John Kachik John Kachik is an Alumnus and occasional adjunct faculty of the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he studied Illustration and sculpture. He has been working as a freelance illustrator and fine artist since graduating with honors in 1984. Some of the favorite jobs include work with Shiner Beers, Mini Cooper and Bloomingdale's, his clients include such magazines as Rolling Stone, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Texas Monthly as well as publishers like Random House, W.W. Norton & Company, and Simon & Schuster. John's work has been honored by Communication Arts, Graphis, Society of Publication Designers, Society of Illustrators, Print Annual, The Los Angeles Society of Illustrators, American Illustration and the One Show. He also has a permanent collection of ten portraits in exhibition at The Caring Foundation, a Smithsonian associated gallery in Washington DC. And a tile designed mural installation as part of the Art, Architeecture Enhancements and Exhibitions at the Baltimore/ Washington International Airport. His work has been twice featured in Step by Step Graphics and The Visual Quickstart Guide to Photoshop by Peachpit Press. When not working at his drawing table, John can be found coaching his daughters in numerous sports with an emphasis on high level competitive girls travel soccer. John makes his home in Sykesville Maryland with his wife Maria and daughters Emily and Isabel, and their dog Mia.