Hitchiking Ghosts - Tom Matousek - Treasure On Canvas Disney

Description

"Hitchhiking Ghosts"
by Tom Matousek
Giclee on Canvas
Limited Edition of 1500
Size: 20" x 10"
“It is my desire to create abstract work that is understandable to all who view it, while at the same time provoking thought, curiosity, imagination, inspiration, and conversation.”
Tom Matousek is a San Francisco based, award winning artist, who began his artistic journey by studying cartoons as a child and in a short time, could draw almost anything from memory.
“I have lots of memories of staying up late with my brother and friends, watching Creature Features and drawing anything we could get our hands on—the sports page, baseball and football cards, beverage cans and cartoon characters. I would stay in my room for hours creating my own cartoons. From the time I was a kid it was my dream to be a Disney artist.”
His meteoric rise as a prominent mural painter soon landed his artwork in the homes of professional athletes, high-end restaurants, and at AT&T Park, home of three time World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants.  These commissions soon drew the eye of San Francisco’s world renowned theater district, where Tom began a career in Set Design that ultimately led him, in 2010, to win a Shellie Award, the East Bay’s version of the Tony’s.
All the while, Tom Matousek continued to experiment with portraits on canvas, using abstract shapes in order to define his artistic voice even further. It was during this explorative period that Tom began to compose faces using sharp, geometric forms. Although this style, at first glance, appears to be about the individual shapes and colors, it is more about light value, and how that causes the human eye to manipulate the shapes and colors involuntarily in order to find a cohesive form.
This breakthrough in form and style led Tom to be named the artist in residence for the DDR Corporation, which sent him to a various cities around the country to create community art projects based on his unique style. In 2013 and 2014, he was the featured artist at the world’s largest chalk festival in Pasadena, CA. And shortly after that, At Art Basel in Miami Beach, FL, BMW unveiled their i8 concept car at Tom’s show, and he had the opportunity to present the highly esteemed artist, Romero Britto, with a portrait. Upon seeing Tom’s work, Britto, who is no stranger to people painting his image, remarked,
“At least 500 people have painted my portrait. Yours is the most spectacular!”
Most recently, Tom has painted for Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, former SVP of Google and current Softbank CEO, Nikesh Arora, and TOMS founder, Blake MyCoskie, in addition to countless portraits of celebrities, world leaders and global icons. With all of the famous faces to have graced Tom Matousek’s canvases over the years, it is only fitting that he now turn his deftly trained brush towards one of the most iconic faces in the entire world, Mickey Mouse, thus making his childhood dream of being a Disney Artist come true.
Do you remember the first time you ever watched a Disney film?  That childlike wonderment? That complete immersion in story?  These feelings, among many others, are what Disney Fine Art’s newest collection celebrates.  From the "silver screen" to our new Silver Series, Walt Disney’s magical gift for storytelling is alive and well.  These beautiful, modestly priced, limited editions arrive to you in a custom frame that is adorned with a Silver Series plaque commemorating all the memories Disney Animation has created over the years.  This is a truly magical opportunity for you to own a bit of Disney History, and transport yourself back to when these classic characters first jumped off the silver screen, and right into your heart.
GALLERY QUALITY PRESENTATION
Each Silver Series edition is printed using archival inks and canvas, and is then hand-stretched and mounted in a custom designed frame created to accentuate each, individual piece of art.
LIMITED AND CERTIFIED DISNEY ART
Every Silver Series piece is a limited edition of 500, and is sent to you complete with a Certificate of Authenticity mounted on each, paper backed frame.
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These etched plaques are hand mounted on each frame, and signify that the utmost attention to quality, craftsmanship and detail have been paid
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