain, 2008, Minneapolis Band

            -Bone Dali, 1990, Alabama based band

            -Strawberry Shockbomb, 1991, Auburn Alabama band

 

Logo Designer--

Local Star Café, Dave's Pub, Sunshine Daydream, Green Knight Inn, SS Arabians,

McAdoo's Beach Club, Cecil's Bar and Grill, Funkrock, Bearwood Homes, FunTime Funktions

 

Wall Mural & Sign painter (since 1992) - - (Residential Clients are not listed)

-Rochester and Twin Cities, Minnesota Murals:  Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare,

Hilton Hotel, Roscoe’s BBQ, Avatar Painting Studios, Hawthorne Suites, Victoria’s Restaurant, SEMVA Art Gallery, Rochester Track Club, SS Arabians, Salon Nouveau, Infinity Tattoo, Struve's Paints, Rochester Floral, Barlow Plaza, Art Resources Gallery, Faux Finishing for Brasserie Zinc at Nicollet Mall, and Ashley Furniture

-Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Murals:  Sea Mist Resort (resident artist), Villa Deniro,

Stoney Cove, Rose Arbor Fabrics and Design, Cecil's Bar and Grill, Surf City,

Friendly's Family Restaurant, Wakka Juice,

-Smoky Mountains, Tennessee Murals:  Dollywood Art Department, Fun Mountain Amusement Park, Chardan of Gatlinburg, Jesse's Steakhouse

-Fort Walton Beach, Florida Murals:  Innerlight Surf Shop, Green Knight Inn, Harry's Surf Shop, 4C's Deli, Okaloosa Island Pier (Tiki Hut), Sunshine Daydream, Chicken Shack, Mary Esther Elementary, Southern Signs

-Birmingham, Alabama Murals:  St. Vincent's Hospital, Magnolia Café, Local Star Café,

Frankland Auto, Gold’s Gym, Corporate Center East, Delchamps Plaza, Decorators Showcase, Web Surf Inn, Hoover Recreation Center, Avondale Elementary School   

 

Scenic Artist—

Lead Scenic Artist -      2006 and 2007 “Imagine This” Studios, St. Paul, MN

Lead Scenic Artist, St. Charles, MN -     2004 St. Charles Elementary School backdrops

Assistant Scenic Artist -            2003-2004 Lone Willow Studios, Ltd, Wisconsin Dells, WS

Artist -faux work and Trompe l'oeil assistant -     2000 Avatar Painting Studios, Minneapolis, MN

Contracted Detail Painter,  -1996-1998 Weatherly Studios, Leeds, AL

Assistant Scenic Artist -            1995 & 1997 Birmingham Children's Theater, Birmingham Civic Center

 

 Festival Theme Art Commissions- -

** Designer Illustrator of Festival Theme Art

*Designer/Artist Backdrops,

-*         2007 Bella Luna Festival, Harmony Music Park, MN

-*         2005, 2006, and 2007- 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) Detroit Lakes, MN

-*         2007 Project Earth Festival, Harmony Park, MN

-*         2006 and 2007- WeFest, Detroit Lakes, MN

-*         2006and 2007 Harvest Festival, Harmony Music Park, MN

-**       2006 and 2007 Snowball Festival, Lutsen, MN

-**       1998 Myrtle Beach Sun Fun Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC

-**       1992 Montgomery Jubilee, Montgomery, AL

-**       1992 Birmingham Festival of Arts, Birmingham, AL

-**       1992 Tuscaloosa City Fest (3 designs), Tuscaloosa, AL

-**       1992 Birmingham City Stages, Birmingham, AL

 

Publications & Public Appearances- -

-Lyndale School Benefit, 1st Ave Club, Minneapolis, (Live Art, Created and Auctioned 2 pieces)

            Featured in Star Tribune, Minneapolis, and JamBase (online community)

-Hive Gallery- ‘Out of Town Artist’ Christmas Show 2007, Los Angeles, CA, 2007

- Culture Lounge Magazine

Featured Artist, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2006

- FLAX Art & Design

Catalog cover summer 2005 

Catalog cover spring 2003

- University of Georgia, Design Club

Presentation on career experience after getting your degree 1999

- Child Times Magazine, Christmas Issue

Cover Design 1997

Contributing Illustrator 1997-1998

-Relix Magazine

Contributing Illustrator 1997-1998

- Our House Magazine

Contributing Illustrator 1997-1998

- New South Magazine

Featured Artist for illustration achievements May 1998

- Alabama Magazine

Featured muralist for kid's rooms 1996

- Birmingham News & Opelika Times 1996

Featured in articles of public interest

-"Young Professionals"

Television discussion panel, cable access Birmingham, AL area 1996

- Avondale Elementary

Documented daily to record the wall mural process from beginning to end, for school archives 1996

- Over the Mountain Journal, Birmingham, AL 1996

            Article of public interest

- Mountain Press, Gatlinburg, TN 1995

Article of public interest