The Boris Karloff Art Gallery: W-Z

Dick Westbrook is a self-taught artist and a life-long Boris Karloff fan. From an early age he had a passion for drawing, and became an equally passionate fan of classic horror movies, especially the Universal classics. As a child Westbrook drew constantly and tried to emulate artists whose work he admired. Among artists who inspired him were Mort Drucker, Jack Davis and Wallace Wood, humorous illustrators whose work appeared in Mad Magazine. He started out drawing classic cartoon characters, then created his own characters.  What has interested him most since he was young is the human face, and form, whether in cartoon, caricature, or realistic portraiture and illustration. Mr Westbrook has worked as an illustrator in educational curriculum, advertising, newspaper publishing, and children's' books. While at the Houston Post, he won first place in the Houston Press Club Awards for excellence in illustration. He currently freelances in Oklahoma, specializing in caricatures for corporate and private events, and taking orders from the internet, working from photos. You can view some of his custom caricature work on his web page at http://www.partypop.com (type in caricatures by Dick Westbrook when you get to home page)  He can be reached at dickwestbrook@yahoo.com Dick loves drawing and painting images of classic monsters and horror characters. Of course his favorite subjects in that category are the many characters of Boris Karloff.  He had such wonderful facial structure which makes him an artist's dream. Westbrook likes to work in graphite, prismacolor pencil, watercolor and prismacolor marker. [gallery columns="2" link="file" ids="787,786"]

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I have been drawing and painting monsters and fantastic creatures as long as I can remember, but nothing gets the old creative juices going like the classics from Universal.  I feel that Karloff, in particular, had an extremely expressive face.  That fact that he could communicate such pathos with a character like Frankenstein’s monster, who as an assemblage of dead bodies, is quite admirable indeed.  His presence on the screen is captivating and he serves as a wonderful subject for artwork.

I like to work in oil, acrylic and watercolor, primarily.  You can see more of my work on my website at www.dougwaterfield.com.  My email address is doug@dougwaterfield.com.  Some works are for sale, and I am available for commissions as well. -- Doug Waterfield Professor of Art, Chair, Dept. of Art & Art History University of Nebraska at Kearney 2506 12th Avenue • FAB 301-A Kearney, NE 68849 • Tel: 308-865-8352 • FAX: 308-865-8806 Web: http://art.unk.edu/unkart/ • http://www.dougwaterfield.com [gallery link="file" columns="2" ids="1582,1583,783,782"]  

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Terry is primarily self-taught, and works in acrylics, airbrush and colored pencils. He enjoys doing celebrity portraits and landscapes of upstate NY. He has been awarded one 2nd place and two 3rd place awards from the annual Elvis Presley week art contest / exhibition. He also has three Best of Show winners from the annual Arts along the Canal show in Seneca Falls, NY. His work has been displayed in various places in New York, including banks, wineries and restaurants. .He can be reached at the following address: Terry A. Wright 5700 Searsburg Road Trumansburg, NY 14886 (607) 387-9017 CapNted24@aol.com [gallery link="file" columns="2" ids="792,791,790,789"]

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