Actor Tom Wilson of the Back to the Future Trilogy Releases "Big Pop Fun", a Series of Paintings, Prints and Posters of Nostalgic Toys

Encino, CA July 18, 2004 -- After studying fine art photography at U.C.L.A., he followed the path from photography, to mixed media works, until he finally found a home in color and canvas. Tom studied drawing and painting at the Art Academy of Los Angeles, as well as the California Art Institute, followed by extensive study in painting with the noted abstract painter Rene Amitai, as well as the renown California impressionist Arthur Bjorn Egeli.

How did Tom come to paint toys from his past? Tom says, "My intimate knowledge of what it's like to be an object of pop culture has inspired me to embrace and examine the joy of memory, and the curious thrill of pop recognition. We love the toys that we played with, or longed for, just as we love the movies we've seen, some of them more for the memory of a time and place than the films themselves. Our pasts are sacred to us, and whether our early years bring easy smiles, or the distant rumble of thunder long past, there is an undeniable magic that surrounds pieces of clean, colorful plastic, made for us by giant corporations that told us: Buy this, hold it in your hands, and all will be well. Somehow, we believed them, and sometimes, we still do. Bottom line: These paintings are fun, and I love looking at them."

Tom has created "unapologetically fun, colorful, beautiful paintings of things that I like to look at" which include bicycles, yoyos, balsa wood airplanes, popsicles, electric football, toy guns and cars to name a few. For Back To The Future fans, he painted the Pit Bull Hoverboard used by his character "Griff" in Back To the Future II. His artwork has been featured in Los Angeles galleries and will be hosted by Nickelodeon Studios for a solo exhibition next year.

Original paintings, limited edition giclée canvas prints and posters are available now online from his website, www.tomwilsonusa.com.

For additional information contact:
Tom or Caroline Wilson
P.O. Box 18106
Encino, CA 91416
(818) 705-0211
www.tomwilsonusa.com






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