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Award of Excellence; Illustration: In-House Illustration (single) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/5be9dd5a-4ec9-4c63-9287-a8fbb56ceaed/losch_provincetown_digital_painting.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609776651829-G5GSRMM2HLXW43ZDEFA6/hqKE0HPpUGWfVG7hGZkyhm%3B1515x2160.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/83233379-9136-4fa1-8aa6-25d4bd184eb2/1766086326376.jpeg Work - Illustration "Racist AI fakes are now a business — and a political tool" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/21b65b2a-8987-4091-8da6-01e861b3b3b7/losch_lamberts_digital_painting.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/c4226e3c-caed-4e3b-bb3a-eb2f07adce32/wknd_0520.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/c23119c4-b0ec-40a0-b5a8-fb8169eb168d/2024-07-02-local-coastal-difference-between-basking-and-great-white-sharks-social.png Work - Illustration "Identi-fin-cation: basking shark or great white?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/769d0f27-684f-4aae-8eb7-215a01a495ec/2024-11-14-generic-angry-trump-red-tie-snake+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "Trump's conspiracy cabinet is about to take over the deep state" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609776651856-7N12D8ZUWQVOIADR6WU3/quality%2880%29.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/5d40933f-4bbe-4b3b-98e7-59195f2eb0f1/2025-04-08-am-behind-the-curtain-first-80-days+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "Trump blinked, but the global economy will never be the same" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/5d2ff1e4-8cb8-4c8f-8bb4-f19178bab46b/2025-02-26-breaking-pope-conclave-explainer.jpg Work - Illustration "Here's how the Catholic Church will choose a new pope." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609776651981-IGLOKQ1NV2BRTH8RNZCN/quality%2880%291.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/b4e47797-0c19-4793-96a1-c748b59e1940/axios_cicada_chart.jpg Work - Illustration "Is 2024 the Cicadapocalypse or a Cicadapalooza?" Contributors: Will Chase, Maura Kearns, Kavya Beheraj, Shoshana Gordon and Jared Whalen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/8818d7ba-22eb-4913-a7fa-b41c8047f6f3/2025-04-04-am-trump-blew-up-americas-china-policy+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "Trump just blew up America's China policy" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/07ef6fc8-6a38-44e2-b805-3cf2fb709c6c/shopholiday_2021.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/44fa00d2-30e2-45bd-b976-d4114f08d684/2025-02-18-closer-lore+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "What's behind 'lore,' TikTok's Old English buzzword" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609776649484-8X17X90PWL57BF5QAXST/a2TIg58XRe4def9A7UzhnU%3B960x1007.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/8f4204a8-6d54-4c7e-9419-1017b8492e24/1758137805744+%281%29.jpeg Work - Illustration "Trump's Social Security shakeup is hurting the disabled and poor, advocates say" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609776649228-QHGGNBN1LS2P8XXINM6L/7Ch8QrV3FDtflbERnm5naX%3B960x1247.jpg Work - Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/b18e0e07-b20b-4891-8c4d-f8239426610e/214009-1745444409807.jpeg Work - Illustration "Voters warn Trump: MAGA, but not like this" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/e64ab54c-a7b8-4a90-a8c6-087216a92584/2025-04-03-generate-trump-climate-dire-consequences+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "Trump's climate-change avoidance could have dire consequences" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/5dd85702-b1d5-4e82-9d9e-32d4a1fd1b8c/2025-02-20-hub-menopause-education-gap+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "Why women aren't getting menopause help they need" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/3222e38c-2874-4168-a1ae-2ea7e27fbeff/2022-10-25-mcu-panel-iron-man-opens+copy.jpg Work - Illustration "How the MCU is addressing its messy history with diversity" Award winner: American Illustration, 2023. Selected; American Illustration 42. https://maurakearns.com/work/fine-art monthly 0.5 2024-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781506364-8XVXWZ5SNMMEZNTTROGL/37810759%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781506230-M16N58L84KW47GEBG44T/37810760%3B960x1584.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781505888-ULMPFMXEM9IG2FQRLUTV/37810764%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781505889-JKQCR2A46PE5SR4F1SGR/37810765%3B960x581.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781508274-0N7GY55MMQ1UPNKGN40P/quality%2880%295.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781506806-TE5OMFJHSCEDCOGTX2C9/37810770%3B960x1584.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781507886-KGK4DSPFCP5GG7EPEE0E/quality%2880%294.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781507900-NC02H8P4SYN48IPSS142/quality%2880%293.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781506780-4B14EMZL8FTI87K4LAPS/37810773%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781506803-HYCH6AK5QGRANFGCL64Z/37810774%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781507870-ZN5HWB1GA4LZRYIA7LXL/37810777%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781507595-6W9IQFZ5ISLPP673HP44/37810778%3B960x1584.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781505744-BK62KX3JJ3F8ZSGX6JRU/1bYBBsRpQQkdO5IjDuYWy6%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781506027-WFXSMVE35LZS4IBTYHYF/8i1KimEjFsVcNbqjVfsOmf%3B1309x2160.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1bed05f9-0595-45da-81b9-431841236c7f/sketch1.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/55c75e53-b5f0-49ea-9a06-abe6289f5d1e/sketch2.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/280ef08d-df13-4c40-a548-a4654d4b96dd/sketch3.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/36a8d026-223f-4dcd-8de8-1d356d2b762a/sketch4.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/a6d624af-4ce6-4efa-bd69-e61a717914ea/sketch5.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/fd39458c-4b24-4112-bc74-48de52a3c5d6/sketch6.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/a9e7a996-28b3-4b38-a951-8f0e76cc1090/sketch7.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/2904b24a-0487-43be-8866-92f38efac67b/sketch8.jpg Work - Sketchbook + Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3323850339566e9bcf682/1609781274107-M2PRKZ6J4G9XG7TCX6UT/UQGR5119.JPG Work - Sketchbook + Studio - Plein Air Sketchbook The following images are from my travel sketchbook, which I started while backpacking from Greece to Ireland over two months in the fall of 2015. Each painting is done on location, and can take anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes to complete. Painted in a 5" × 8¼" Moleskine Watercolor Notebook using a 12-color Sakura Koi pocket-sized watercolor kit.