Michael Bartalos
David Rager
"Presents to Lili" were created over the
6 years that we've known each other.
They usually start out as card ideas but
end up as 3-D objects. Some are birthday
gifts, some celebrate our wedding
anniversaries, and now that she's a mom,
I get to make mother's day constructions too.
I guess they're my idea of love letters. I'm
glad she likes them 'cause I enjoy making
them for her.
Mike does a variety of illustration and design-
related work in the U.S. and Japan. Projects
include a stamp for the US Postal Service,
three Swatch watch designs and his children's
book "Shadowville." In 2001 he participated
in the Xerox PARC artist-in-residence program.
His online illustration portfolio www.bartalos.com
was designed by Lili, and inspected and
approved by their son Andre.
