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While attending art school, James Gurney embarked on a cross-country trip with fellow artist/friend Thomas Kinkade, sketching the countryside as they traveled along (often by railroad box cars). The finished sketches led to a book that the friends published called "The Artist's Guide to Sketching," (Watson-Guptill, 1982). The success of the book resulted in the two artists being called to work for the movie industry, painting background scenes for Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta's 1983 animated film "Fire and Ice."
View a selection of James Gurney's "plein air” paintings: http://jamesgurney.com/studies.html
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Image credit: "The Catskills from Blithewood," James Gurney, 2003. ©2003 James Gurney. All rights reserved.
Channels: Illustration
Themes: ChildhoodInspirationMaterials and ProcessNature
Norman Rockwell Museum's traveling exhibition "Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney" takes a look at the fantasy illustrator's work for his acclaimed book series Dinotopia. This exhibition video goes inside the artist's studio for an in-depth look at his artistic process. Mr. Gurney's new how-to book "Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist" is out now, and the artist will be giving an exclusive art workshop based on the book at Norman Rockwell Museum on Saturday, March 13, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Visit Norman Rockwell Museum's Web site: http://www.nrm.org
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