JIM WARREN

Who Are Jim

Born - November 24 1949 Long Beach,California

Movement - Neo Surrealism

Education - Self Taught Artist

1975 Entered first public art show, in Westwood CA, and won first prize.

1978Commissioned by jazz greats Billy Cobham and George Duke to paint first album cover.

1979Accepted first-place award from Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley for Westwood art show.

1981Grammy Award winner for best album package, won for Bob Seger's No. 1 album "Against the Wind."

1985Began "Illustration" faze painting over 200 hundred book covers for such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Robin Cook and Clive Barker. Album covers for Prince, Alice Cooper etc and movie posters for Phantasm, Night of the Living Dead (the remake) Waxworks etc. Also numerous magazine covers such as Twilight Zone and Heavy Metal Magazine.

1990Painted "Earth...Love It or Lose It." This painting received critical acclaim, was featured on posters, magazines, billboards, t-shirts ect. and soon became the visual representation for the global environmental movement.

1992Began the unique trendsetting idea of collaboration paintings with famed marine life artist, Wyland, showcasing both artists' specialties...Marine Life (Wyland) and People (Jim).

1992 - 1993Comic Images released two sets of collector cards of Jim's paintings. Each set is comprised of 96 images.

1996Started portraits which Jim called "Personalized Paintings" for such people as Julliette Lewis (Vacation, Cape fear) Marine life artist Wyland and Michael Parnell (CEO of Oakley sunglasses)

1997To celebrate Jim's first 30 years as an artist, his fans convince him to release his first book entitled "The art of Jim Warren: An American Original."

2002Jim's second book Painted Worlds is released world wide in hard back by the prestigious European publishers Paper Tiger. In 2003 Painted Worlds is re-released in mass market soft cover. Coming in 2004; Painted Worlds 2 featuring the latest paintings as well as many rare oldies.

2004The Warren/ Disney collaboration paintings are released as fine art prints. With Disney being one of the earliest inspirations for Jim as a child, the was a very special project. Although Jim painting the Disney characters himself into the paintings, he was art directed by animators who have worked with Disney for over 20 years.

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PAINTINGS - PRESS HERE