Lackey - McDonald 2 Man Show
“DRAWING A LINE” EXHIBIT FEATURING MATT LACKEY & JASON MCDONALD
OPENS JUNE 3RD DURING FORT MYERS ART WALK . ON DISPLAY UNTIL JULY 2011.
HOWL Gallery/Tattoo presents “Drawing a Line”, a new exhibit featuring two Fort Myers artists; Matt Lackey and Jason McDonald. The artists both work in line-intensive styles that feature surreal characters, scenes, and fantastical elements. Each of the artists has received tremendous accolades and numerous sales of their work at HOWL Gallery over the past 2 years.
Matt Lackey is an award winning illustrator, painter, and tattoo artist at HOWL Gallery. His art work is inspired by comic books, animation, science fiction radio shows, and graffiti art. The art works feature an ever-expanding cast of imagined characters such as robotic birds, gorillas, and beautiful women, rendered in layers of acrylic paint, paint markers, and pen & ink. Matt has been exhibiting his work for several years and had his first solo art show at HOWL Gallery in 2010; one of the gallery’s best selling shows of the year. Matt also shows at galleries in Miami and Detroit.
Jason McDonald is a self-taught artist that spent his formative years in rural Southwest Florida. It was during his youth that he began what he calls his “doodling” that lay the groundwork for his lyrical and fluid style of rendering today. Far from simple sketches, McDonald stimulates interest on a cerebral level in a whimsical and sometimes heartily silly viewpoint. He deliberately manipulates the dichotomy between simple drawings with complex ideas. McDonald’s work is effortless yet heavily premeditated. His creative process manifests as a stream of consciousness that is his unique style of fluff and grit.
The opening reception for “Drawing a Line” will be held Friday, June 3rd, in conjunction with the downtown Fort Myers Art Walk, from 6-10pm. The exhibit continues through June. For more information, please visit www.howlgallery.com
For more information, contact Alainna Zwiernik at 239-332-0161.
HOWL GALLERY/TATTOO PRESENTS GALAXIES UNITED
OPENING RECEPTION APRIL 1st DURING FORT MYERS ART WALK
HOWL Gallery/Tattoo presents “Galaxies United”, a new exhibit featuring the artwork of Stephen Hayford and Robert Hendrickson, both Lucasfilm artists living in Southwest Florida. The show features photographs of hand-crafted dioramas by Stephen Hayford and the graphically bold watercolor works of Robert Hendrickson.
Stephen Hayford is an award-winning photographer, working in photojournalism for more than 20 years. His journalistic work influences his art, which is approached from the perspective of a documentarian. Hayford creates elaborately detailed dioramas which he populates with customized action figures which are less than four inches tall. He then photographs these unique scenes with great attention to light, subtle gestures, and compositional storytelling. Thus he creates realistic, and sometimes exaggerated, portraits of human behavior in plastic.Hayford’s interest in plastics grew out of his childhood fascination for toys and passion for Star Wars. He channels this youthful passion as an official artist for Lucasfilm. His personal work reflects the peculiarities he encounters as a Florida resident.
Robert Hendrickson was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. At a young age he showed an interest in the arts that eventually lead him to the Art Center College of Design. Since launching his career as a freelance illustrator, Robert has created artwork for the entertainment, advertising, book and magazine industries. Past and current clients include Lucasfilm, The Jim Henson Company, Time Inc, Topps, IDG Entertainment and more. In 2005, Robert began officially creating artwork for the Star Wars universe. His work can be seen in the pages of Star Wars Insider to limited edition prints for Star Wars Celebration IV, V and Star Wars Celebration Japan.
The opening reception for “Galaxies United” will be held Friday, April 1st, in conjunction with the downtown Fort Myers Art Walk, from 6-10pm. The evening will also be a celebration of HOWL Gallery/Tattoo’s 2 Year Anniversary, and will feature a raffle with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Animal Refuge Center in North Fort Myers. The exhibit continues through April. For more information, please visit www.howlgallery.com, www.stephenhayford.com, or www.roberthendrickson.net.
