Morgan Weistling Ethan's Lantern Giclee Canvas Framed Description *Artist: Morgan Weistling. NEW RELEASE Sept. 2008! Title: "Ethan's Lantern". * Limited Edition "SMALLWORKS" Canvas Giclee" FRAMED! signed and numbered by the artist. Limited to a very low edition size of only 125 images (on canvas) worldwide. * Image size is 9" x 13". Outside framed size is: 14" x 17". Custom framed in a 2" wide Museum quality Italian walnut burl moulding with brass inlay design motif. We do all the custom framing here at the gallery in Vermont with over 25 years experience in the fine art and custom picture framing business. *An average retail price for this piece framed including the artwork is $395.00. Offered here on this "buy-it-now" listing framed for only $14.00 above the cost of the artwork alone which is $265.00. Mint Condition! Brand new stock directly from the publisher (Greenwich Workshop). We are an authorized dealer for Greenwich. *Be one of the few clients who can own this piece on canvas! Buyer gets FREE! shipping and insurance. *This piece will be shipped flat for your best protection in transit. Thank you. Jim Duff~ Early River Gallery.My Stores Logo *Early River Gallery and the Greenwich Workshop introduce a new Miniature Fine Art Series entitled "SmallWorks".Welcome to our first "SmallWorks" Fine Art Edition Show, featuring 75 "miniature works" from the Greenwich Workshop Family of Artists. Miniature art is an important part of any collection and this new series is a great way to begin! Such works are highly sought because of the low edition sizes and they are less expensive. A single small jewel of art can be that final, elegant touch in fine decor.These new pieces will be arriving and available for shipment over the next several months in 2008. About the Artist: Morgan Weistling began his artistic training on his father’s lap at 19 months of age, where he learned how to draw and more importantly, use his imagination. Capitalizing on his father’s talent for telling a story in comic strip form, Morgan began to develop a sense of narrative in his drawing. “It was here that art became a language for me.” At the age of 12, Morgan applied his interest in art to studying his father’s art books and began his art school studies at the Brandes Art Institute at 15. Working in a Los Angeles art supply store while attending art school, Morgan chanced to show his artwork to a prominent illustrator. As a result of their encounter, at the age of 19, Weistling found himself employed at a top movie poster agency in Hollywood. For the next 14 years, Morgan illustrated for every movie studio in Hollywood. His clients included Universal/Amblin Entertainment, Disney, MGM, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures and TriStar. In addition to movie posters, Weistling created all the cover artwork for the video series, McGee and Me for Focus on the Family and his art can be seen on numerous magazine, book, CD and video covers as well as Sega pinball machines. Since he has made fine art the focus of his art career, the collector demand for his originals has been overwhelming. With his masterful use of oils, Morgan Weistling brings a scene to life with spectacular lighting, creating a sense of wonder and engaging the viewer’s imagination and emotion. His dreamlike images touch the viewer’s heart, using more than sentimentality to engage the viewer. His canvases are filled with brushwork that tells a story beyond the subject matter. Like a skilled movie director, he manipulates the focus of interest with suggestions and impressions of forms that are barely realized and allow the viewer’s imagination to fill in the details. “There is a story underneath the story of my paintings,” Morgan adds, “I don’t hide the process of how I painted it. You can see the layers and count the strokes it took to get there. With some styles of painting, the closer you get to the canvas, the more you will see. With mine, the more you step back, the more detail you will see. That’s not easy, which is why it fascinates me.” Morgan Weistling follows in the footsteps of the masters he admires, John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn and Nicolai Fechin as well as many others. In all of his vibrant work, from western art to feminine forms, Weistling crafts a narrative, driven by clarity, focus and purpose, drawing on images inspired by his beliefs and scenes from daily life. “My hope is that people will enjoy viewing my artwork as much I enjoyed painting it. For me, art is my language used to communicate to others how I see God’s creation. When I experience another artist’s work, I love to see through their eyes and find out as much about the artist as the subject they painted. That is what makes art so interesting.” Weistling, a highly sought-after teacher, conducts private workshops with juried students and teaches at the prestigious Scottsdale Artist School. Recent honors and awards include the Patron’s Choice Award and the Trustees Purchase Award at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles, CA, the Prix de West Purchase Award at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK, and the Patron's Choice Award at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage. Weistling's book, The Image of Christ, was a finalist for the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion Book Award. Weistling met his wife, JoAnn, in art school. Their daughter is often a model in Weistling’s paintings. They make their home in California. About this Piece: “We can only see what the light reveals to us,” says artist Morgan Weistling. “To this boy, the lantern is a mystery worthy of his fascination. As young Ethan lit his lantern and slowly raised the wick, I was drawn to capture his form as it emerged from the darkness. I am always inspired by the challenge of editing what I see down to the bare essentials that let the viewer understand what I observed without the distractions of unnecessary details.” About Early River Gallery: Greetings from Vermont. We have been in business since 1977 offering Fine Art, Antiques,Period Victorian Lighting, Museum Quality Custom Picture Framing,Antique and Limited Edition prints.Also offering one of the most comprehensive selections of Fine Art Giclee Canvas and Lithographic prints on the web by major publishers such as The Greenwich Workshop, Hadley House Publishing,Mill Pond Press,Wild Apple Graphics and more...