Harry Bates has done everything from art direc- tion, to product illustration, to portraits for financial publications like the Wall Street Journal. Self trained with the aid of one of America's most respected securities print companies, Harry Bates has brought to today's commercial market a style and technique that has been strongly influenced by steel plate engraving, applying it to almost every aspect of print and advertising. He adds a style and fresh perspective to a technique that is reminiscent of the old world. In the last decade the name Harry Bates has not only become synonymous with great illustration, but also with the term "How-to's". While working with Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Harry took the art of explaining how to do everything from the simple to the complex to new heights, bringing an air of importance and sophistication to a form that was once at its best rudimentary. He is known as much for being easy to work with as he is for the quality of his work and willingness to go the extra mile to meet the most difficult dead-line.