Kim's Corner
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Now every image in the Disney Company’s vast print and rendering archives are - prospectively - available to collectors. Just think of the possibilities. Think of your favorite image - your favorite scene - your favorite artist, Imagineer or attraction - and start making wall space. And so - this the first of it’s kind exhibit - is equal parts a celebration of the Anniversary of Walt Disney’s 100th Birthday, a gallery exhibit of the work of Eric Robison, a fine art sale, a merchandise event and a computer technology show. It’s bits and pieces of each and all for the collector.

Another wall full of Mickeys.
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The exhibit itself is a bit of an art lesson as Eric has used just about anything in his artist’s bag of tricks to create Mickey. There are pieces painted on parchment, on foam core, on cardboard, on tissue, on canvas, on paper, on art board and even a digital image created in Adobe PhotoShop. The images are crafted with finger-paint, and acrylic, and chalk, and watercolor, and wax pencil, and pastel crayon, and raw color pigment, and scratch board, and graphite, and charcoal, and gesso, and guache, and crayon - with a few other things - quite literally - thrown into the mix. The styles range from simple pencil sketches to watercolor wash to Japanese ink brush to splatter to impressionism and classic acrylic realism - on canvases from a couple inches small to several feet large. He has used brushes and sticks and his hands and a dinner fork to bring each of the pieces to life.

Some are quintessentially Mickey and some are Mickey through Eric’s eyes. Each in their own way is a unique vision brought to the audience and each is all Mickey.

Individual lithographs from the boxed set grace the Gallery's hallway.
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What more could a Mickey - or art - fan ask?