The Pensacola Film Festival Painting I Did
Dear Friends,
Many of you probably recall that I lived in Shalimar, Florida for 25+ years, which is sort of in between Destin, Florida and Pensacola, Florida. Shalimar is almost like of a suburb of Fort Walton Beach. It was the only “home” I’ve ever known for that length of time, growing up as a military kid. As you can imagine, I am watching the oil spill situation with a heavy heart, as those sugar beaches — literally bright white, powdery sand–are about to be hit by the ugliness of the oil spill.
My friend Tom Roush started the Pensacola TV and Film Festival, along with the help of Pensacola’s former film commissioner and a great supporter of the arts, Denise Daughtry. (A special thanks to the 501st Garrison down there for ushering me into the film festival that year…) For Tom and Denise, I created this piece, which they used as their promo poster a few years back. This shows the real color of the water on the “Emerald Coast,” which is how it gets its name. Again, this is a rarely-seen look at some art that I created that didn’t really get released beyond our local film festival. It will be in my new book, “Rolling Thunder: The Art of Dave Dorman” (IDW Publishing/Desperado Publishing) as well. You can pre-order my new book here:http://www.amazon.com/Rolling-Thunder-Art-Dave-Dorman/dp/1600108229
Let me know what you think of this piece. For those who have often suggested/insisted my wife Denise was the inspiration for this piece (Steve Baker), yes, it’s true.
For the Buckaroo Banzai fans reading this, I will be doing some more Buckaroo Banzai work in the next few months, and I will keep you posted on that. I will have my original Buckaroo Banzai paintings with me this weekend at HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC.
Thanks for reading & please pray for the animals, beaches, people & their livelihoods on the coastal region,
Dave.
June 3, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Man…I didn’t know HeroesCon was this weekend. And I’m broke.
Arrgghhhh!!!!
June 4, 2010 at 12:30 am
Just come to enjoy the visuals, as though you’re at a comic book museum. The whole world is broke right now, myself included, but maybe looking at some beautiful art will make a small difference.
June 4, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I knew it all along!
June 5, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Is that woman supposed to be wearing film strips?
June 28, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Yes.
June 28, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Great painting! Keep up the good work!
June 28, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Thanks! I think I want to do a fund-raiser with this piece to raise $ for the Gulf Coast people. I’m working out the details now.