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Artist Fujiwara

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About Me

Kim Fujiwara has spent over 25 years specializing in advertising illustration, editorial art, cartoons, portraits, logo design, and concept presentations. From cartoons and conceptual renderings to portraits and montage art, Kim's versatility to use several techniques and mediums are unmatched in the industry. He has had the privilege to work with several top Fortune 500 companies and some of the finest graphic designers, art directors, and publishers in the country.After graduating from The Center for Creative Studies (CCS) in 1979, Kim worked at major art studios in and around the Detroit area for 12 years. During this period, he also instructed classes at CCS for 5 years. Currently he runs his own studio and still creates visual excitement with a unique entrepreneurial spirit for major clients and pursuing limited edition PIN-UP art.Kim's work has appeared on national ads, book covers, editorials, magazine covers, CD covers, posters, brochures, billboards, annual reports, point-of-purchase, and children's books.Some works have included portraits of celebrities such as Arnold Palmer, Jack NIcholas, Henry Ford, George Kell, Ben Wright, Al Unser Jr.,Isiah Thomas, Ken Venturi, Phil Mickelson, Hillary Clinton for the Washington Post, and a limited-edition print of Shaquille O'Neal. His work appears in several children's books including, Carlos Montezuma, Ishi, Science Adventures/ Whales, and Italian Portraits.Some of his recent works include portrait montages for Ford Motor Company's NADA awards, a painting of GM headquarters presented to Jack Smith, (chairman of General Motors), postcards for Chrysler consisting of painted cars and backgrounds of the P.T. Cruiser, the Sebring, and the Town and Country, a mural for The Coffee Beanery, logo and program cover for the first annual Concours d' Elegance in Southfield, artwork for wine labels for collector's series of MIchigan wines from Cherry Creek Cellars, and a series of three pin-ups (GOLF-GALS) signed and numbered limited-edition lithos.To contact KIm or inquire about prints, custom art or portraits, go to: www.kfgallery.com
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My Interests

Art, Golf, Cooking, Cocktails, Dining, Cigars, Dancing, Travel, Painting Beautiful WOMEN and Portraits Here is some of MY ARTWORK.... ..................Eric Gill:"Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word."........... Oscar Wilde:"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.".......Vincent Van Gogh:"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.".........Raoul Dufy:"My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly."........Picasso: "Woman is the only art form worth studying.".........K.Fujiwara: "The Art of Giving is Giving Art." "Bianca's Saloon" a portrait I did of my Mother. see Helen. She was an original Wongette at Andy Wong's Skyroom in San Francisco Bianca from myspace top friends. Portrait of Shawna

I'd like to meet:

ALL MY FRIENDS BELOW, and Charlize Theron, Rachel Ward, Steven Spielsberg, George Lucas, Brooke Burke, Ashley Judd, Jack Nicholson,creative people, problem solvers, witty humor like Ellen! People who want to buy art or sell art , so I can open a wine art gallery with exotic cuisine somewhere out west (Arizona?).

Music:

40's ,50's,60's,70's.80's,90's,2000?.. -Classic Rock, British Invasion, Motown, Oldies, Doo Wop, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Rockabilly- from Sinatra, Ella, Buddy Holly to Marvin Gaye, Santana, CSN&Y, The Who, The Doors, The Animals, Stevie Ray Vaughn to Donna Summer, Earth Wind&fire, musicals..- whatever sets the mood!

Movies:

Movies I chose to see more than once-Frankenstein, Wolfman, King Kong, Bonnie&Clyde, Goldfinger, Billy Jack,The Warriors,King Creole, East of Eden, Some like it Hot, 48 hours, Godfather, Wizard of Oz, E.T, American Graffitti, Saturday Night Fever,Cool Hand Luke, Open Range, Sound of Music, Big, Enter the Dragon, Westside Story, Empire Strikes Back, Pulp Fiction, Sayonara, Midnight Run,Pirates of the Carribean,Sharky's Machine,The Dirty Dozen, Dances with Wolves, Bullet,What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,The Birds,Lady and the Tramp. My friend Totoro, Second hand Lion, The Great Escape, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Seven Samurai, Spartacus, The Magnificent Seven, The Stuntman, Last Detail, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest......

Television:

Everybody Loves Raymond, Food Channel, NipTuck, PBS Some favorites; Cheers, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Ed Sullivan, Twight Zone, Home Improvement, and of course Johnny Carson.

Books:

Carlos Casteneda, Pin-up art Gil Elvgren, Art of Frank Frazetta, Lord of the Flies, Edgar Allan Poe, cook books.

Heroes:

Maxfield Parrish, Silver Surfer, Gil Elvgren, Walt Disney, Norman Rockwell, Michelangelo, Hugh Hefner, Frank Frazetta, Helen-my mom, wife Terri, family taking care of Mom.

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Oil on Linen-friend Sarah modeled."Bianca's Saloon" oil on linen(top friend)...
Posted by Artist Fujiwara on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:26:00 PST