Limited Editions of Harry Potter Film Concept Art

ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery releases exclusive London Studio Tour limited editions of Harry Potter film concept art signed by Stuart Craig to American collectors.

ArtInsights, the animation and film art gallery that represents the official art of Harry Potter, announces the release of new limited edition prints based on concept art for the Harry Potter film series, images designed and and signed by Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig, and illustrated by concept artist Andrew Williamson.  Originally selected for the opening of the Warner Brothers Harry Potter Studio Tour at Leavesden, these images are now being released to fans on this side of the Atlantic.  

The release includes Making a Great Exit (the Weasley twins flying through the great hall), Dark Mark Over London, Creating Hogwarts & The Black Lake, Creating Hogsmeade, Escape on the Dragon, The Twins Depart, (another great twins piece) and Journey on The Hogwarts Express.  This art has been so popular in London that the Journey on The Hogwarts Express and Dark Mark pieces are already almost sold out.  There has already been much interest and support here as well, as exampled by the fan reaction and sales at the premiere at Leakycon 2012.

ArtInsights, located in the Washington DC area, is a gallery that has been representing Harry Potter art released through Warner Brothers since 2000. These images were hand selected to represent the art of the successful film series at the opening of the Warner Brothers Studio tour London-Making of Harry Potter, and now are available online and through contacting the gallery.  

"It is exciting that the film art made available for sale when the Leavesden Studio Tour opened has been appreciated and is being purchased by fans who visit.  Says ArtInsights owner Leslie Combemale,.  "It means film art is being seen more as a real art, not just as a means to an end.  Stuart Craig deserves a lot of credit for the visual beauty and success of the Potter series.  How wonderful that fans obviously not only know who he is, but truly appreciate his role in making the films so extraordinary."    

Undoubtedly the tales of Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts comprise some of the most alluring fiction to date.  This fiction has been brought to life onscreen for a new generation of film fans and the last installment is receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from fans and critics alike.  Stuart Craig, who has received Oscars for Gandhi, The English Patient, and Dangerous Liaisons, as well as numerous English BAFTAs for the Harry Potter series, has been responsible for the entire look of the films, and as part of that has drawn hundreds of drawings to guide the creation of the illustrations by his art department.  

These exclusive pieces are an important addition to the collection of Harry Potter fine art images spanning the book series and films that have been previously released.  This film art connects the collectors with the design and development of some of their favorite scenes and moments from the movie series, evoking in the viewer the same excitement that comes from the pen of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.  

For more information or more images, visit the ArtInsights website, at

www.artinsights.com.

John Alvin Original at ArtInsights

RARE ORIGINAL ART OF ICONIC MOVIE POSTERS  

E.T. AND BLADE RUNNER  ON DISPLAY AT ARTINSIGHTS GALLERY 

AS PART OF JOHN ALVIN: TREASURES OF FILM ART EXHIBIT

 

 

Reston, VA - ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery, the exclusive gallery worldwide to represent original art of top cinema artist John Alvin, has curated a show of his original art including graphites, mixed medias, and finished key art used in the making of movie posters important to film history, including E.T., Blade Runner, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and art from "The Star Wars Concert" poster.  This art has never been displayed in public before, and it is a rare chance to see the artistic process involved in the making of movie campaign art.  The exhibit runs through January 2nd.  ArtInsights is located at 11921 Freedom Drive, Reston, VA at Reston Town Center.  For more information, call 703-478-0778 and visit www.artinsights.com.

 

John Alvin is responsible for some of the most famous movie posters from the last 30 years, including E.T., Blade Runner, The Lion King, and Young Frankenstein, and more than 200 other films.  He created art for numerous Star Wars film promotions and events.  He died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2008, but left a remarkable body of work representative of an era where movie posters where created almost exclusively with hand drawn illustration.  Now almost all posters are created digitally, making Alvin and his art all the more important to the history of film.  

 

 

There will be art available for purchase, including several original Blade Runner images created for Ridley Scott's classic scifi film, which is in the National Film Registry and on the AFI's list of top 10 scifi movies of all time.  The E.T. poster is the only movie art to win the Saturn Award, won the Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards' grand prize, and is recognized as one of the most successful campaign images in movie history.  John Alvin always said, "Cinema art is the promise of a great experience".  These two posters represent some of his best work creating that promise, inspiring many people to see these movies.

 

 "The E.T. art was particularly personal for John", says wife Andrea, "not for the accolades it brought him, but because he modeled Elliott's hand after his daughter, Farah's."  The art was inspired by the image Michelangelo created on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  About Blade Runner, says ArtInsights co-owner Leslie Combemale, "I remember John saying that poster image was created after he told Ridley Scott in a meeting that he wanted to utilize the urban architecture like another prominent character in the art.  Scott said that was exactly what he wanted, and he got the job."  

 

"The sale of art by John Alvin has very much effected the popularity of celebrity and film inspired art in the fine art market.  John's career has influenced many of the illustrators and cinema artists working today, as they themselves will tell you", says Michael Barry, co-owner of ArtInsights. "He was collected by George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Mel Brooks from the beginning of his career."   For those who don't know about John Alvin's work, there is a series of interview videos available for viewing on the gallery's web magazine site, www.artinsightsmagazine.com.  Ms. Combemale says, "I never thought it would be the last interview he would do.  John and I just did it for fun.  We put the interview on YouTube so the greatest number of fans and film lovers can see it, but we are also proud to feature it on our web magazine. John's enthusiasm and artistic perspective inspires young artists.  I just feel fortunate to have known him and grateful that he left such a great body of work" 

 

John Alvin worked as an illustrative artist in the film industry for over 35 years.  He came into prominence by creating the art for the poster for Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles in 1974.  He went on to design art for many films including images for Disney movies like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin.

He has created more images for Spielberg films than any other single artist, including the poster art for "Empire of the Sun", "The Color Purple", "Always", "Jurassic Park", and, of course, "E.T".  He also created a lot of specialized work for George Lucas and the "Star Wars" saga.  Mr. Alvin's "Star Wars Concert" and "Star Wars Tenth Anniversary" posters are among the most collectible Star Wars art on the market today.  Additionally, the Smithsonian Museum exhibited Alvin's "The Phantom of the Paradise" as one of the best posters of the 20th century. Later in his life he created exclusive images of Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Alien, and Predator, among others, that were used for fine art limited editions. John Alvin's name belongs to a short list of cinema art masters whose works have become icons in Hollywood's history.

 

ABOUT ARTINSIGHTS ANIMATION AND FILM ART GALLERY

 

ArtInsights, established in 1994, is a privately owned gallery located in Reston Town Center, in Virginia.  With their collaboration with John Alvin, they added the art of the cinema to their specialization of creating and developing collections of animation art from Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera, and all other major studios.  With more than 30 combined years of experience in the animation art field, owners Michael Barry and Leslie Combemale work closely with individuals and corporations to ensure the integrity of their collections.  ArtInsights is Virginia's only animation gallery and is the only gallery in the Washington Metropolitan area authorized to represent Warner Bros. and Hanna Barbera animation art to the public.  They have worldwide exclusive Harry Potter and Star Wars art releases,  and also offer art by official Disney artist Tim Rogerson, Cinema artists Bob Peak, Lawrence Noble, and Steve Chorney, movie production artist Jim Salvati, and Marguerite Henry book cover artist John Rowe.  

 

 

Here is the link to the John Alvin videos on our site:

 

http://www.artinsightsmagazine.com/ArtInsights_magazine/Artistinsight/Entries/2011/11/17_John_Alvin__Activating_the_verb_Alvin-izing.html

 

Here are the youtube links to the 4 segments of the John Alvin interview:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vghyb6KqcF4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXRJWVVHw5Y

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq2F09ioVtM&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jw5x_uZF8I&feature=related

The Chuck Jones Centennial at ArtInsights

Chuck Jones Centennial

Legendary Animation Creator and Director’s 100^th Year Begins with an Exhibition at ArtInsights

 

 

Reston, VA:  ArtInsights announced today that it was chosen by the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity to be the first gallery in the United States to host an exhibition and sale of original Chuck Jones drawings that celebrates the legendary animation creator and director’s 100^th year.  The exhibition is called Chuck Jones: An Animation Legend Turns 100. It will open to the public on Sunday, November 5, 2011 from 2 to 5 PM with special guest, Craig Kausen, Chairman of the Center and Chuck Jones’s grandson.  “We have Chuck Jones exhibits opening this year at the Port of Portland’s International Airport that will be viewed by nearly one million travelers as well as at the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio,” said Craig Kausen, “and we could not have thought of a better gallery than ArtInsights in which to launch my grandfather’s centennial celebrations with this important exhibition of original drawings from his amazing career.”  Also as part of the opening, a presentation called Chuck Jones: Fabulous Firsts will be shown as part of the new Washington West Film Festival on Friday November 4th at 6:30 pm at the CIT Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon.

 

Jones, one of the fathers of Bugs Bunny and the creator of such iconic cartoon characters as Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Pepé le Pew and Marvin Martian, was born in Spokane, Washington, on September 21, 1912.  The four-time Academy Award recipient, including a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1996, enjoyed a seven decade career in animation and fine art, beginning in 1932.  His life and life’s work spanned the history of animation, from the first tentative steps of Gertie the Dinosaur, animated by Windsor McKay in 1912, to the brilliant CGI (computer generated imagery) of John Lasseter and Pixar Studios.  

 

At the core of his work and life, and the one aspect of his success that speaks most clearly to artists today, was his love of drawing.  Jones, even into his 80’s, wondered at his luck to have found a job during the Depression that paid him to do what he loved most and that was to draw.  “Chuck’s drawings have always held a special place in my heart,” commented Leslie Combemale, owner of ArtInsights, “his line coupled with his great wit make for remarkable original works, works that can and should be cherished by collectors of film art as well as those whose collections are focused on the great masters of 20^th century figurative painting and drawing.  I am thrilled to be the first art gallery to host this important exhibition and sale.”  

 

The Chuck Jones Centennial Celebrations will include a revamped version of the multi-media extravaganza “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” created and conducted by George Daugherty, with planned appearances at Wolf Trap and the Kennedy Center in 2012 as well as with other notable symphony orchestras around the country.  The Center is working with its local Congressman in the hope that United States Congress will designate Jones’s birthday as National Chuck Jones Creativity Day in 2012.  

 

Art Insights is located just outside of Washington, D.C. at 11921 Freedom Drive, in Reston Town Center, Virginia.   The gallery presents the most important works of art from the 20^th century film art genre, including original art from the masters of film and moving entertainment.  From film campaign artists to matte painters, from concept and layout artists to animators, ArtInsights represents the giants of film art history.  Artists represented include Chuck Jones, John Alvin, Maurice Noble, Bill Melendez, Lawrence Noble, Jim Salvati, and many other artists made famous by their work for Disney Studios and Warner Bros.   For more information please call the gallery at 703-478-0778.  

 

A complete biography of Chuck Jones, images for print or web use as well as interview opportunities with Craig Kausen are available upon request.   

Harry Potter Film Concept Art for Leakycon

ArtInsights Gallery reveals exclusive new limited edition of Harry Potter film concept art signed by Stuart Craig Potter to enthusiastic Leakycon attendees.

July 13, 2011

ArtInsights, the animation and film art gallery that represents the official art of Harry Potter, announces the release of six new limited edition prints based on concept art for the Harry Potter film series, images designed and and signed by Harry Potter production designer Stuart Craig, and illustrated by concept artist Andrew Williamson.

The six images feature Hogwarts Castle, Malfoy Manor, The Weasley Burrow, Harry's Trial, The Quidditch Tent City, and The Horcrux Cave.  They are in an edition of 250, with the first 50 designated as sets of six.  ArtInsights, located in the Washington DC area, is a  gallery that has been representing Harry Potter art released through Warner Brothers since 2000. These are the first official images to be released from the art department of the film series that have been signed by the production designer.    

"I think Warner Brothers now believes that Harry Potter fans can appreciate the importance of the behind-the-scenes artists responsible for the finished look of the film series." says ArtInsights gallery owner Leslie Combemale, who is showing the new art as part of an exhibit of the official art of Harry Potter at the convention.  "Stuart Craig is one of the few consistent players involved from the beginning of the film series and he, along with producer David Heyman, is due a huge amount of credit for the movie's beauty, and for its success.

I love that so many Harry Potter fans not only know who he is, but truly appreciate his role in making the films so extraordinary."

The gallery is also displaying and offering for sale original art used as concepts for the movie poster campaign, as well as limited editions by book cover artist Mary GrandPre, movie concept artist Jim Salvati, and Harry Potter movie graphic artists Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima. 

Quidditch World Cup Tents     $375.00

image size: 22" x 9 3/4"

paper size: 26" x 13 3/4"

Journey to Hogwarts          $375.00

image size: 22" x 9 1/4"

paper size: 26" x 13 1/4"

Harry’s Trial                           $375.00

image size: 22" x 9 1/4"

paper size: 26" x 13 1/4"

The Burrow                           $375.00

image size: 20" x 8 1/4"

paper size: 24" x 12 1/4"

The Horcrux Cave             $350.00

image size: 15" x 11"

paper size: 19" x 15"

Malfoy Manor                 $350.00

image size: 15" x 10"

paper size: 19" x 14"

Undoubtedly the tales of Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts comprise some of the most alluring fiction to date.  This fiction has been brought to life onscreen for a new generation of film fans and the last installment is receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from fans and critics alike.  Stuart Craig, who has received Oscars for Gandhi, The English Patient, and Dangerous Liaisons, as well as numerous English BAFTAs for the Harry Potter series, has been responsible for the entire look of the films, and as part of that has drawn hundreds of drawings to guide the creation of the illustrations by his art department.  

These exclusive pieces are an important addition to the collection of Harry Potter fine art images spanning the book series and films that have been previously released.  This film art connects the collectors with the design and development of some of their favorite scenes and moments from the movie series, evoking in the viewer the same excitement that comes from the pen of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.  

For more information about these exclusive images, visit the ArtInsights website, at

www.artinsights.com

Matt Busch's "Hollywood is Dead" Series

ArtInsights Gallery presents

"HOLLYWOOD IS DEAD:

CLASSIC MOVIE POSTERS WITH A ZOMBIE TWIST"

Originals by Movie Poster Artist and Illustrator,

MATT BUSCH

On Exhibit: October 13 – October 30  •  Open House: Saturday, October 30, 12-9 pm

 

 

Reston, VA - ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery is presenting a collection of re-imagined movie posters, a (rotted) tongue-in-cheek take on the shambling runaway phenomenon of zombies currently invading pop culture. The parody presentation is on exhibit daily from October 13th through November 3rd, with an open house 12 to 9 pm on Saturday, October 30th, featuring 30 original paintings by Matt Busch, including interpretations from contemporary blockbusters such as "Star Wars" and classics like "Breakfast at Tiffany's". All art will be available for purchase, with a percentage of profits to benefit the National Film Preservation Foundation. 

 

ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery, the exclusive gallery worldwide to represent original art by famed cinema artists John Alvin, as well as interpretive and production art by other well known illustrators, is located at Reston Town Center, 11921 Freedom Drive, Reston, VA 20190. Open: Monday to Friday from 10 am until 6 pm, Saturday from 12 pm until 6 pm, Sundays by appointment or chance. For more information, call 703-478-0778, and visit  HYPERLINK "http://www.artinsights.com" www.artinsights.com. This show coincides with the much anticipated new Frank Darabont TV series "The Walking Dead", premiering on AMC on Halloween. For an amusing website created by Matt Busch entirely dedicated to these images, go to  HYPERLINK "http://www.hollywood-is-dead.com" \o "blocked::http://www.hollywood-is-dead.com/" www.hollywood-is-dead.com. For more information about the National Film Preservation Foundation, go to  HYPERLINK "http://www.filmpreservation.org" \o "blocked::http://www.filmpreservation.org/" www.filmpreservation.org.

 

About Matt Busch:

In 2009, Matt Busch was tapped by LucasFilm to come up with an image that would infuse Star Wars with zombies as an online campaign to promote the new and subsequently hugely popular Star Wars horror novel "Death Troopers" by Joe Schreiber.  An avid fan of classic movie poster art, Busch's idea instead was to recreate all six Star Wars movie posters as if the living dead were interwoven within the saga's plot.  The fan and web reaction led to wide coverage of the work, including G4TV and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

 

 

Since then, Busch has been faithfully recreating a slew of cinema ads, challenging his ability to adapt a variety of painting styles, and painstakingly hand painting every detail in traditional mixed media for each image.  Busch comments, “Hollywood is Dead is the most fulfilling project I’ve ever worked on. I grew up on great movies, but the movie posters themselves are almost more vivid in my memory as iconic images. The opportunity to really study the original master artists like Drew Struzan, John Alvin, and Bob Peak has been extremely rewarding."  Busch says nothing was sacred in tackling the creation of undead parodies of these classics, but for him it's all in good fun, and done out of the utmost respect to the original posters that have had such an impact on his life as an artist and film fan.

 

Busch is known for his art on posters, books, and trading cards for many properties including Lord of the Rings, Heroes, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars, for which he created the "Revenge of the Sith" Style D one sheet movie poster.  He has worked with major musical artists such as Alice Cooper, Beck, Foo Fighters, Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, Poison and Billy Joel.  He lectures around the country on the art of illustration, and is also known for his book and educational DVD series "How to draw Star Wars".   Matt Busch comes with great zombie credentials, having illustrated over a dozen covers for "Night of the Living Dead" comics and graphic novels written by George Romero, as well as the undead graphic novel series "House of Horrors", by Kiss lead singer Gene Simmons.    

 

ABOUT ARTINSIGHTS

ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery, established in 1994, is a privately owned gallery located at 11921 Freedom Drive, Reston, Virginia 20190, at Reston Town Center.  The gallery’s collaboration with a diverse collection of famed film artists including John Alvin, Jim Salvati, William Silvers and Steve Chorney, adds the art of the cinema to their specialization of creating and developing collections of animation art from Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera, and all other major studios.  With more than 30 combined years of experience in the animation art field, owners Michael Barry and Leslie Combemale work closely with individuals and corporations to ensure the integrity of their collections.  ArtInsights is Virginia's only animation and film gallery and is the only gallery in the Washington Metropolitan area authorized to represent Warner Bros. and Hanna Barbera animation art to the public.  They have also had exclusive rights to sell original illustrative art by ET and Blade Runner poster artist John Alvin, Harry Potter book cover artist Mary GrandPre, DC Comics art director Mark Chiarello, and are always pleased to add those of increasing renown such as Matt Busch.  

For more information on ArtInsights, visit their website at www.artinsightsmagazine.com, where they create educational and news videos that expand awareness and acceptance of the arts of animation and film art.

 

More images are available by e-mail in hi-resolution for publication by contacting Leslie Combemale,  artinsights@mac.com.

Art by Mark Chiarello

ARTINSIGHTS EXHIBITS ART BY MARK CHIARELLO

USED FOR THE BOOK "HEROES OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES", AND FOR 

THE FIRST COLOR BASEBALL CARDS OF THE NEGRO LEAGUE

April 3, 2008

 

                     

 

Reston, VA- ArtInsights Gallery in Reston Town Center has secured exclusive rights to exhibit and sell the original watercolor art used for the bestselling book "Heroes of the Negro Leagues" by illustrator and DC Comics Art Editor Mark Chiarello.  Many of these illustrations were used for the first color baseball cards for the Negro Leagues.   The exhibit will include images of famed Negro Leaguers Satchel Paige, Rube Foster, Josh Gibson, Buck O'Neil, and many others.  Mr. Chiarello will be appearing in person in the gallery opening weekend of Major League Baseball, opening day of the new exhibit, Saturday, March 29th, from 2 to 5 pm.  The show will run through May 30th, or as sales allow.

 

                     

 

The publication of the original baseball cards that inspired the "Heroes of the Negro Leagues" book marked the first time most of the players ever appeared on a baseball card.  Mark Chiarello says he and writer Jack Morelli were inspired to create the cards when they visited the National Baseball Museum in Cooperstown, New York where they saw a plaque for a player they'd never heard of, Judy Johnson.   After some research, they resolved to correct the fact that they and other hardcore baseball fans knew so little of these great athletes.  The cards were expanded into a book that was rated 2nd of all sports books on Amazon.com in 2007, with watercolors the New York Times called "evocative".   Los Angeles magazine said of the book, "Mark Chiarello's dreamy watercolor portraits transport us back to a league that time (and most everyone else) has conveniently forgotten".

 

Mark Chiarello is an award winning artist and the art editor of DC Comics, and has done illustration for LucasFIlm, Disney, Universal Pictures, Topps, and Universal Pictures, to name a few.  He has won the comic book industry's Eisner, Harvey, and Reuben awards.  He is also creating art for instillation in the new Gaylord National Resort in Maryland's "National Pastime."  

 

Says ArtInsights co-owner Michael Barry, "We've carried illustration art for quite some time, but never anything sports related.  Mark's Negro League watercolors are so beautifully executed, it was a perfect fit.  He is more than just a skilled watercolorist, with these pieces he's captured so much more".  A great deal of research was required for these portraits, and artist Chiarello says he often looked at more than 200 pictures of a player to find the perfect reference to use.  Barry's partner, Leslie Combemale, adds,  "Of course they are historically important, but they definitely stand alone as great art.  Many know the more famous Negro Leaguers, but these illustrations allow collectors to connect with some of the many unsung heroes who deserve more recognition.  These watercolors offer an opportunity for baseball fans, art collectors, and history buffs to expand how they see the world, as the best art always does, and Mark has an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject.  We're proud to have his art in the gallery." 

 

ABOUT ARTINSIGHTS

 

ArtInsights, established in 1994, is a privately owned business located in Reston Town Center, Virginia.  In addition to specializing in creating and developing collections of animation art from Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera, and all other major studios,  The gallery is constantly looking for new and important artist of illustrative, animation, and film art to add to those they currently represent.  Their roster includes Chuck Jones, John Alvin, Toby Bluth, Tim Rogerson, Mary GrandPre, and Jim Salvati.  They recently had the international exclusive first release of limited editions of the Harry Potter book covers by Mary GrandPre.

 

 

With more than 30 combined years of experience in these art genres, owners Michael Barry and Leslie Combemale work closely with individuals and corporations to ensure the integrity of their clients' collections.  ArtInsights is the only art gallery in the Washington Metropolitan area authorized to represent Warner Bros., Hanna Barbera, and Disney interpretive art to the public.  

 

ArtInsights Welcomes Toby Bluth

ARTINSIGHTS WELCOMES DISNEY ART DIRECTOR AND ILLUSTRATOR TOBY BLUTH  IN PERSON 

FOR THE PREMIERE OF FIRST ONE MAN SHOW WORLDWIDE

Reston Town Center, VA - ArtInsights Animation and Film Arts Gallery, the only gallery to represent animation and film in Virginia, will be premiering the art of famed Disney illustrator Toby Bluth in a show to open on April 28th with a personal appearance by Mr. Bluth from 2 to 7 pm in their gallery.  On display will be the originals of the first five limited editions released at Disney World and Disneyland, as well as others he created especially this exhibit. 

 Mr. Bluth, a long time animation artist of renown who most recently acted as art director for The Tigger Movie and Disney's The Three Musketeers,  is one of a very few artists selected to represent Disney with limited editions of his art in the Disney parks and galleries around the world, and ArtInsights will be the first to feature him since the release of his art at Disney.  The show will include original watercolors and limited editions and will run through June 4th.

"We're so excited to be premiering the originals for the first limited editions released by Toby", says co-owner Leslie Combemale.  Included in the show are images of Snow White, Bambi, Dumbo, Fantasia, and other Disney classics, many of which he interpreted for Disney storybooks.  Combemale continues,  "His art is selling so quickly, before we can even frame it for show.   Most of the originals are sold already, but now we're taking commissions and all the collectors have been willing to let us keep his art for the show.  We had a flood in February and had to be closed for a month, so the success of this show is a welcome part of our reopening."  The limited editions of the originals are available to have dedicated by the artist at the show, and an original rendering by Mr. Bluth is included with every commission sold during his appearance.   

Believing that how one remembers a film is often different from the film itself, Toby Bluth paints what he perceives as the collective memory of the film experience and taps into the emotional essence of the story.Chiaroscuro, the use of deep variations in and subtle gradations of light and shade, especially to enhance the delineation of character and for dramatic effect, is a key component in Bluth’s work. The blue shaded undercoat or chiaroscuro effect that is the genesis of every original, adds depth, life, as well as warm and cool shadows to each scene. He also refers to this process as “painting the light and the air”.  

Inspired by the work of legendary illustrator Gustaf Tengrenn, whom Walt Disney recruited to work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bluth is passionate about his craft. A multifaceted artist, Toby’s creative endeavors do not end at the tip of his brush. He is an accomplished writer, director, designer and a veteran of the American musical stage, having performed and or directed in nearly one hundred musicals, both on Broadway and beyond.

ABOUT ARTINSIGHTS

ArtInsights, established in 1994, is a privately owned gallery located in Reston Town Center, in Virginia.  They are doing well with the addition the art of the cinema to their specialization of creating and developing collections of animation art from Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera, and all other major studios.  With more than 30 combined years of experience in the animation art field, owners Michael Barry and Leslie Combemale work closely with individuals and corporations to ensure the integrity of their collections.  In addition to being one of only 10 Chuck Jones Signature Galleries in the country, ArtInsights is Virginia's only animation gallery and is the only gallery in the Washington Metropolitan area authorized to represent Warner Bros. and Hanna Barbera animation art to the public.  They also have exclusive rights to sell original illustrative art by Harry Potter book cover artist Mary GrandPre, and are one of a handful of galleries worldwide authorized to sell originals by famed cinema artist John Alvin, who has created posters and art for over 130 movies including Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.