Jim Salvati
Jim has been a prolific artist for movie studios and theaters, with a client list that includes Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Radio City Music Hall. He was the master illustrator and conceptual artist behind many of the memorable images and finished paintings associated with the "Harry Potter" films. He describes his style as "painterly realism", and his favorite subjects are people. Ask him about a painting, and he will tell you the subject's personal story.... |
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Please call 707-666-2090 for additional Jim Salvati prints and original paintings we have available!Click on pictures for larger image. |
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HELLO YOUNG PRINCE Hand-Embellished Giclée
on Hand-Textured Canvas |
BLUE FAIRY Hand-Embellished |
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THE PUMPKIN DANCE Hand-Embellished Giclée
on Hand-Textured Canvas |
THE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS Hand-Embellished |
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MULAN AND KAHN Chiarograph on Paper |
JUNGLE GUARDIAN Hand-Embellished
Giclée on Canvas |
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TINKLED TINK Giclée on Canvas
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ALONE IN THE WOODS Giclee
on Canvas |
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AN EVIL TASK Giclée on Canvas
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I'M A BOY! Hand-Embellished |
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IT'S A GIRL Giclée on Canvas
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LUCY AND THE LAMPPOST - NARNIA Giclee
on Canvas |
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OUT ON A LIMB Hand-Embellished Giclée
on Canvas |
SINGING WITH THE BIRDS Hand-Embellished |
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SNOW WHITE Hand-Embellished Giclée
on Canvas |
SNOW WHITE ON THE BALCONY Hand-Embellished |
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THE CAT ONLY GRINNED Hand-Embellished Giclée
on Canvas |
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE Hand-Embellished |
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TIGER LILY AND HOOK Hand-Embellished Giclée
on Canvas |
WALT Hand-Embellished |
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WATERLOGGED Giclée on Canvas
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WE'RE SIMPLY MEANT TO BE Hand-Embellished 20 x 15
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WHERE ARE THOSE PUPPIES Hand-Embellished Giclée
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HELLO YOUNG PRINCE Oil on Board |
WHATCHA DOIN Oil on
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A VERY IMPORTANT DATE Oil on Canvas |
SINGING WITH THE BIRDS Oil on
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THE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS Oil on Board |
NO ORDINARY APPLE Oil on
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A DEADLY PLAN Oil on Board |
I'M A BOY! Oil on
Canvas |
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BLUE FAIRY Oil on Board |
AN EVIL TASK Oil on
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SLEEPY CUB Oil on Board |
AWAITING OUR FATE Oil on
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ALL DOLLED UP Oil on Board |
HAUNTED Oil on
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Artist Jim Salvati has a message for his students at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena: Even "normal people" can make it in the art world. "I'm a very regular guy; there's nothing fancy about me," says Jim, who grew up surfing the beaches of Southern California and went on to graduate from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in 1982. "I tell my students that you don't have to be extremely talented to make it. You can make it in life on passion and determination." Jim has plenty of those two attributes, and he most certainly has "made it" in the art world. He's been a prolific artist for movie studios and theaters, with a client list that includes Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Radio City Music Hall. He was the master illustrator and conceptual artist behind many of the memorable images and finished paintings associated with the "Harry Potter" films. He describes his style as "painterly realism", and his favorite subjects are people. Ask him about a painting, and he will tell you the subject's personal story. Salvati sees his paintings as his portal into various cultures and different areas of society. "I like the connection between people and their culture," he says. "The different emotions, gestures, moods, environments, and style of people in my life and those that I cross paths with, all become part of my storytelling". "Even with my Disney art, I think it's important to show who a person or character is and what is the most interesting part of their life the part that is bold and has guts." Character and boldness can be observed in the scenes that Salvati chooses to depict. They are often not only a defining moment of a film, but usually the most emotionally charged and sometimes heartbreaking. Bambi alone in the woods, the Huntsman with Snow White, and Scar leaving Simba in the canyon, are all turning points in the story, and when the main character had to show their "guts" or courage. Working in oil paint, Salvati uses panel and sometimes mounted paper preferring the option of layering paint to create a lot of texture, as he feels that an uneven surface adds to the emotion of the story. "My paintings are extremely thick and layered and oil allows me the time I need to play with the color," he says. For the past 22 years, he's
been teaching at Art Center himself, a gig he's found just as
rewarding and inspiring as painting. "I love teaching,
and students respond to my style because I'm so down to earth,"
he says. Abyproduct of his years as an instructor is his strong
connection to artistic diversity as well as a careful observation
of the changing world of art and how art interrelates with technology.
His experience and knowledge cross many boundaries into Print,
Film, Animation, and the fine arts.
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