Glynis Sweeny graduated with a degree in graphic design from Rochester Institute of Technology and later honed her illustrating skills under the direction of the iconic Alan E. Cober at University at Buffalo.

Soon after, Sweeny became a staff designer and illustrator for The Detroit News where she began to receive national recognition and was honored to have her 1992 illustration of Paul Simon be selected as part of the Library of Congress exhibition “Timely and Timeless,” which celebrated American comic art, social and political satire, and caricature.

In 1995, Sweeny moved to New York City to focus on her publishing clients in the area, which included The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The Village Voice, The New York Times, Comedy Central, The Atlantic, Fortune, Rolling Stone, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe.  She also illustrated the cover for the book, “The Hammer Comes Down,” a biography of former Congressman Tom DeLay.

As a frequent contributor to Time,  Sweeny drew the semi-regular Cartoon feature on the news magazine’s back page as well as caricatures of politicians and business leaders for the its Spotlight page. She illustrated the March 6, 1995 cover for Time International. 

Sweeny primarily works in various physical and digital media: wax-based color pencils, collage, and Photoshop. She has recently been producing a series of digital collage works. 

Her work has appeared in the Society of Illustrators, RSVP, American Illustration, and Communication Arts juried annuals and she has won illustration awards from the Society of Illustrators, Society of Newspaper Design and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Sweeny currently resides in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley.

 

 

All images, except “Paul Simon” © Glynis Sweeny, 2021