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Self-Published Prints and Portfolios Steve Woron is a native and resident of Connecticut, and one of the comic/ fantasy art's first independent publishers. Since 1982 Steve help create the "ground floor" for thousands of independent publishers of limited edition art and other printed collectibles and publications. His companies The Illustration Studio and The Image Guild still publish fantasy art today. Here's a snapshot of Steve's qualifications: He has a Bachelors of Fine Art from the University of Hartford (Art School). He has taught high school art to gifted and talented artists, and have taught numerous life drawing, airbrush, narrative illustration and advance drawing classes. He has taught private lessons, and done commercial illustration for 2 years. Steve was also a "ghost artist-painter" for a famous New York commercial artist, rendering his paintings for him. In 1982 Steve started from the ground-up one of the very first independent comic publishing companies Spectrum Comics and was art director for four titles including the Survivors which he wrote and drew. He was also the company's submissions director. The Survivors details In 1983 he also started his own freelance art company the Illustration Studio with 3 artists. And in 1983 he showed 2 artists how to publish there own comic- Eastman & Laird, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In 1984 he developed a special "un-flat" coloring technique for comics. From 1984-1987 he worked for the third largest national printing company as senior creative artist. Breaking away 1987 he began self-publishing prints and portfolios, later followed by books, more comics, notecards, photo portfolios, t-shirts, jackets, and trading cards based mainly on glamour, pin-up and vampire noir art. In fact Diamond Distributors has credited him with starting the whole-sexy "bad girl" movement, by laying the sensuous groundwork in 1987... Until then attractive sexy rendered women in comics were considered "lower art" and frowned upon. Today the sexy alluring fem fatale is the norm in publication and screen. Steve ushered in the winds of change for a whole generation.

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Attraction and Provocation Sonia Roji is one of the most talented erotic artists to come out of continental Europe. Roji was born in Madrid, Spain in 1971. The young Spaniard's sensuous works rival those by countryman Carlos Diez (with whom she has studied and worked) and put her in a class with other modern erotic masters such as Olivia de Berardinis and Hajime Sorayama. Her cultured family encouraged her interest in art and she expressed her young self in a variety of media, including painting and sculpture. This family support provided the foundation for her future confidence and success, though perhaps few if any could have predicted that her career lay in eroticism. An important event that helped shape the young artist's future was receiving two books filled with fantasy illustrations as a gift from her father. These provided enough inspiration to carry Roji to the Pena Art School in Madrid. Numerous awards for her fine art works further encouraged her, but plans to study at the Spain's School of Fine Arts were abandoned. She decided instead that she wished to delve further into the world of illustration. After a period of self-teaching, she enrolled in the C-10 Creative Workshop run by Carlos Diez, the most prominent Spanish illustrator and one of the finest erotic artists around today. There, she was able to hone her techniques, particularly with the airbrush. The school also helped the formation of a very productive professional relationship, and the young Roji and Diez collaborated on many projects. Her work with Diez on books and video games led her to Gen Con in 1998. There she met some of the famous fantasy artists that the convention traditionally attracts and more doors began opening for the young artist. She received commissions in a variety of genres, including magazines, books, video games and film concept design. Her skills became even more refined through this type of commission work, and eventually Roji found her way into the world of erotic art. The artist had always drawn and painted beautiful women, but she eventually realized that there was a public hungry for provocative illustration and erotic art. Her skills were recognized by major erotic magazines in Spain, which picked up her work and expanded her influence. Roji's pinup works are highly sensuous displays of airbrush mastery. Nude and semi-nude women with perfectly unblemished skin smile and writhe on white backgrounds. Some are stunningly realistic, while others seem to be hazy visions from erotic dreams. Her paintings show not only technical mastery, but also a very refined sense of beauty. They are sensuous, provocative and enticing. Sonia has worked with a variety of fantastic pinup models. Her A list includes Veronika (renowned pinup model as well as operator and co-owner of the Echo Gallery in Chicago), Eve Ellis (the "Red Queen of Fetish"), Bianca Beauchamp and Taylor Lee. Sonia eventually showed her work to Robert Bane, the well-known publisher, collector and curator of erotic art based in California. He was so impressed that he offered her a permanent exhibition in the Tamara Bane Gallery in Beverley Hills. Her work has also appeared in Chicago's famed Echo Gallery in their 2005 Heavy Metal Exhibition. Original artwork is handled through the exclusive agency of Robert Bane, owner and operator of Tamara Bane Gallery and Robert Bane Editions, publishers of erotic and fine art. Roji has also recently signed with Stickerchick, which now handles the distribution of the artist's images to signature groups. Sonia continues to paint, doing a variety of commissions and regularly contributing to Artcore (magazine for "xxxtreme erotica"). She is also working with a magazine called Senze, which covers the international fetish scene. Her position in the world of erotic art, not only in her native Spain but also throughout Europe and across the ocean in North America, is solid but still expanding. Her work appears in collections throughout the world. Sonia currently lives on the rugged north coast of Spain with her husband and two cats. Major Accomplishments numerous awards at Pena Art School in Madrid, Spain. collaboration with major Spanish erotic artist Carlos Diez. permanent exhibition in Tamara Bane Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. work shown in Echo Gallery, Chicago, IL. work shown in 2005 Heavy Metal Exhibition. regular contributor to Artcore (magazine for 'xxxtreme erotica). work with international fetishist publication Senze. variety of commissions for books, magazines, video games, and film concept design.

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A Movement for Erotic Art Each female is carefully sketched and 'brought to life'. Each has their own personality, but they all possess the individuality of the artist and his love of anything sensual. Paul John Ballard, born in 1960, was always prized as the best artist at Highbury Grove School. He was expected to pursue a career in art, but instead he decided to join the army. When he left the army, having obtained a City & Guilds certificate in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, he spent the next 12 years in a variety of jobs. Meanwhile, never losing his interest in drawing and painting, he took a part time course at the London College of Art. He received a diploma and over the years, built up an impressive portfolio. One day he decided he'd had enough of working in jobs he had no interest in and landed a job at Elstree studios as a scenic painter. It was here that he worked on backdrops for the Glyndebourne Opera House and the Royal Opera House. His work was so successful that it gave him the confidence to approach art galleries throughout London to arrange exhibitions of his work. It was one of these galleries that recommended him to exhibit at Erotica Olympia. He is the artist responsible for the designs of the WOW mug and novelty mug. He has a regular cartoon in the Kane magazine as well as illustrations. He now works on commissions and murals for clubs, hotels, restaurants and pubs. In various themes his work can be seen from Manchester to Eastbourne. In his erotic artwork, his chosen media are pencil, acrylic, watercolours and oils. Each female is carefully sketched and 'brought to life'. Each has their own personality, but they all possess the individuality of the artist and his love of anything sensual. High contrast and sharp detail are the two elements that form the basis of his art. Paul chooses certain parts of the figure to create movement and flow, which allows the viewer to feel the strength and energy of the figure. He also uses pencil and paintbrush to create mixed media work. After exhibiting for several years at Erotica Olympia, he realised that the only outlet for erotic art was at Erotica once a year, via the Internet and with very few art galleries as long as it wasn't too explicit. So he formed a limited company along with his brother Colin and Kenneth Clarke, and enlisted the help of Andrew Weston Smith. The project was the Beaumont Hall Studios, a 15th century derelict barn, which has now been totally transformed into a working art gallery. It houses the UK's largest assemblage of erotic artists, and apart from the displays of artwork; you can meet the artists and models and see them work. From there he wanted to form a movement for erotic art, not unlike the Impressionist movement, to help stimulate artistic ability. And so the Guild of Erotic Artists was formed with co founder members Kenneth Clarke, Andrew Weston Smith and Ray Leaning.

Huge and Loyal Audience Patrick Nagel produced some of the most recognizable images of feminine beauty in the 20th century. Combining sensibilities of fine art and commercial illustration, the "Nagel woman" continues to engage a huge and loyal audience. Nagel was born in Ohio in 1945 but grew up and spent the majority of his life in Los Angeles. After serving in the Vietnam War, he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from California State University at Fullerton. After a couple of years in the freelance world, Nagel accepted a position in graphic design with ABC-TV. It was a brief stint creating television graphics for promotions and news broadcasts; after only a year he returned to freelancing and received commissions from a wide array of major corporations and magazines. This impressive resume included work for MGM, Universal Studios, United Artists, IBM, ITT, Harper's Magazine, Architectural Digest, Rolling Stone, Oui and Playboy. It was Playboy that ultimately launched Nagel. Beginning in 1976, he was a regular contributor. His unique, art-deco-inspired erotic images garnered a huge following and eventually brought a celebrity-like status. Hugh Hefner remains the largest collector of his works, which fittingly reside in the Playboy Mansion. A couple of years into his work for Playboy, Nagel produced his first poster image for Mirage Editions. It was the start of a long and remarkable body of poster work and helped him achieve the immense distribution that has made his images so well-known. Nagel's popularity grew steadily with further work for commercial clients such as Intel, Lucky Strike and Budweiser. His cover for the best-selling Rio album by Duran Duran, released in 1978, further guaranteed the "Nagel woman" a place in America's cultural psyche. Typical Nagel women have black hair, full lips, high cheekbones, gleaming white skin and intensely erotic eyes. They stare out at the viewer with a mixture of challenge and sensuality. The features are simplified into clean and crisp lines. Nagel attempts to convey the maximum sensuality with the fewest possible elements, and succeeds masterfully. The women are sophisticated and confident, yet mysterious and alluring. Many commentators have noted their aloof quality; the Nagel woman is intelligent and attractive yet seemingly unknowable. The two primary influences that appear to have shaped Nagel's artistic sensibility were Japanese woodblock printing and art-deco. We see stylized figures composed with simplicity and precision and solid geometry. There are bold lines, neutral backgrounds and areas of solid black and white. The images are flattened into two dimensions. The realism, hyperrealism or pseudo-realism of other erotic artists is absent, at no cost to the powerful and intelligent sexuality. Nagel often started with a photograph and began paring down the different elements until he'd reached maximum simplicity. He took great pleasure and time in producing the preliminary drawings, considering the painting stage more of a chore than a joy. He liked to refer to Alfred Hitchcock's statement that the real fun lay in the script-writing, while creating the film was work. Besides working with Playboy models such as Cathy St. George and Shannon Tweed, Nagel painted numerous portraits of celebrities. These include a limited-edition serigraph of Joan Collins, who Nagel felt typified the sophisticated glamour of an 80s woman, and a series of limited-edition portraits of Mick Jagger. The popularity of Nagel's erotic images is difficult to overstate. His first one-man exhibition of paintings sold out in fifteen minutes. It was the first of many to draw huge crowds. When Nagel died, over 80,000 people owned one of his limited-edition prints. His work appears in the collections of many institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute, the Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at U.C.L.A and the Library of Congress. His work is broadly respected for bridging the gap between fine and commercial art. Unfortunately, Patrick Nagel met an early death at the age of 38. He was known as a heavy smoker and drinker, and there were rumors of drug use, but it was, ironically, exercise which brought him to an unfortunate end. He suffered a heart attack on his way home from a celebrity "Aerobathon." Major Accomplishments commissions from a great variety of major corporations, including MGM, Universal Studios, United Artists, IBM, Lucky Strike, Intel and Budweiser. regular contributor to Playboy magazine. cover art for the best-selling Duran Duran album Rio. limited-edition serigraph of Joan Collins. work appears in Smithsonian Institute, Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at U.C.L.A and the Library of Congress. received numerous awards, including recognition from Graphis, Communication Arts and Art Direction.

Classic Pinup Olivia de Berardinis is one of the most well-known and talented modern pin-up artists. Her images regularly appear in major magazines such as Playboy. Her works are favorites of erotic art fanatics worldwide. De Berardinis was born in 1948 in California, but her father's work as a freelance engineer had the family bouncing around the East Coast for most of Olivia's childhood. One of her most important early influences was her playful and free-spirited mother, who provided encouragement and even served as nude model for Olivia's amateur drawing. Art became a release in a world full of adults and her talent, particularly with the female form, was evident at an early age. In her late teens Olivia went to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts. After graduating, she took a variety of jobs while continuing to do her art, which at this time consisted mostly of minimalist oil paintings. Eventually the difficulty of scraping together a living provided reason to rethink her artistic direction. Since she had always been fascinated by the female figure and had shown youthful talent drawing nudes, she started painting beautiful women again. This led to reliable work as a commercial artist, painting erotic art for paperbacks and fantasy periodicals. Widespread distribution helped her gain recognition, and soon she was hired to paint erotic fantasies for men's magazines. The mature career of Ms. De Berardinis had begun. The mid-70s brought the artist together with Joel Beren, who would become both her business partner and husband. Together they established two companies. The first was O Cards, which printed Olivia's work on greeting cards. The second was Ozone Productions Ltd., which licensed her work. They both worked extremely hard to establish Olivia as one of the premier erotic artists of her time. The hard work paid off with Olivia's first publishing agreement, which she signed with Robert Bane Publishing. Over the span of two decades Bane released over 200 limited editions of de Berardinis' work and she had several one-woman shows in the galleries of Robert and his wife Tamara. The art of Olivia de Berardinis is sizzling with wild eroticism. Her subjects range from classic betties with shiny black bangs and devilish stares through nurses, cowgirls, and sultry substitute teachers to seductive pin-up representations of celebrities like Pamela Anderson. There is plenty of leather, lingerie, stockings and garters, heels, tattoos and erotic props. These paintings are loaded with playful fetishism, glamor and burlesque. Most of her subjects are in classic pin-up poses on brushed or monochrome backgrounds. Yet Olivia maintains versatility, doing fantasy erotica and painting women with wings and other female-animal hybrids. The artist's technical mastery is proven with a variety of media, primarily watercolor, gouache, and giclee. She also frequently does lithographs. Some of her images are have the luscious feel of the airbrush while others are almost painfully realistic. Many of her images are fundamentally surreal, combining elements of traditional eroticism and pin-up in new ways. The detail and sensuality of the paintings are not lost in reproduction. Here is Olivia's goal, in her own words: "I am always trying to simplify the image, to make it look effortless, to make the woman powerful, sexy, and dignified." It would appear that she regularly succeeds at this. Olivia and her husband Joel live in Los Angeles where she continues to paint while Joel plays the role of manager. The exclusive publishing relationship with Robert Bane Publishing ended in 2003, and in 2005 Olivia and Joel began doing all representation and print publishing themselves as part of Ozone Productions Ltd. Books, catalogues, postcards and collectibles featuring de Berardinis' erotic work are all available online through eOlivia. Pinup works are also published every month in Playboy Magazine. Ms. de Berardinis enjoys and excellent creative partnership with Hugh Hefner, whose influence through Playboy is immense. This arrangement is a testament to Olivia's prominence in the world of erotic art and her great talent. Distribution of the artist's images is also made possible through a contract with Creative Image Licensing and Management, which sells rights to individual images and works for use in signature works. Joel continues his tireless work behind the scenes and provides support in many ways. Together they manage the Olivia brand. Ozone Productions is in the process of putting together several limited edition works which will appear in both their online gallery as well as Bettie Page, Las Vegas. Major Accomplishments new work shown at "Erotics Gallery" in New York City, 1982. gala one-woman show at the newly opened Tamara Bane Gallery in Los Angeles, 1987. fourteen one-woman shows at the galleries of Robert and Tamara Bane. published Let Them Eat Cheesecake, the first of five books published under Olivia and Joel's own Ozone Productions, 1993. one-woman shows in San Francisco, Tokyo, New York and other major cities. regularly published in Playboy Magazine. work is popular with fans and collectors worldwide, particularly in the United States and Japan.

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Science Fiction Paintings Michael Whelan has been interested in the imagery of the fantastic since his early childhood. Combined with a love of drawing and painting, Michael turned this fascination into a career as the premier fantasy illustrator of the last 24 years. Since 1980, Michael Whelan has been one of the world's premier fantasy and science fiction artists. He is currently working full time on his fine art paintings, but in the past three decades he has created more than 350 book and album covers for authors and artists like Isaac Asimov, Anne McCaffrey, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, the Jacksons, Sepultura, and MeatLoaf. His clients have included every major U.S. book publisher in addition to such diverse companies as National Geographic, Roadrunner Records, and The Franklin Mint. This year he had his fourth gallery show of new personal works and he was the American Artist Guest of Honor for Nippon 2007, the first World Science Fiction Convention in Japan. A graduate of San Jose State University with a BA in Painting and a President's Scholar, Michael Whelan went on to attend the prestigious Art Center College of Design also in California, but he dropped out to accept his first book cover assignment. The most honored artist in his field, Whelan has won an unprecedented 15 Hugo Awards (Science Fiction's Oscar), 3 World Fantasy Awards, and the SuperHugo as the Best Artist of the last 50 years. The readers of LOCUS magazine (for SF insiders) have named him Best Professional Artist 26 times in their annual poll. In addition to countless Best of Show and Best Artist Awards from SF and Fantasy conventions and regional art shows, Michael was named a Grand Master by the Spectrum Annual of the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. His other awards include a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, a Vargas Award, and a Grumbacher Gold Medal. Michael has had 4 art books published as well as numerous limited edition prints, posters, calendars, and licensed products such as greeting cards, t-shirts and sculptures. He is a member of the Graphic Artists Guild and the Society of Illustrators in New York City, and he is an Advisor to the Masters in Fine Arts program at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. In 2003 he became a member of the inaugural Advisory Board of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington. The stunning color and composition of Michael Whelan's illustrations and his dedication to bringing an author's words to life have brought him fans throughout the world. Now that he is devoting all his time to his own visions, he has found many new collectors in the fine art world. His "gallery" paintings of his personal work are still infused with his signature "sense of wonder," but they are rich in symbolism and offer many layers of meaning to be explored.

Seductive Professional Passion Michael Moebius is one of the finest talents in erotic art to come out of Eastern Europe, or what was Eastern Europe at the time of his birth in 1968. Hailing from the area near Dresden, Moebius was raised in East Germany and showed an early interest in art. He claims that his first paintings in childhood were of animals and comic book characters and that maturity turned his attention and admiration towards female beauty. It was this interest in erotica which would eventually propel him to fame, but he didn't commit to art from the beginning. As a teen, Moebius attended a vocational school to learn construction, a field in which he worked until joining the army at the age of 21. His service spanned the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, an event which would have major ramifications for all East Germans, Moebius included. His eyes were suddenly opened to a variety of images from the west that provoked his imagination. Despite his artistic compulsions, he continued in the construction field and entered university to study Engineering. It was to be a relatively short-lived career, however, as he could not resist his artistic inspiration for very long. This inspiration came from two primary sources. The first was the artwork of Hajime Sorayama. He claims to have been "instantly drawn" to Sorayama's pinup art and credits the Japanese artist with helping him develop his own artistic sensibility. The young German taught himself to at first imitate and later to move beyond the compositions of Sorayama. The greatest influence, however, came from a rather different source. The opening of East Germany to the West brought not only Western movies, but also Western movie posters. Particularly fascinating to Moebius were the posters done by the Italian artist Renato Casaro, whose paintings apparently transformed the young German. He wrote a letter to Casaro and was surprised not only to receive a response but to be invited to meet the man who would become a lifelong mentor. Casaro would come to teach Moebius much of what he now understands about light and shadow, atmosphere and life. After his Engineering studies, the artist took a big chance and entered one of his artworks into the 2004 European Championship for Illustrations. He won. The next several years brought illustration and industrial design work for record companies, architectural firms and other industrial employers. In order to sharpen his already precise techniques, Moebius entered the Art Academy in Dresden. It was during this time as an art student that he began working with Playboy Germany, as well as other magazines such as Cosmo. The relationship with Playboy would prove to be extremely fruitful and continues to this day. The art of Moebius represents some of the finest erotic art of the past century. He pays enormous attention to the use of light and shadow "partly a result of his relationship with Renato Casaro" and what he calls a "heightened sense of reality." At the same time, he strives for honesty. His purpose, in his own words, is "not to paint pretty women but to visually communicate the beauty of the female form and the power of a sensual moment." Even a brief look at his work is enough to convince any viewer that he succeeds at this. Since the late 1990s, Moebius has exhibited his work very broadly. His paintings have been shown at the Robert Bane Gallery, the Robert Bane Global Gallery, Playboy Expos, a variety of glamour, comic and art conventions, fine art expos and pinup shows in France, the United States, Spain and Japan. The full list of exhibitions is extensive and serves as a testament to the artist's appeal. Michael continues to produce erotic works for a variety of clients and for sale through his Moebiusart Online Shop. He has also recently collaborated on Playboy's unique line of fine art prints called "Uniquely Playmates." This project clearly places him in the same ranks as other pinup heavyweights such as Olivia de Berardinis. This master of mood and character currently spends much of his time in Beverly Hills, California. He also travels around the world looking for inspiration, enjoying Germany and Italy in particular, the latter country being where his faithful mentor resides. Major Accomplishments winner of 2004 European Championship for Illustrations. attended Dresden Art Academy. produced illustrations for Playboy Germany and Cosmo. exhibited work at the Robert Bane Gallery, Robert Bane Global Gallery, Playboy Expos and a variety of other comic, art and pinup expos and conventions. collaborated on Playboy's Uniquely Playmates.

Sexy Artistic Wildlife Michael Calandra now produces amazingly detailed and refined images of fantasy and erotica, but his journey as an artist has taken him through a variety of surprising genres. Calandra was born and raised in the state of Michigan, U.S.A and had a variety of early influences. Firstly, there were comic books such as Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella, which engaged him on a deeper level than most comic-reading boys experienced. Michael had a voracious appetite for the images he found and began copying the art of such masters as Frank Frazetta, Jose Gonzalez and Bernie Wrightson. By studying their work, he gained a solid understanding of line quality, drawing and pen and ink skills. The attraction to fantasy and horror was sidelined, however, when he went to Monroe County Community College on an art scholarship. While developing his technique, Calandra focused on wildlife painting. He made significant achievements in this genre, placing highly in wildlife art competitions in Michigan and Wyoming, having work appear in several magazines, being featured at many gallery shows and wildlife art festivals and enjoying several one-man shows. In the early 1990s Calandra found a new direction. One might say instead that he reaffirmed an old direction. The imagery in the film Bram Stoker's Dracula compelled him to paint the Count character and to release it as a limited-edition print through Sony Merchandising. He thus made a professional entry into the world of horror and fantasy art. His work tended (and continues to tend) toward the darker side of fantasy and often revolves around a strong central female character. The next important step in Michael's development came with his learning of airbrush technique, which allowed the theme of female beauty to step into a new light, and the erotic artist emerged completely. There is a certain irony in the artist's transformation from one type of "wildlife" to another, but the skills he learned painting wolves, birds and other animals in their natural settings have given his later erotic work an unparalleled level of realism. His attention to detail is overwhelming, and it is immediately obvious that his paintings are the result of a long and laborious process. Working with airbrush and colored pencils, Calandra displays unparalleled technique and creates images of striking sensuality. The artist has worked with an impressive list of models and their photographers. This list includes names such as Seffana, Drakaina, Natasha Yi, Julie Kim, Nicole Damon, Debra Valentine, Debra Shaw, Kelly Kole, Khwan, Anastasia Dorohova and Jennifer Delora. Calandra's work also appears in Veronika Kotlajic's book The Muse and Bianca Beauchamp's book Fetish Sex Symbol. Calandra typically transforms these models into fantastic heroines clad in revealing armor and wielding impressive weapons or into winged goddesses in flimsy gothic lingerie. Further success in horror and fantasy art has come with some impressive accomplishments. Calandra was commissioned by Image Ten, Inc. to create the official art for the film Night of the Living Dead, and he has also done work for Fantasy Flight Games. Magazine credits include work for International Illustrator, Airbrush Art/Action and Heavy Metal Magazine. This last big name has even featured Calandra's work on the cover of the September 2007 edition. Art Scene International also ran a cover and feature article in January of 2008. The artist currently lives and works in Sylvania Township, Ohio. He continues to produce some of the finest pinup work of any American in the genre, and is proud to have his horror art appear in the collections of some of his heroes, including Tom Savini, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Ted Nugent and the band Kiss. When he's not in the studio, Michael is busy running the business he established in 2003: Frameworks Art and Frame. There he does innovative framing design and custom picture framing as well as custom drawings for gifts, letterheads and prints. Major Accomplishments paintings of wildlife have appeared in several major wildlife art magazines, including Monroe Magazine and Wildlife Art News. received commendation for artistic achievement from the State of Michigan. placed in top five in the Michigan Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition. featured artist in several gallery shows and festivals. commissioned to produce representations of 1968 classic film "Night of the Living Dead". work has appeared in a variety of magazines, including International Illustrator, Airbrush Art/Action, and Heavy Metal. work appears in Veronika Kotlajic's book The Muse and Bianca Beauchamp's book Fetish Sex Symbol. work appears in the collection of Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Ted Nugent, and Tom Savini, among others.

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