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ZAP! Productions - Modern Art

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I am an artist living and working in Santa Cruz, Ca. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation at Cogswell University of Silicon Valley, and a Associate of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Drawing, with Honors from Cabrillo College. 

   I bring over 20 years of professional experience in the design industry to work on every art project. My training within two top design studios allows me to further develop my creative skills, and my innovative, thoughtful, and relevant designs are in high demand. 

    I have been an artist my entire life, beginning from a very young age and my drawings were displayed throughout my family's home.  My free hand drawing, sketching, cartooning and painting skills are among the finest, allowing me to create unique and beautiful pieces. I am compelled and find it necessary to express movement and action, influenced in part by watching cartoons and animated movies. My finished works appear to be dancing. 

Although my work embodies the extremes of either abstract, or realism, some of the artists who I admire include: Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy, Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Leighton, Adolphe-William Bouguereau, Vincent Van Gogh, Norman Rockwell and Jackson Pollock.

 

     Collectors appreciate my ability to successfully translate my vision into a striking and memorable piece. When being commissioned for a new piece, my approachable style in communicating with collectors has helped immeasurably in meeting their artistic, or commercial design needs. My collectors also benefit from his innate business sense as my works to deadline and within budget constraints.

 

My artworks have been purchased for private collections in the U.S. I am immersed in the arts community through gallery shows and art festivals.

Education 

1996 - 1999

Cogswell University of Silicon Valley, San Jose, Ca.

1997 - 1999

DeAnza College, Cupertino, Ca.

1989 - 1991

Cabrillo College, Aptos, Ca.

Awards 

2019

2 First Place and Second Place, Fine Arts Department, Watsonville, Ca.

2018

First Place and Second Place, Fine Arts Department, Watsonville, Ca.

2017

First Place and Second Place, Fine Arts Department, Watsonville, Ca.

2016

2 First Place and Second Place, Fine Arts Department, Watsonville, Ca.

Published Illustrations

2018

The Animals Around Us

1998

Nature's Path to Supreme Health

1987

Lori Lee Landy's Eggers 

Articles

Appearing as a Featured Artist on the home page of the Visual Arts Network

Interviewed for LocalSantaCruz.com and now appearing as a Featured Artist.

Exhibitions 

Group

2021

Visual Arts Network Tri-Gallery Exhibition

2021

Westlake Elementary School Auction

2016 -

2019

Santa Cruz County Fair

Solo

1992

Set of Nine, 10' x 6' complete Window Paintings for Halloween Headquarters in Santa Cruz, Ca.

Galleries

2021

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R. Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca.

Saatchi Art

Fine Art America

Vida Design Studio

500px

Society 6

Etsy

Displate

831-295-4816

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