| Jim Sharpe has been
a professional artist and illustrator for nearly thirty years. Starting his professional
career as a designer and art director working on the Chevrolet account. In the automobile
industry he become known for the use of montage art, which at the time was a fairly new
concept in editorial art. Montage
art a collections of images blended together to convey a special message, to capture the
viewers attention and direct them through a maze of images, colors, and shapes, and in the
end, sell product or an idea with clarity and not confusion. Montages should be dynamic,
intriguing from close up to distance viewing of the painting. There should always be a
first reading, second, third reading and so on....
Jim Sharpe designed original
montage art for magazine covers such as Time, TV Guide, and Golf Digest, television poster
art for ABC and NBC televise. His works also encompassed movie posters, sports posters and
all types of advertisement campaigns.
This extensive review of Jim
Sharpe's background is to demonstrate Jim Sharpe's professional experience at designing
and painting large montage. He as done annual paintings for the United States Air Force
for nearly twenty years. These paintings now hand in the Pentagon and USAF bases around
the world. During the Persian Gulf War , Jim Sharpe traveled along with Bob Hope and his
last Christmas trip around the world. Jim's 4 1/2' by 7' painting "Around The World
In Eight Days" included all the entertainers in Hope's troop, the airplane flown on,
all the places stopped around the world, and of course all the different service branches
of the United States were represented.
His recent clients include, the
Lincoln center, the PBS Series "The Civil War", and Madison Square Garden.
Recently he executed the Cole Porter U.S. postage stamp. Mr Sharpe's work appears on
twelve postage stamps created for the Performing Art series. His work includes the
designed five coins for the U.S. Mint, one gold for the 1992 Olympics and four silver
dollar coins for the 1996 Olympic Games.
Being a native Texan, Jim Sharpe
is immensely proud and passionate of Texas ad its history. His Western Art collection
represents an unique view and representation of life in Texas. His collection consists of
wild horses, cowboys and rugged landscapes. In 1997 Jim Sharpe was awarded the
"PAREDA del SOL ARTIST" title. We welcome you to browse our art gallery, enjoy! |
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