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Friday, April 26 • 10:15am - 11:00am
Plein Air Painting and the Movie Industry Panel

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Plein Air Painting and the Movie Industry
How has plein air painting influenced and impacted animated motion pictures? What have top animation artists discovered about color and light that can help painters? Join artists Mike Hernandez (Dreamworks) and Bill Cone and Sharon Calahan (both with Pixar Animation Studios), all film industry veterans and landscape painters, in a discussion with Eric Rhoads. The panel will be recorded and released as a podcast episode for The PleinAir Podcast with Eric Rhoads.

Speakers
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Mike Hernandez

A native Angeleno, Mike Hernandez is a plein air painter skilled in gouache, oil and acrylic, who’s works have been featured in several on-line publications as well as galleries. His process began as a young child, painting still life images. Influenced by the likes of Edgar Payne... Read More →
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Bill Cone

Bill has been painting landscapes for the past 22 years and has also worked as a film designer since 1993 for Pixar Animation Studios. In 2005, with his friend Paul Kratter, he organized an artists’ pack trip into the Sierra Nevada backcountry, which has become an ongoing source... Read More →
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Sharon Calahan

Sharon is an artist at Pixar Animation Studios, with over 25 years of experience, currently in production on her eighth feature film as a director of photography. Painting from life is a profound inspiration and continuing education for creating rich worlds in her animated films... Read More →


Friday April 26, 2019 10:15am - 11:00am AKDT
Main Stage