Franz Brown / John Falstaff (Franz Brown)

Franz Brown / John Falstaff

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Franz Brown
59 / Male
Hot Springs, South Dakota, US
Last Login: 11/1/2009

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Interests

General
art (representational, impressionism, American classic Illustration - Norman Rockwell, J C Leyendecker, N C Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Dean Cornwell), painting, history, Christmas, graphic design, communications and symbols, photography, environment (tree hugger for sure), Polar bears, botany, gardening.
Music
Classical, Mozart, Beethoven etc. Folk, John Denver, Enya, Simon and Garfunkel Instrumental, guitar, violin, piano, cello, bassoon
Movies
Chocolat, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill...,Millions, Big Fish, Neverland, Johnny Depp, French Kiss,Nobody's Fool Fantasy: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Science Fiction: Star Trek, Star Wars, Bladerunner
Television
Don't have one. but sci-fi addict. Discover, History Channel, Sci-fi Channel.
Books
Walden by Thoreau, "Cannery Row" and "Tortilla Flat" by Steinbeck, "Winnie the Pooh" by ??, "Wind in the Willows" by Graham??. Favorite Comics: Calvin and Hobbes, Get Fuzzy, Shoe, Pluggers
Heroes
Jacques Yves Cousteau

Details

Status: Single
Here for: Networking, Friends
Hometown: Hot Springs, SD
Body type: Some extra baggage
Ethnicity: Other
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Children: Love kids, but not for me
Smoke / Drink: No / No
Education: Grad / professional school
Occupation: Free-Lance Artist, Writer, Phtgrphr, Santa Claus

Schools

California State University-Northridge
- Northridge,CA
- Graduated: 1987
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Master's Degree
- Major: Communications
1983 to 1987
Monterey Institute Of International Studies
- Monterey,CA
- Graduated: N/A
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: none
- Major: Russian Language course
1972 to 1972
University of Washington
- Seattle,WA
- Graduated: 1972
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Russian Area Studies
1968 to 1972
Damien High School
- La Verne,CA
- Graduated: 1968
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: none
1963 to 1968

Networking

- Modeling
- Model
- Other
Santa Claus
- Fashion
- Production
- Other
Artist, Painter Representational
Free-lance photography, nature, digital

Companies

Jolly Fat Man
- Hot Springs, SD US
- Owner

Blurbs

About me:

Working as an artist in Hot Springs, SD. Former Marine (Captain) 7.5 yrs. Currently surviving as an artist: I do photography, occasionally a bit of writing. Did some writing on art for Southwest Art Magazine, USArt. Parents were artists. Father was Reynold Brown (1917-1981), well known for Movie poster illustrations. // Current Major art projects: A Walk in the Woods - Paintings of the forests of the Black Hills, South Dakota. // Santa Claus: As of 2008, a twenty year artistic collaboration with artist Tom Browning of Oregon, with me as a Santa Claus model for his paintings. Images are used on prints, cards, napkins, mugs, gift bags. These have been published worldwide. See some of these at www.tombrowning.com. Tom has finished an illustrated book, "A Night Before Christmas" using me as the Santa. Book should be available sometime in 2009. // Primary websites with paintings http://www.franzbrown.com http://www.jollyfatman.com.com http://www.johnfalstaff.com Personal profile at http://www.myspace.com/franzbrown A few videos of my work in progress are available on http://www.youtube.com/tummibear and http://www.youtube.com/jpfalstaff My photography is on http://www.flickr.com/photos/tummibear You may follow some of my paintings in progress at my art journal http://www.tummibear.livejournal.com

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