Jeremy Geddes

Medium: Oil, High Gloss Finish

With this beautiful, serene painting we get a glimpse into the world of artist Jeremy Geddes, who brings new meaning to the words life-like. Jeremy is based in Melbourne, Australia where he spends his time creating photo realistic paintings that portray extremes in emotion. Having studied painting in the early 90s, Jeremy initially worked in video games as an art director. In 2003 he returned to painting full time and has since had his paintings published and exhibited around the world. Well respected in the fine art world, Jeremy has also been published in several books and magazines and was recognized with the Comics - Gold Award in Spectrum 13. Other prestigious awards include The 2006 Crichton Award, The 2005 Aurealis Award Finalist and CBC Noteable Books 2006 for his book The Mystery of Eilean Mor with Gary Crew.

To see more of Jeremy's paintings please visit his website and blog.

Tracey Atkinson

"Art, like eyes, offers a window to the soul" as does this portrait entitled Kid by New York City based painter and illustrator Tracey Atkinson. Through her richness of color and purity of line Tracey's artwork captures the intimacy of subtle emotion. Prior to her recent return to freelance artist full-time, Tracey dedicated herself to teaching art to the children at the Urban Assembly School for the Urban Environment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn where half of the Brownstones To Red Dirt documentary takes place. Educator as well as artist, some of Tracey's honors include Who's Who of American Women for Teacher of the Year 2006-2007 and the Certificate of Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Illustration from Pratt Institute 1999. As well as commissions and exhibiting her artwork in New York and internationally, her art will soon be featured in a short film called "In A Box" where the main character, who is an artist, is using Tracey's artwork as her own.

To see more of Tracey's art please visit her website.

David Dibble

Illustrator, graphic designer, muralist and fine artist David Dibble has created a figurative oil painting titled Light and Knowledge based on themes of classicism. Just as the great schools of antiquity were rooted in discussion and exchange, so the Brownstones To Red Dirt project creates opportunity for learning and growth through the sharing of ideas and experiences. Born and raised in Northern Utah, the farmlands of David's boyhood have influenced and inspired his artistic themes, compositions and designs which can be seen in his paintings exhibited in several galleries throughout the western United States. Following the completion of a set of large agricultural murals in Utah, David has recently begun working as a Color-Key Artist for Blue Sky Studios on the animated film production of Rio where basically he continues to do oil paintings on the computer.

To see more of David's art please visit his website and blog.

John David Thornton

This dreamy oil painting titled Milo comes from another talented Blue Sky Studios colleague, John David Thornton. As well as being a painter, music composer and jazz guitarist, John is also a veteran of the animation world. After working for Disney for many years and completing such movies as The Lion King, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Mulan and Lilo & Stitch, John can be found currently working as a senior fx animator for Blue Sky Studios where he has continued to add his unique talents which can be seen on Robots, Horton Hears A Who!, and Ice Age 2 & 3. John's effects work was recognized with a nomination for the 34th annual Annie Awards for an individual achievement in animated effects and was chosen to hold one of the prestigious Siggraph lectures where he covered the topic on directable simulations of stylized water splash effect in 3D Space. Examples of his detailed water illustrations and beautiful landscape oil paintings can be found on his website.

To see more of John's art please visit his blog.

Peter Nguyen

This beautiful oil painting shows off illustrator, freelance artist and rising talent Peter Nguyen's incredible skill. Growing up in Texas amongst a family of artists, Peter spent his childhood drawing and painting on whatever he could get his hands on. Currently working as a Color Key Artist at Blue Sky Studios his keys have influenced feature films such as Horton Hears A Who! and Ice Age 2 and 3 but Peter is best known for his contributions to the graphic novel community. His artwork can be found in Out Of Picture II and most recently in the DC Comics publication DC Holiday Special where, achieving a boyhood dream to be a comic artist, he illustrated a short story. From this, more possible collaborations with DC Comics are currently in the works! In addition to his printed projects, Peter's art has been exhibited in a many galleries nationally as well as in Paris, France.

To see more of Peter's art please visit his blog.