Applied Arts Awards 2025 Winner - Editorial Series (January -March 2025)
AD: Jason Chenier, Claudia Royston
Our State is the official monthly publication of North Carolina. The Book Club section features a different local author and one of their works in every issue. As the current resident artist of this section, I have the pleasure of creating the accompanying illustrations for the monthly write-up based on the book.
March 2025
The Returned by Jason Mott
"The Returned" opens with an elderly couple named Harold and Lucille Hargrave as they receive the shock of a lifetime: Their son, Jacob, who died decades earlier at the age of 8, is standing on their front porch as if no time has passed at all.
The Returned by Jason Mott
"The Returned" opens with an elderly couple named Harold and Lucille Hargrave as they receive the shock of a lifetime: Their son, Jacob, who died decades earlier at the age of 8, is standing on their front porch as if no time has passed at all.
May 2025
Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France by Daniel S. Pierce
Pierce traces the evolution of the sport from its early days since the prohibition era in the Piedmont, chronicling the glory and chaos of racing from its infancy on dirt tracks to its corporatization at the Talladega 500.
Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France by Daniel S. Pierce
Pierce traces the evolution of the sport from its early days since the prohibition era in the Piedmont, chronicling the glory and chaos of racing from its infancy on dirt tracks to its corporatization at the Talladega 500.
January 2025
Local Souls by Allan Gurganus
In the short story "Decoy", a man recounts the story of a beloved town doctor who discovers an obsession with carving and painting wooden ducks just as the narrator realizes his own obsession with the doctor he’s long admired.
Local Souls by Allan Gurganus
In the short story "Decoy", a man recounts the story of a beloved town doctor who discovers an obsession with carving and painting wooden ducks just as the narrator realizes his own obsession with the doctor he’s long admired.
February 2025
Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap by Judy Goldman
Judy Goldman, from Charlotte, tells the story of her marriage, in good times and in bad, with gratitude for the man with whom she’s shared a life.
Together: A Memoir of a Marriage and a Medical Mishap by Judy Goldman
Judy Goldman, from Charlotte, tells the story of her marriage, in good times and in bad, with gratitude for the man with whom she’s shared a life.
April 2025
Clover Garden: A Carolinian's Piedmont Memoir by Bland Simpson
In this story of a place, Simpson makes use of the talents for which he is best known. He observes with a naturalist’s eye, spins yarn with a storyteller’s knack for narrative, and writes prose with a rhythm hewn from years as one of Chapel Hill’s most beloved musicians.
Clover Garden: A Carolinian's Piedmont Memoir by Bland Simpson
In this story of a place, Simpson makes use of the talents for which he is best known. He observes with a naturalist’s eye, spins yarn with a storyteller’s knack for narrative, and writes prose with a rhythm hewn from years as one of Chapel Hill’s most beloved musicians.
