Back in July of ‘09 Fabulous Frames & Art hosted an art show that was comprised of a “trove” of original Charley Harper gouache paintings on board. The paintings were part of the Ford Motor Company’s Corporate Art Collection.
Exhibition description:
Part of a trove of original paintings in the Corporate Art Collection of the Ford Motor Company “lost” to collectors and the studio itself for 35 years
No one knew they existed until the Ford historian let Charley Harper’s son know they had been relocated along with the Norman Rockwells.
These gems, all gouache paintings on board, were offered for sale to the Harper family subject to approval by Edsel Ford II.
Every painting had appeared at some time or another in the Ford Times or Lincoln Mercury Times Magazines.
My wife and daughter, who at the time wasn’t 2 weeks old, went to the show open. As always Fabulous frames & Art was the place to be. I don’t think I’ve been around so many Charley Harper fanatics as I had that day. The show had visitors from states all around Ohio. I have below a bunch of the photos I took during the show… they aren’t the best due to the reflections on the frame’s glass. Oh, and I could only snap photos of the ones that were shoulder high and below. I wish I could’ve taken photos of all the paintings for those of you who couldn’t make it to the show. Sorry it took me so long to post.
Just the other week a friend of mine send me a link to a video contest for Wright-Patt Credit Union. Myself, Matt Mulchahey & Alex Mangen made an entry. Turn around was really fast and the film isn’t as polished as I’d like it to be but at least we made it in on time. The video stars the great Charlie Clark.
We shot the video in the North River Coffee House in Dayton and all the green screen of Charlie in my condo. We used some Kino lights and a small Arri kit to light everything. We used an HDV workflow that I converted to Apple Pro Res 422 HQ on ingestion and it seemed to work just fine between Final Cut Pro and After Effects.
Watch the video then follow this link and vote for the video “Web Banners.” Vote everyday until Feb. 15th!!
Head over to MacHeist.com to download some pretty handy apps that normally cost on the low end $15-25 each… all for free! There are only three more days left on the offer so HURRY! Also if they get more than 500k downloads for the “nanoBundle” then it will unlock the program Mariner Write a $50 value! Go do it and be happy. Oh yeah, they are MAC only so all you PC dudes can keep playing your XBOX 360.
I know there are a few DeLorean cars in the Dayton area but this one was probably the best looking one I’ve seen. I saw this one in Centerville outside a store filled with imported goods from China, some of you know what I’m talking about.
I would’ve waited for the owner to come out and shoot some more photos of the interior and him/her with the car but my little newborn daughter was crying in the back and I had to get home to feed her.
Back on July 11th Fabulous Frames & Art hosted a show exhibiting a “…trove of original paintings in the Corporate Art Collection of the Ford Motor Company lost to collectors and the studio itself for 35 years.” I was able to go to the show opening with my wife and our, at the time, 11 day old daughter. All of the paintings in the show at one time or another appeared in either the Ford Times or Lincoln Mercury Times Magazines.
I took as many photos as I could of the gouache paintings on board. de-OH’s official post is coming soon but below are two photos to get you all excited!
For a stretch of a few years after high school I moved to South America and lived in the northern region of Argentina. Salta, Tucuman and Jujuy were my stomping grounds and empanadas, alfajores and mirinda manzana were staples in my diet. While in Argentina I was obsessed with their art, specifically Florencio Molina Campos. I won’t go too much into Molina Campos now but here are just a few things to consider… he did paintings for the Alpargatas calenders in Argentina and then in the United States for Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Co. He also spent some time working for Disney. I have a few of the calenders from the 40’s and some from the Min-Moline days that I’ll post sooner or later.
The Fausto book that I have below is a pretty rare second edition. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Recently I had the pleasure to work with a great group of producers, camera ops, grip & electric crew, countless PA’s and other crew members from all over the country on The Style Newtwork’s hit show Clean House. The show’s cross country tour landed them in the city of Westwood, Ohio just outside downtown Cincinnati. The Baglien home was the last stop for this season and boy was it a stop. This house took us twice as long as house a “normal” show (keep in mind this was the messiest house in America and we did the entire house, not just a few rooms) and the house had so many possesions/clutter in it that we had to get an out of business Steve & Barry’s retail location to house, sort and sell everything from the Baglien’s home.
Though the neighbors enjoyed us helping out the Baglien family, I’m sure they will not miss our three giant tour buses (one of which was used as John McCain’s Straight Talk Express), the grip truck, the generators, the merch truck, the many pass vans, the giant dumpsters etc. etc.
There was some drama on set as well a couple of times… remember this is a “reality show”… so I can’t wait to see how the show will be cut together in post. The 2 hour special should air around the 4th of July so check your local listings.
Just as an FYI for those that might be wondering… the show was shot on XDCAM. The lighting in the house is all Kino Flo w/daylight lamps… there was also a great deal of ND filters used on the windows at the house as well as at the yard sale location. Outside of the house it was all HMI.
Here are a few photos and a video from the shoot (excuse the quality, they are all off my cell phone):
This is just a cell phone video of a mouse in the basement
The Bellator Fighting Campionships were in Dayton, Ohio at the Hara Arena a few days ago. It was great to work with Bellator, ESPN Deportes and the entire crew on the show. The fights were great, the event was fun and they even had a Bellator first…. a female MMA fight. This event was part of the Bellator’s first season, so if you are into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and you haven’t heard of the Bellator Fighting Championships look them up.
Checkout the Bellator website, watch some videos, speak a little Spanish, buy a t-shirt and a DVD and maybe we’ll be able see Bellator in the seasons to come.
