Create Web Sites

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Monday, 13 August 2012

James Bama

Posted on 02:30 by Unknown
by Arnie Fenner




Every so often it's nice to do a "call out" to the artists who shaped out field. When it comes to narrative art rendered realistically no one casts a longer shadow than Jim Bama [b. 1926]. It didn't matter if he was doing paintings for the men's adventure magazines or model kit box art or paperback covers (of all subject matters), Bama was simply one of the best out there. While he left Illustration decades ago to devote himself to Western Art, his influence—whether directly or subliminally—is strongly felt. And think about it for a second: he painted something like 62 Doc Savage paperback covers and they were all good: who else has matched both that output on a single series and maintained such a level of quality? No one that I can think of.



When Ian and Betty Ballantine first began publishing books devoted to illustrators in the mid-1970s, the first two were devoted to Frank Frazetta and James Bama—with good reason. Both had a profound impact on the art community that is immeasurable. Frank passed away in 2010 but, fortunately, Jim is still with us (though retired from painting). Bama was one time designated as the "strongest man in New York" and reportedly still whips visitors to his Wyoming home in basketball. Flesk Publications has been publishing books devoted to Bama's art with a new one due soon.



I can't wait!



































Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook
Posted in | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • IlluxCon Lecture, part 2
    by Petar Meseldzija Emotion in Art This image is taken from Christopher Burdett’s blog ……. In order to explain properly these three stages ...
  • Paja Jovanović ( Vršac 1859 – Vienna 1957)
    by Petar Meseldžija Paja Jovanović is one of the greatest Serbian painters. Uroš Predić, another great painter, is perhaps the only artist f...
  • Painting Spider-Man
    By Paolo Rivera Mythos: Spider-Man, Page 22 . 2007. Gouache and acrylic on bristol board, 11 × 17″. Just a quick post today (but with lots o...
  • The History of Dragons in Art
    -By William O'Connor 'Flight of the Paladin', by William O'Connor, ©2012 The most iconic image in all of fantasy art is the ...
  • Frank McCarthy
    -by Arnie Fenner While putting together my previous post about movie posters, scratching my head and trying to remember who did what, I a...
  • Paleo-Illustration Into Creature Design, A Natural Partnership
    -By Terryl Whitlatch I am first and foremost, a paleo illustrator specializing in vertebrate, or back-boned, animal anatomy.  When I observe...
  • Bill Nelson Art Book
    A few days ago my friend and fellow creative Bill Nelson sent me an e-mail announcing his latest art book. Some of you may already be aware ...
  • Happy Birthday !!!
    Muddy Colors turns one year old today! Traditionally, first anniversaries are celebrated with 'a gift of paper' . So that's what...
  • Alien Portraiture
    By Terryl Whitlatch Towards the end of my tenure at JAK films (aka the Star Wars—the Phantom Menace Art Department), I started to work on ot...
  • Sketchbook 2012 Shipping Out!
    by Justin Gerard Sketchbook 2012: Ents & Orcs  ships out today!    The first 50 are individually numbered and have a personal drawing in...

Categories

  • Dan dos Santos
  • Justin Gerard
  • Paolo Rivera

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2012 (266)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ▼  August (36)
      • Digital Skin
      • Sketchbook 2012 Shipping Out!
      • Touching Up
      • Menzoberranzan
      • Dragon Con
      • Is That a Pledge Pin On Your Uniform?
      • ParaNorman Behind the Scenes
      • The Christmas Carol Collection
      • Duotone Illustrations
      • 'Acquisition' Painting Demo
      • Worst Restoration Ever?
      • 10 Things...About Planning Pictures
      • How to Draw the Head From Any Angle: Part 2
      • Sketchbook 2012: Ents & Orcs
      • Painting Ghost Rider
      • Alien Portraiture
      • Goddess of Antiquity : Process Breakdown
      • How to Draw the Head From Any Angle
      • Painting & Drawing Hands
      • Pit fall
      • Composition Basics: Temperature Structure
      • James Bama
      • Joe Kubert 1926-2012
      • Virginie Ropars Interview
      • Composition Basics: Value Structure
      • Composition Basics: Implied Line
      • Stubby In Space
      • Duda duda duda duda...uh...Catwoman!
      • Dragon Watercolor and Final
      • Painting the Hulk
      • Rockwell is Cheap!
      • Moebius Drawing
      • It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, no…it’s a Horse!
      • A little bit of realism ...
      • Challenges to Make Your Art Grow
      • Cat Token
    • ►  July (33)
    • ►  June (36)
    • ►  May (36)
    • ►  April (26)
    • ►  March (31)
    • ►  February (30)
    • ►  January (34)
  • ►  2011 (234)
    • ►  December (25)
    • ►  November (34)
    • ►  October (36)
    • ►  September (27)
    • ►  August (29)
    • ►  July (35)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (17)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

Unknown
View my complete profile