DISNEY CHARACTER DESIGNER RIK MAKI OPENS HIS SKETCHBOOK :: Van Eaton Galleries :: Reception & Exhibition June 21, 2006

VAN EATON GALLERIES AND CREATIVE TALENT NETWORK PRESENT A SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF THE SKETCHES OF VETERAN DISNEY CHARACTER DESIGNER RIK MAKI - JUNE 21ST THROUGH JULY 8, 2006, WITH AN OPEN RECEPTION AND PANEL ON JUNE 21st FROM 7:30pm - 10:30PM.

June 1, 2006 - Los Angeles, CA - A Premier Exhibition focusing on the work of one of the most prolific Character Designers in animation, RIK MAKI, reveals a seldom seen world of inspiration sketches and designs from the artists‘ vast collection. The artist will be in attendance at the Opening Reception, Wednesday, June 21st from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Van Eaton Galleries, sketching at his animation table “ rigged with a special camera and monitor that will allow visitors to see him in action. Please RSVP at www.vegalleries.com or contact [email protected] .


Preferring to call himself a quick sketch artist, Maki has spent the past two and a half decades in animation, principally with the Walt Disney Studios, contributing character designs to such features as The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Fantasia 2000, Hercules, Treasure Planet, A Bug's Life, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

SCRIBBLIN' ON SCRAP, on display through July 8th, 2006, and is an exhibition and sale of over 150 pieces from what can best be called an unbound sketchbook’. The immediacy of the idea lives on these scraps and burns at its brightest in that first transfer of idea to image - flowing instantly from the mind of the artist to the paper. The result is a treasure trove of artifacts that celebrate the power of the pencil.

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