Commercial Art
After working for Keystone press and Cockfield, Brown & Co in Vancouver, Canada, he moved to New York City where he began work as an illustrator for Sales Graphics, a large Mid-town studio and later became the studio's art director. After three years, he opened his own studio Wemp & Williamson and later, Jack Wemp Inc. During this time he produced illustrations, graphics, film and full scale national sales shows for such notable clients as Breck Shampoo, Johnson & Johnson and American Cyanamid. Wemp employed the services of such notables as artists Sam Kweskin, Stan Learner and writer John Bishop. With the recession of the '70's and cutbacks in large sales shows, Wemp moved from his Westchester home to Northern Dutchess County, where he could further phase out from the Madison Avenue scene. Here Jack opened his Artists Studio in Rhinebeck, New York where he briefly dabbled in ceramics. He soon took on the position as art director and production manager for Taconic Press Newspapers from 1975 - 1977.
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