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leading illustration agent led to a meeting
with the art director of Time magazine.
After looking at Braldt’s portfolio with his
staff, the art director announced, “We want
to give you a cover!” Braldt had been on
the streets of New York less than two hours
when he landed a plum commission that
would change his life.
After that, Braldt’s work was featured on
the covers of Time, Rolling Stone and DerSpiegel. Clients have included National
Geographic, Gucci, Nike, Alfa Romeo and
IBM. Braldt was honored to paint three
sets of stamp issues for the United Nations
Postal Administration.
Eventually Braldt stepped back from
his illustration career and moved to
Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he began
to develop a body of fine art paintings.
He connected with another former illus-trator whom he had known in New York
and in Connecticut. Carol Anthony had
begun painting still lifes and landscapes
and showed at Gerald Peters Gallery. She
encouraged Gayle Maxon-Edgerton, then-
director of contemporary art at the gallery,
to see Braldt’s work.
The paintings were of stones, objects that
had always intrigued him. “I always picked
up stones that attracted me,” he explains.Stance, oil on panel, 1 2 x 1 2"