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Beatles Animation Art
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
The Beatles Animation Art
Artist Name: Jon Blosdale (DenniLu Company)
Artistic Discipline: Animation Sericels
Artist Biography:
Jon Blosdale is the owner/artist for the DenniLu Company, an animation art company that is officially licensed by Apple Corps Ltd. to manufacture and market animation art of the original 1960’s Beatles Saturday Morning cartoon series and Yellow Submarine.
In 1998, utilizing his parent’s names (Dennis and Lucette), Jon formed the DenniLu Company and traded his 20 year film and tv production career for a computer graphics business. Six years later in 2004, the DenniLu Company signed a licensing contract with Apple Corps Ltd. and has since added Yellow Submarine animation art to his company.
The DenniLu Company is the only officially licensed company by Apple Corps Ltd to recreate, design and market animation art from the ground-breaking Beatles Saturday Morning Cartoons, and has been given the privilege to expand its license to the animation of the classic film Yellow Submarine.
DenniLu Company takes pride in its recreation and designs, specializing in signed and unsigned sericels, hand-painted cels, giclee prints, and the popular giclee on canvas.
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Mike Lee
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Mike Lee
Artists Discipline: Photography
Born in Seoul, Korea in 1957 Mike Lee has always had a love of photographing Mother Nature and capturing all she has to offer. He is a self-taught landscape photographer who specializes in the photography of Southwest America. The incredible light and color you see in his photos is a result of repeatedly revisiting locations during times of sunrise or sunset. It is during these times when one is most likely to experience what Mike likes to call the “Magic Moment.” It usually lasts for only a matter of minutes and sometimes even seconds, but when it happens he is there, waiting and ready to capture the moment.
After moving to America, Mike got his first job at Color Inc. in Glendale, Calif. as a computer systems operator, working for Walt Disney Productions for 11 years. Once he left Disney, Mike opened his own professional photo lab in Hollywood, Calif. and has operated it for the last 20 years.
Mike is very faithful and dedicated to the art of photography. In the last two and a half years, he has traveled over 150,000 miles in his car in the name of art- searching for his next amazing photo. Every Thursday he teaches a landscape photography course for the beginners at his lab while constantly continuing his own education.
He currently lives in La Canada Flintridge, Calif.with his wife Linda, three daughters Cathy, Karen, Jenny and son Justin. Mike shoots with a Linhof 617 medium format film camera and a Hasselblad 39 megapixel digital camera. These cameras allow him to capture great amounts of detail and color in his photographs. He does not use any colored filters when shooting nor adds artificial colors to his photos during post-production.
Over the years Mike has created buzz in groups of elite collectors, now he is offering limited editions of his works for the first time ever!
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Simon Bull
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Simon Bull
Simon Bull
Artist Name: Simon Bull
Artistic Discipline: Paintings
Artist Biography:
A childhood spent in cultural centres of Europe, the jungles of South America, and the mountains of Southern China, have all combined to shape the creative vision of British-born Simon Bull who has since become one of the world’s most compelling living artists. His work is collected by royalty, presidents, celebrities, and museums as well as a growing number of private collectors who find their lives enriched by the color and emotion of his work.
The second of four children, Simon’s flair for art was first noticed when he won his first art competition at the age of six. Other childhood art prizes were to follow, including several in his teenage years and a national art students painting prize while he was at college.
At the age of seven he was sent to boarding school in the North of England with his elder brother. The next four years provided a heady cocktail of experiences for an impressionable young mind. The tough school regime, contrasted with times of adventure with his family in South America. Home was a rambling white colonial house on brick pillars, with floors of polished wood. A colony of fruit bats lived in the loft and emerged at six every evening, humming birds fed from flowering trees in the garden, which was also home to the family’s parrots and a menagerie of different pets including a kinkajou and coatimundi.
The fringes of the rainforest provided the young artist with a wonderland of sight and sound. It was a world of color and mystery, the cathedral-like pillars of the forest trees and the swollen rivers adding a note of darkness and danger to the enchanted wilderness.
During his teens the family moved to Hong Kong for several years. It was here that he first encountered the art of the East where the beauty of Chinese brushwork with its economy of line and energy of composition was to have such a lasting influence on him. It was here also that he held his first one-man exhibition at the age of eighteen. The success of that and other subsequent shows was to lead Simon into a lifetime career in art.
While living in the East he continued his education in England at a boarding school in South London. Being in London afforded him the opportunity of becoming familiar with the great art collections and enabled him to benefit from the wide range of exhibitions as they came to town.
Many influences were coming together and shaping an inner vision of the world that was to inform Simon’s passion to create, not just an image, but an experience.
In the early years at boarding school, the sense of desolation he sometimes felt whilst away from the bosom of the family opened him up to an intense search for spiritual nourishment. Coming from a Christian family had meant that a sense of God was always present with him, but as he grew older, a desire for a more tangible spiritual reality led him to the Bible and eventually to find in the person of Jesus, one who brought him the peace he so badly needed as well as a new purpose and sense of destiny.
While still at art school he married Joanna, his childhood sweetheart. As time passed the economic challenges that faced the growing family were many, but always there would be some buyer who saved the day, some last minute commission that turned up. During the late seventies and early eighties the skills in printmaking that he acquired at art school and which had especially fascinated him began to pay dividends. He sold his first three editions to Pallas Gallery in London and then entered a relationship with London Contemporary Art who sold out many of his meticulously worked multi plate etching editions.
Throughout this period Simon painted the world around him. Traveling extensively to the East, he trekked with his paints through the foothills of the Himalayas, toured the Mediterranean and spent many weeks painting the mountains of the English Lake District where he and Joanna later made their family home for many years.
However, as each year passed a deeper creative current seemed to pull at the artist. Once again it seemed that what had happened during his teens in the spiritual realm was now touching him in the creative realm; a sense of something more, of something waiting to be touched and expressed beyond the world of visible realities. He was moving away from painting the outward things, his canvases began to be expressions of the inner world, the world of the heart and of the spirit where the real life of mankind is felt and lived.
Though he had gained early recognition for his finely worked etchings and watercolours, his work took an explosive new direction in the early 1990’s with vibrant colours and bold, expressive compositions. It was this new ability to work with colour that was to bring him widespread international acclaim and produce the signature look that was to make his work instantly recognizable. Like a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, the rich and vibrant style for which he has since become world famous began to find expression, to find a voice.
It was not until his major one-man show at Harrods in London where seventy-six of his paintings were exhibited together, that the effect of this new work came home to him.
I remember walking around the show listening to what people were saying. I began for the first time to understand what my paintings had become. The people were telling me! People were being transported, the colors and imagery were becoming a means of conveying the viewer into another world, the miracle was happening. People were being hit right in their emotional center.”
This success has led to many accolades. He was the first to win the Fine Art Trade Guild Artist Print Award in 2000 (as the top-selling print artist in England), and in 2002 he was named the official artist for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
In 2003 and 2004 he became the first British artist to win the prestigious U.S. National Association of Limited Edition Dealers Print of the Year award, first for “The Journey Never Ends“, and the following year for “Bird Of Paradise“. During his career, his work has been introduced by Randy Jackson of American Idol, unveiled in New York by Donald Trump, and featured on ABC Television’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition as well as MTV Cribs and ShopNBC.
In early 2005 he was diagnosed and successfully treated for colorectal cancer and has used his talent to support various causes, including work with the American Cancer Society, the Ventana Wilderness Society, and Ronald McDonald House Charities, among many others.
Increasing interest in his work among American collectors led him to California in 2003, where he now lives and paints from his studio in the beautiful Monterey Bay area.
Sample Artwork:
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- Simon Bull
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- Simon Bull
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Robert Tate
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Robert Tate
When Robert Tate entered Washington University, he had no prior art training. As a freshman he was awarded first place in the all college portrait competition.
Tate is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society; one of 22 members out of 1300 members to be nationally certified by The American Portrait Society; one of only 350 that has been elected as an Artist member of the California Art Club and an artist member of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylics.
Tate is now fulfilling a lifelong dream of painting for galleries, his painting include, Native Americans, working cowboys, portraits and ballet subjects. All of his gallery paintings are executed in oil on linen.
Recently he was honored when he was made a blood brother of the Cherokee Nation. A partial list of his corporate portraits include the previous three CEO’s of United Parcel Service (UPS), two for Texaco Oil, nine for Southern California Edison; six of which were posthumous, also a life-size full length posthumous painting of Howard Hughes for Hughes Aircraft, Wout van Bavel of Holland, Gary Jordan on his horse ‘Socks’ in front of Pikes Peak, Colorado, Don Raich with his 1963 Rolls Royce, F. Katiyama, past president of Nissan Motors USA, Frederick R. Weisman for the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation and authors Will and Ariel Durant.
The computer magazine, Reseller News commissioned Tate to paint portraits for articles of the top 25 Internet executives. Tate has executed numerous portraits for the movie industry (posters) and has been commissioned to do over 200 paintings of famous sports figures in Nascar, baseball, basketball, football, hockey and horse racing.
One of Tate’s paintings was used as example in Shiva Casein magazine ads and another for their color chart cover. In addition one of his oil paintings was used in Jack Richeson’s and Company’s ad for thier Yarka canvas.
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Lona
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Lona
Lona expresses her subjects in a bold colorful pallet with a contemporary flair. Her canvases reveal exciting wines, spirits, and compelling florals. The majority of her work is done in acrylics and the subject matter of her paintings is what she coins, “close-up realism.”
During the year 2000, Lona moved to Paris to concentrate on her painting skills. She spent the year traveling, drawing, painting, and developing her unique artistic style, and returned to the States with over 30 paintings.
Lona’s work has been shown in New York City, Houston, San Jose, Las Vegas, and Hawaii. She has collectors from all over the world.
Additionally, Lona has a Bachelor of Science degree in graphic design from San Jose State University and has been a professional graphic designer for over 19 years. She is Principal, President, and Senior Designer of Bluestone Studio, Inc., located in Henderson, Nevada.
Lona has won many national awards for her design work, including a Benjamin Franklin Award- Best of Show, and Addy Award, and many American Graphic Design awards.
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- Lona, Painter
Originals and limited edition giclees are available.
Lona also accepts commissioned assignments upon request.
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N.S. Reddick
Friday, April 10th, 2009
I find that what means most to me is representational type art, that with some other meaning but my own. It’s as if the work creates itself through my hands. I am mostly an observer.
I am after the simple essence of whatever I am doing. The type of art I have been doing has been called “stylized realism.”
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says, “the master paints not the created thing, but the focus that created it.”
Facts:
- Started sculpting in May 2001 self taught
- 2004 Honorable Mention Thousand Oaks Art Association
- 2007 Best in Show Catalina Island Art Association
- 1969 Bachelor’s Degree Cellular Biology University of California, Santa Barbra
- 1971 Doctor of Dental Science Washington University
Artwork Examples
 Fish by N.S. Reddick, Sculptor |
 Horse by N.S. Reddick, Sculptor |
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John Rowe
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Artistic Discipline: Paintings
Rowe’s paintings have appeared on movie posters, books, billboards, magazines and advertisements throughout the country and around the world. Rowe has been an established freelance artist for 20 years.
He served as president of the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles. Rowe has designed and worked for many book publishers including Simon & Schuster Random House and Dalmatian press and Harper Collins Academy of Motion Pictures (with Saul BassRowe was raised in West Covina California and graduated from Edgewood High School. He attended Art Center College of Design.
Rowe’s clients included Disney, National geographic, Mattel, United Nations, Universal Studios, United Airlines, Nestle, Kraft Foods, Library of Congress, Warner Brothers, Underwater World theme park, San Diego Zoo, UCLA, Harlequin Books and MGM /UA to name a few. His work has hung in many galleries and exhibitions.
Sample Artwork
 Midnight Raid, by John Roe |
 Black Stallion, by John Rowe |
Artist Statement:
My work is an attempt to start an internal dialogue within the viewer. To bring to the surface thoughts and feelings that we all share inside. I see my work as a catalyst to engage the love of life, beauty ,the awe of nature, a poignant moment happy or sad.
Notable Projects/Clients:
- Young Black Stallion: Movie Poster
- Miracle: Movie Poster
- The Walt Disney Company
- Buena Vista pictures
- MGM/UA
- Republic Pictures
- Warner Bros.
- Digital Domain
- Underwater World
- Denver aquarium
- Live Entertainment
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Leslie Lew
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Leslie Lew
Leslie Lew
Artistic Discipline(s): Paintings, “Sculpted Oils”
Born in New York City in 1953, Leslie Lew grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey and in Chicago. Her father was a well-known executive art director, and her subject matter was influenced by the commercial ads and products that surrounded her. Her underlying theme deals with childhood memories, and growing up in America. She examines American culture and how it reflects on our tastes historically- good or bad.
For over twenty-five years, Leslie Lew has been painting in a technique that she calls “Sculpted Oils”. With thick, sculpturally rich swirls of vivid color, she captures the essence of whatever she depicts, bringing it to life. She received her BFA And MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied with Ray Yoshida, who was part of the non-mainstream art movement of the “Hairy Who”. It was there that she started her thick style with the “Supermarket” series in which she built out all the products with sculpted oil paint. During her graduate work, she was invited to participate in the SUNY/ Semester in New York City, a program much like the Whitney Museum, where she was given a studio, and had weekly critiques by respected artists of the time. She ended up staying in NYC and had her first solo show at Sensory Evolution Gallery, as one of the artists from the East Village Art Movement.
Leslie Lew lives and works near Peekskill, NY. She has been a professor at the College of New Rochelle, and was selected for the Westchester Bienniel 2006, and 2008. She received a grant for a children’s book she wrote and illustrated called, “Buki’s Garden”. Her work has been included in art book publications, “Encyclopedia of Living Artists in America”, “East Village: A Guide, A Documentary”, “East Village 86″ “Comic Release- Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, and “The Margulies Collection- at the Warehouse”, which will be released in November 2008.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sample Artwork:
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- Leslie Lew, Sculpted Painting “Optimo”
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- Leslie Lew, Scupted Painting “A Bird in the Hand”
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- Leslie Lew, Sculpted Painting “Just in Time”
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- Animal Cracker- Blue
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- Leslie Lew
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