slow dawn
I use the medium of collage for its need for meticulousness, patience and intentionality. The name slow dawn arrived from a tune I love and the importance to practice precision and care. To slow down.
My work has been featured in Volume I of the Chicago Collage Magazine, the Fulton Street Collective, Ecclection and Cole’s Bar. I’ve also been commissioned for provide album art and show posters for bands across the Midwest.
The gallery below contains recent commissioned work, as well as some personal pieces I’ve made. Below that, you’ll find some testimonials from folks I’ve worked with.
Commissioned work
Empty Heaven, 2025 tour poster
You Are My Center, When I Slip Away
Commissioned for the home of E.L + C.T.
Retirement Party Skatin’ single cover
Retirement Party show poster
Crown Shy Autopilot EP cover
Pelafina single cover
Empty Heaven Laughing back cover
Party’z show poster
Empty Heaven, Austin show poster
Empty Heaven, San Antonio show poster
Sprite EP release show poster
Visual accompaniment to Lunar Ash’s ‘Tomato Cheeks’ single
Lunar Ash show poster
with digital illustration by Ash Stewack
Personal work
Got a Light?
Message From the Far Reaches
I Cannot Have Seen The Light
Gold Day
Gold Day
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Wedding invitation
Love’s Vast Oceans
Untitled 1-4
An Offering
Night Flight
There’s Only So Much Time
Testimonials
Working with Mark (Slow Dawn Collage) was an organic and seamless process. Mark took the direction we provided along with our single track and lyrics, and gave us something we couldn’t have envisioned or created ourselves. The thoughtful follow-up questions Mark asked helped get us to the unexpected final piece that felt magical and fun, like uncovering a treasure. The turnaround time was very quick, but the artwork was not compromised. The single artwork doubled our excitement of putting out the song!
-Katie Steel of Pelafina
Mark was prompt, creative, engaged with the project and above all, amazing at their art form. All I had were concepts, no real vision; somehow, they were able to make something that elevated and congealed everything I was writing about. Would absolutely work with them again.
-Anthony Sanders of Empty Heaven