More Bang For Your Duck - David WIllardson - Limited Edition Serigraph On Paper - $950 - (Henderson, NV)

"MORE BANG FOR YOUR DUCK" by DAVID WILLARDSON Serigraph on Paper Signed by the ArtistLimited Edition of 395 Size: 22.5" x 30.5"UnframedDavid Willardson is now the creative force of the "Pep Art Movement," an innovative new genre where cultural icons are rendered with an unprecedented infusion of color, personality, and energy. Unlike traditional "pop art" however, the subject's of Willardson's "pep" imagery are not soup cans or Brillo boxes; they are classic Disney characters. "They were my childhood heroes" Willardson remembers. "I never lost that." The images in his work express an untapped inner verve bubbling within, giving us a sacred glimpse into their technicolor souls. "And they do have souls," Willardson says of his subjects. "I certainly am a product of the pop art movement," Willardson professes, "but I also have a great love for action painting, which originated in the 1950s with Jackson Pollack and a number of other artists. Action painting is about movement, action and boldness in the painting. I have amalgamated pop art – which deals with pop culture imagery – and action painting, which is really energy painting." The result is a new genre that packs an energized visual wallop. Lurking behind his beloved Disney characters, Willardson discovered a team of animation geniuses that had left an indelible mark on American culture. He sought about learning their craft in order to figure out what made his heroes tick. "As a young kid, I studied them in minutiae," Willardson remembers. After graduating from the Art Center College of Design, Willardson burst onto the entertainment art scene. His passion for the craft and his natural creativity opened doors which allowed him to produce internationally known images, such as the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" movie logo and the classic "American Graffiti" car hop. However it was still the world of Disney characters that held the muse for him. "For years, I'd been studying the work of early animation masters like…

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