Artwork for Petracovich's Album CREPUSCULO

This is Jessica Peters Malmberg of the band Petracovich.

Ryan created the beautiful artwork for my album, Crepusculo in 2009. The textures in the background, the colors, and the images all came together to form such a perfect home for the songs that I'd worked on for years, and wrapped them in a package that could open people's hearts to what I had created before they even listened to it.

It isn't easy to get your work out there as an artist, and the image for my CD is so important when it comes into hands that open about 100 packages of them daily! Ryan's work made a big difference in getting the album heard and giving it a chance because of the simple, heartfelt beauty it was able to convey.

Ryan drew some beautiful images of animals that I've related to and learned from in my years, the strong tortoise I stand on, slow moving and confident steps, the owl for seeing in the dark and having courage in the night, the blue heron for wisdom and patience. He depicted these animals so gracefully around the image of myself, it was so fun to bring them all together.

We dedicated the album to our son Otto, who was born and passed away the same year the album was created, and the inside image of the owl was drawn just for him. Ryan was able to hold the delicacy of our hearts with that experience in the colors and feel, able to create and see beauty even in such sadness.

It's also such a pleasure to work with someone so capable and dedicated to the task, to having it come out as well as he imagines it. I'm always so impressed with what he can do, and how much time he spends making it as beautiful as he knows it can be!

Thank you Ryan!