With the last installment of American Illustration's 25th Anniversary Timeline Art feature, DART congratulates the artists who made this epic project possible: Seymour Chwast, Sue Coe, R.O. Blechman, Nicholas Blechman, Vivienne Flesher, Ward Schumacher, Henrik Drescher, Anita Kunz, Filip Pagowski, Ruth Marten, Matt Mahurin, Steven Guarnaccia, Jordin Isip, Frances Jetter, Jeffrey Fisher, Juliette Borda, Jason Holley, Karen Barbour, Mark Ulriksen, Roberto Parada, Steve Brodner, Guy Billout, Katherine Streeter, Tomer Hanuka, Souther Salazar, Saelee Oh, John Hendrix, and Nathan Fox.

2002: Foolish Explosions, by Katherine Streeter
Superheros at the movies, fallen soldiers in Afghanistan, constant media coverage and patriotism in question.

For the past 15 years I've had the pleasure of experiencing life as a freelance Illustrator. It is most definitely a line of work that constantly changes. Some weeks there are tangible perks, and in other weeks the gratification of making personal pieces is my main compensation. Fact is, the business is moving in a new direction, and I continue to do my best to focus on my work as an artist, with a soulful approach to making a living.

My creative point of view fluxuates as does my bank balance, and this is something I've learned to celebrate. My process is in a constant state of experimentation, informed by the changes in my life and the outside world. I love that my job is to be permeable. Being open to the unknown is what helps develop my work. Drawing, painting and collage are my favorite ways to communicate, be it during the weeks I am working on corporate and commercial assignments, or during periods when I have the time to explore my creative side in journals and dream paintings. Balance is the key for me to realize how lucky I am to be doing what I do. art= happiness Katherine Streeter

2003: Night Probe, by Tomer Hanuka
The capture of Saddam Hussein in December, nine months into the war in Iraq.

Tomer Hanuka is a regular contributor to many national magazines, including Time, The New Yorker, Spin, The New York Times and Rolling Stone. He is the winner of multiple medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers as well as American Illustration and Print Magazine. With his twin brother Asaf, Tomer co-created the experimental comic book, "Bipolar," which was nominated for the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz awards. "The Placebo Man," a collection of his short stories in comics form, came out earlier this year. Tomer is based in New York.

2004: Crash by Saelee Oh and Souther Salazar
The year of the tsunami, now considered to be the seventh worst natural disaster in history, with a death toll of 200,000, during the Bush vs. Kerry presidential election, a time of intense clashing in U.S. politics.

Saelee Oh works and resides in her hometown of Los Angeles, California, where she earned her BFA with honors from Art Center College of Design. Her work has appeared in Time, New York Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Monster.com, Nickelodeon, the San Francisco Chronicle, Bust, American Illustration 22 and 23, and Communication Arts. Art exhibitions include New Image Art (LA), Giant Robot (LA, SF), Motel Gallery (Portland), Art Prostitute (TX) Cinders (NY), and Hanna (Tokyo) among others. She likes all animals, spicy vegetarian food, trees, and stores that are open 24 hours.

Souther Salazar When someone asks me what I do, I say I'm an artist. And that makes me feel proud, because I am happy to live in a world that still allows such a job to exist, even despite its many other failings.

My work is often a mixture of collage, drawing, writing, painting, comics, and sculpture, but not always all at once. I have shown in galleries in LA, NY, SF, Portland and Tokyo. In Illustration, some of my clients have been: Nickelodeon, Random House, Sony, Starbucks, AOL Moviefone, Flaunt, and Rhino Records, although these days I mostly prefer to work on my own projects, art shows, or collaborations with smaller, more independent companies. I was on the cover of Giant Robot magazine a few months ago, a pretty proud moment for me. I like French toast, cats, discovering trails, digging through boxes of old records, and most of all, drawing.

2005: Calamity, by John Hendrix
On the heels of a tsunami: earthquakes, hurricanes and other acts of God.

John Hendrix was born in St. Louis and has been drawing since soon thereafter. He studied graphic design and illustration at The University of Kansas and in 2003 he earned an MFA in the Illustration As Visual Essay program at The School of Visual Arts, with distinction and debt. John then taught at Parsons School of Design and worked at The New York Times as Assistant Art Director of the Op-Ed page.

John's work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, The New York Times, and Nickelodeon among others. He has also drawn many book jackets for Random House, Harper Collins, Greenwillow Books, and St. Martin's Press. John's work has won numerous awards, including the Society of Illustrator's Silver Medal for Book Illustration in 2006. His drawings have appeared in the American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, Society for Publication Design and Communication Arts annuals. John was also recently featured in Illustration Now!, Taschen's survey of the top 150 contemporary illustrators in the world. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife Andrea and son Jack, teaches undergraduate illustration at Washington University, and is working on a children's picture book called "John Brown: The Man Who Hated Slavery." John is extremely honored to be included in the American Illustration 25th Anniversary Timeline project.

2006: Yoo Hoo, Dick! by Nathan Fox
What truly happened on that fateful morning when our beloved sleepy, yet heart-sensitive Vice President Dick Cheney 'peppered' his friend in the face... in a vision of the future. (Lettering by Sean Konot.)

Nathan Fox currently lives and works in Milwaukee, WI. He received his MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts in 2002 and has been freelancing ever since. Dabbling in comics whenever possible, Nathan's work spans the gamut of narrative art forms from gallery-hung works to printed matter - and even the bottoms of skateboards. Nathan looks forward to making images and telling stories till he can't tell no more.