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Chris Down exhibition

A fabulous opportunity to meet Chris down and see more of his fabulous work.  Click on Exhibitions and Workshops in the left margin to get the full details.

New Ed Org dates

Ed Org will be at the following venues in May:

1/2/3 Burghley House, Stamford, Lincs

6/7/8/9 Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts

14/15/16 Henley Show, Hambleden Estate, Henley-on - Thames, Oxon

29/30/31 Woburn Abbey, Woburn, Bedfordshire

Or if you can’t wait then all his lovely prints are here.

The Great Frazetta Feud

It is extremely sad that Frank Frazetta, one of the greatest legends in the history of heroic fantasy art, should have at the end of his life a divided Frazetta family fighting over the Frank Frazetta legacy.  It all started last year when Mrs Ellie Frazetta, Frank Frazetta’s wife, died.  She and his son Frank Frazetta junior had been running the Frazetta family business for many years but almost as soon as she died the other siblings made claims upon the Frazetta inheritance that escalated into a bitter feud.   You can read more about what is going on here and you’ll find other news articles on the web too.  How do you feel about it?

What is Michael Kaluta doing?

Artists rarely have time to put pen to paper or bash out an email about what they are doing but occasionally we get updates on what artists are doing and what shows they are at etc.  Michael Kaluta, the well-known American artist, while waiting for the go-ahead for his latest project, has told us what he’s been up to in his last busy year.  This is what Michael Kaluta has to say -

“… back in March ‘09, I was drawing the 3rd issue of a 5-issue story arc for DC/Vertigo’s Madame Xanadu comic book: the collected issues, titled Exodus Noir, just hit the stands here in the States.

I was also getting the old Starstruck Comic Book ready for a reprinting through IDW: taller pages, new full-painted color (by Lee Moyer), each with a new cover. The Adventures of the Galactic Girl Guides has been added each issue as a back-up feature. (Pencils: me, Inks: Charles Vess, Color: Lee Moyer and Writing: Elaine Lee, naturally!)
Our 6th new Starstruck issue (out of 13-issue series) just hit the stands here… it’s a treat!
There WAS to be a George RR Martin Fire and Ice Calendar for 2010, but the publisher dropped the ball several times and even missed it on the bounce…  so, that art may find a home later…
I’m also knee-deep in three nice big commissioned pictures: two are Shadow-oriented, the other is part of a planned triptych based on A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream (Titania and Bottom in his Donkey-guise)
I just did a silly but fun pin-up of Uncle Creepy for Dark Horse Comics and a Marvel Cover of Machine Man fighting Zombie Killraven…  go figure!!!
I’m waiting on some other folks to get back to me on different projects… the longer they don’t get in touch, the less time I’ll have to do the work.”
So there you go, a life in the year of Michael Kaluta.
You can see more of his work here or visit his own website here.
He also said that two of my personal favourites of his work are also two of his personal favourites.  These are:
Fate of Dollies Lost in Dreams by Michael Kaluta

Fate of Dollies Lost in Dreams by Michael Kaluta

and
Sentry by Michael Kaluta

Sentry by Michael Kaluta

The difficulty with some of Michael Kaluta’s work is that although it is quite immediate, vibrant and colourful, you don’t really appreciate it until you look at it closely and carefully.  So few people take the time to really look at art and they are poorer for the lack of attention they give to it.  If you want art to touch you then you have to give it your attention.  A quick glance and, “Oh that’s nice” really doesn’t do it.  Art will draw you in and reach depths of you that you didn’t know existed but you have to give it the chance to do that.  These two paintings by Michael Kaluta are very much like that.  ‘Fate of Dollies’ will probably awaken feelings you haven’t had since you were a child and possibly the same with ‘Sentry’.  ‘Sentry’ is more complex and poses more questions but both are truly evocative pieces like so much of Michael Kaluta’s work.  Let’s hope he’s doing it for many more years to come.

Introducing the Featured Artist Series

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