Bud Peen has been working in the arts since he was old enough to grip his first crayon. A free lance 
illustrator since 1984,  Bud's prolific work has found it's way into a wide range of projects: from his 
award winning editorial work, to web site design; from building sets, to designing his own line of 
furniture.  Mr. Peen's editorial art has been published in such magazines as Hemisphere, Playboy, PC 
World, Parenting, Money Magazine and the Los Angeles Times.   His corporate clients include Disney, 
Lotus, United Airlines, Absolut, Bank of America, Nordstroms and Apple.  Bud has illustrated for such 
books as the "Macintosh Bible" and "PC Bible" from Peachpit Press, "A Bulb for all Seasons", and "A 
Free Library in this City" written by Peter Booth Wiley.  Mr. Peen's illustrations have appeared on such 
web sites as Salon, Women's Wire, Playboy, and was featured in National Geographic's award winning 
interactive web site, "The Fantastic Forest".  Mr. Peen's industrial design includes a new line of stone-
veneered furniture for the Lam Lee Group, recently introduced at the International Furniture Show at 
High Point, NC, and also designs clocks and frames for Toronto based Umbra, Ltd. 

Bud Peen's work has been featured in "Photoshop 4-Studio Secrets" (IDG Books) and in the Japanese 
"Photoshop Masters" (Agosto Press) as well as in "Web" and "Step-by-Step Magazine".  Mr. Peen has 
lectured at colleges and conferences across the country and taught illustration as an Adjunct Professor for 
5 years at the California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco.  His fine art sculpture, paintings, 
drawings and illustrations has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los 
Angeles and Dallas.

Bud is currently working on a version of the 1840 poem by Robert Browning, "The Pied Piper of 
Hamelin".  The illustrated book is due to be published in spring of 1999 by Harry N. Abrams.

Bud lives and works in Oakland, California with his wife, Jan, and 8 year old, Jasper.