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"I always knew I wanted to create Ebony Visions'. As an artist who happens to be black, I had distinct ideas about what I would like to see in the line." The elegant compeling figurines he created for the collection are a blen of both Art Nouveau and African culture, which Thomas calls "Afro-Nouveau." - Thomas Blackshear .Thomas Blackshear intriduced Ebony Visions in April 1995 with the release...
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Artist Brian Jekel was born in 1951. He was raised in the upper midwest where he remembers entertaining himself on cold winter days by drawing pictures of animals. In high school and college he found success in sports which led to teaching physical education and coaching in Australia.
Upon his return to the United States, he became disenchanted with the public school situation and decided to...
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Giuseppe Armani was born in Calci, Italy, in 1935. From the moment young 'Bebe' could pick up a pencil, he drew. He drew everything he saw. He drew everyone he knew. He drew all day long. Armani's parents were amazed at Giuseppe's prodigious output and they recognized that their little boy's sketches were more than just the whimsical drawings of most children. Uncanny realism and attention to detail...
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Lladro
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Lladró was founded in 1953 when Juan, José, and Vicente, three brothers born of local farmers and endowed with great artistic talent, formed a small family company in the Valencian village of Almácera, Spain. Since then, Lladró has undergone an amazing metamorphosis from an artisan workshop to a huge firm of international scope enjoying continual growth. The company management has remained in the...
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Consuelo Gamboa lived in Mexico as a young girl, where her talents became evident when she was very young. Her earliest childhood memories are of painting, "My mother says I was born with a paintbrush in my hand," Consuelo Gamboa fondly recalls. Consuelo Ferrera Gamboa, her Grandmother and artist, was her namesake and mentor. After completing her formal education in Mexico, Consuelo Gamboa moved...
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Willitts Galleries - All That Jazz
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From the early 1980's, Guillermo Forchino experiments with various materials to create works of art in volume. This research began at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Rosario, Argentina and then continued with three years of studies in art restoration and conservation at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. During his studies he discovered and mastered classic techniques and materials.
After...
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Although teachers often cited his artistic ability, Steve Hanks’ main interest
while growing up around San Francisco was sports. As a young teenager, Hanks
pursued surfing and tennis with passion. He eventually tired of a steady diet
of competitive tennis, but continued to surf, finding a spiritual connection
with the ocean. “Surfing had a strong influence on my paintings,” he
says....
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Gold Label
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GOLD LABEL is a full line of animated music boxes that are offered
exclusively to finer stores.
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WALT DISNEY CLASSICS FIGURINES - The Classics Collection started in 1992 with three scenes, Bambi, Cinderella, and Fantasia's Sorcerer Apprentice. Many other series have since been introduced. Some figurines are limited, and some have been retired. Some of these figurines have risen high on the secondary market.
The figurines are made of porcelain, and the process is similar to that use to make...
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"Look Closer...
The time-consuming art of scratchboard is unparalleled in its detail, allowing
Judy Larson’s seamless concealment of imagery within her subject. To view the
extraordinary hidden images within Larson’s work,
Click here.
Judy Larson always knew she was going to be an artist. She was surrounded by
them as a child,...
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Christopher Pardell began sculpting at the tender age of four, and by his teenage years, Pardell had come to the realization that sculpting was to become his life's work. Influenced by the work of renowned sculptors Russell, Remington and Rodin, Pardell wanted to pursue his passion for realism. His formal education was laid aside in favor of an apprentice moldmaker position with a commercial statuary...
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