POSTCARD ART BENEFIT
Showing posts with label oils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oils. Show all posts

Friday, March 5, 2010

Kyle Macnaughton


Artist Kyle Macnaughton's beautiful diptych titled Movement gracefully speaks to the theme of this event. The fish represents the "movement" - a collection of many people’s efforts toward a cause - and in it’s wake stirs the many individual letters between the children in the film. Raised in Toronto, Canada Kyle was well on his way to a career in film when in his second year at Sheridan College, while studying towards his degree in Classical Animation, he also worked at Walt Disney Studios as a Layout Designer. Currently working as a Visual Development Artist at Blue Sky Studios, Kyle contributes his unique vision and painterly style in the creation of innovative environments and characters for animated feature films such as Ice Age 2, Horton Hears a Who!, Rio, and other projects that are currently in development. Contributor of a visually stunning story to the collaborative publication, Out of Picture 2, Kyle has exhibited original artwork in group shows in Paris for OOP2, and San Francisco for the Totoro Forest Project. All this AND resident tennis expert in his department at Blue Sky!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Ron DeFelice


This beautiful plein air painting, titled The Distance Between Them is by artist Ron DeFelice. A native of Connecticut, Ron's earliest memories involve crayons and coloring books. In 1980 after earning his BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design, Ron went on to spend 16 years as a freelance illustrator for the publishing and advertising industry in the New York City area. In 1997 Ron started working as a background painter for Walt Disney Feature Animation where his film credits include Mulan, Tarzan, and Lilo and Stitch. Currently a Color Key and Visual Development Artist for Blue Sky Studios, Ron has lent his artistic skills to such film projects as Ice Age 2 and 3, Horton Hears a Who! and the upcoming Rio. When not at work Ron's love for plein air painting takes him on extensive excursions in search of ideal landscapes to paint.

To see more of Ron’s work please visit his website.