Defending the Gates from Scott Sherman is iconic yet transcendent in its own right. All images courtesy of DreamWorks Animation Fine Art.
"There's visual imagery created for these films that no one gets to taste other than in an art book or the Shrek ride at Universal," suggests KC Sanders, owner of the Ogden, Utah-based Sanders Art Studio, producer of the works and the exclusive global licensee of DreamWorks Animation Fine Art. "What we get to do is bring these films into guest's homes.
Sanders, who started out working with Disney years ago, realized that there were untapped possibilities with DreamWorks, so they've begun by utilizing works from Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Bee Movie, Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon and the upcoming Megamind.
Gingy in stained glass by David Bird
is a unique piece of mixed media.
The interpretive art ranges from vintage posters to Picasso-esque re-imaginings of Shrek. The majority of art produced from DreamWorks images is highly collectible, according to Sanders, with limited editions running as high as $8,000 per print.
"Tim West is a paper sculpture artist and he does a one-of-a-kind paper sculpture of Po from Kung Fu Panda," Sanders adds. "The originals are in our gallery in Utah, and we have some other originals that are available for sale in about 50 galleries across the country or on our website: http://www.dreamworksanimationfineart.com/servlet/StoreFront
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Ch-Ching! Just another soulless way for Dreamworks to cash in and make a Buck. I love how its not even Dreamworks artists that produce the work. They farmed it out! Classic.
I feel like all these exhibits and presenting this as the studio simply appreciating the creative thought they've put into the projects is disingenuous. This all seems like advertising, and Dreamworks trying to convince people that they do have a critical concern for what goes in their movies, while their history sort of points in the opposite direction (both in the movies and Jeffrey Katzenbergs rumored behavior in his early relationship with Pixar, and the shareholder suit that was filed in 2005 against Dreamworks about Shrek 2 DVD sales, etc).
I don't really trust Dreamworks, probably because of those things, and how this seems so much like a cynical approach to more securing more revenue and credibility after they noticed how Pixar presented their production artwork.
Who cares how much each of these pieces costs.
At least they're trying I suppose, but it's hard to get away from the fact that it was founded to make money by selling merchandise, not because they care.
I really like to read about animation work and i will love to watch it
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