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Arte Without Borders
Museum Quality Artwork ~ Suitable for framing.
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The Male and Female Form
A Themed and Juried
Solo Show - Eros Obregon
The New Abstract Series |
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Following training at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, Theadora Van Runkle started out as an illustrator for store advertisements and catalogues. She first worked in the motion picture industry as a sketch artist on the epic film HAWAII (1967). Van Runkle made a lasting name for herself, as a motion picture costume designer, when her first film, BONNIE & CLYDE, with her 1930's costumes for Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Gene Wilder, and Michael J. Pollard started an exciting international fashion trend.
Van Runkle went on to become a top designer in her field, creating costumes for all the great stars of our time - Lucille Ball (MAME); Peter Sellers (I LOVE YOU ALICE B. TOKLAS); Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Dianne Keaton, Robert Duvall (GODFATHER II); Liza Minelli, Robert DeNiro (NEW, YORK, NEW YORK); Raquel Welch, John Huston (MYRA BRECKINGRIDGE); Steve McQueen (BULLIT); Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Dyan Cannon (HEAVEN CAN WAIT); Ryan O'Neil, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neil (NICKELODEON); Julie Andrews, William Holden, Shelly Winters, Larry Hagman (S.O.B); Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters (THE JERK); Dolly Parton (BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS), and more... 36 major motion pictures in all!
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science nominated Theadora Van Runkle for an Oscar for Best Costume Design for BONNIE & CLYDE (1967), THE GODFATHER, PART II (1974) and PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (1986).
Van Runkle went on to win the Los Angeles Art Directors Award (in 1962) and she joined other fashion icons, such as Oscar de la Renta, when the international press honored her with the Golden Tiberius Award in Rome, Italy (1968)
Van Runkle has been nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Costumes from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for her work on HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978) and PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (1986), and she won the BAFTA Film Award (the English equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Costume Design for NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977).
Van Runkle also received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for the Series WIZARDS AND WARRIORS (1983).
Theadora Van Van Runkle was awarded the Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild in 2002.
To learn more about Theadora Van Runkle and her work, please visit
An emerging artist on the Los Angeles art scene, Eros Obregon has been painting since he was 8 years old, when he was enrolled in one of Tijuana's premiere art schools, "La Casa de la Cultura." It wasn't until Eros moved to the United States, however, that his artwork began to express his own personal view of humanity and spirituality, and, in 2001, he began to seriously focus his vision on a world that he believes is at times locked in illusion.
Obregon's paintings employ countless symbols and signs that tap into a greater collective consciousness, forms that depict the archetypal realm lying just below the skin of everyday ordinary awareness. Eros’ drawings are particularly expressive, a spontaneous interplay between form and content that some say uniquely captures the subjects at hand.
Eros also began studying performance at 6 years old when his Mother enrolled him in dance, theatrical, and folk art classes. He later took up more formal studies in modern dance.
At 17, Obregon also began his career as an award-winning fashion model, first with the Glamour Agency in Tijuana, Mexico, and then working under contract with Arte Model and an international clientele.
On coming to the United States, Eros continued his modeling career with the Action Agency located in the Sunset Plaza district of Los Angeles. It was then that he began to shift his focus to more concerted efforts in the visual fine arts. His performance activities began to shift as well, with more modern dance - jazz and ballet - and especially through performance art, both in the mytho-classical sense, as well as a venue for more socio-political activism. This latter theme continues to carry over into Eros' fine art today.
Paul Chirumbolo has been writing, painting and drawing since his early teens. Chirumbolo holds a Bachelor degree from Ithaca College with a minor in Studio Art, a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting from the Gray Film Atelier, A Graduate Certificate in Filmmaking from the American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies, an MFA in Filmmaking from the American Film Institute Conservatory Program, Certification in Non-Profit Program Planning, Development and Evaluations from the Grantsmanship Center, Los Angeles, and an MA in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.
Chirumbolo has explored eastern and western psychospiritual traditions for the past 31 years, an influence that is found throughout his writings, filmwork, paintings and drawings. He has maintained a practice of Hatha Yoga and meditation since 1979 and he is an initiated yogi in the Siddha Yoga tradition. He has also lived and trained with native healers of North and South America.
Chirumbolo's non-fiction books include The Dreamwork Series, The Gay Studies Series, and the upcoming The Original Gay Tarot - the latter accompanied by a series of 78 original paintings to be reproduced as a new set of Tarot cards. His website, “Inner Work With Paul Chirumbolo,” was launched in 2000, presenting select writings and workshop offerings. The website continues to receive over 7,000 unique visitors each month.
A longtime writer, Chirumbolo's background also includes twelve years having worked in the motion picture industry, as Story Editor on FOOTLOOSE, QUICKSILVER, BIG BUSINESS, THE BODYGUARD and MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, as well as Creative Executive on NOBODY'S CHILD, LONESOME DOVE, and THE MEMORY BOY. He is author of eight other feature screenplays, including professional screenwriting collaborations with Paul Monette (TAKING CARE OF MRS. CARROLL), Anjelica Huston (O PIONEERS!), and Franco Zeffirelli (YOUNG TOSCANNINI, CHOPIN, and THE FLORENTINES).
Chirumbolo left the motion picture industry to found The Community Arts Center, a non-profit, public benefit corporation formed as center for the arts for the gay and lesbian population of Los Angeles. For four years Chirumbolo worked as Founding Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Arts Center served as forerunner to today’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza, a 34,000 sq. ft. cultural hub located in Hollywood, CA.
His paintings and drawings are in collections both in the United States and abroad.
To learn more about Paul Chirumbolo and his work, please visit
Sasja Lucas was awarded her BFA from SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, and an MA in Painting from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Her diverse artistic activities include producing murals, working in graphic design, architecture and interior design, as well as exhibition and stage design. She has also worked in 2-D and 3-D fabrication for animation.
Lucas is a Founding Member and Director of the Cornwall Gallery and Co-Curator of Gallery 659 in Boston, MA. She is also Director of Classroom Programming and a Founding Member of the Menino Art Center. She has taught art and design at Newbury College and the Fuller Museum, and has worked in the Design and Fabrication Department of the New England Aquarium.
As owner of the Sasja Lucas Art Studio, Sasja's fine art is evidence of an act of discovery which occurs through the process of creation, wherein the process itself becomes the driving force. Sasja's paintings, drawings and prints have been shown and collected worldwide.
Chinese artist Eros Zhao's passion for art began at a young age. His father, who is also an artist, helped Eros develop his skills in Chinese painting, and Zhao began an art-focused education when he was only six years old. His training culminated with acceptance into the China Central Adademy of Fine Arts in Beijing, an internationally recognized art institution, and he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006.
Zhao has held exhibitions in China and America, including a solo show sponsored by the Qingdao Artist Association. In 2006, Zhao also published a book of his sketches, titled Male Lust (People's Fine Art Publishing House, Beijing). Since emigrating to Southern California in the United States, he has also worked as a fashion designer and has launched his own line of t-shirts, accessories, and artwork. In September 2010, Zhao began graduate studies in painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).
Carly C. Barvinchak has been creating art since she was a young child. She studied art throughout high school earning a Rod Serling School of Fine Arts diploma with a concentration in Photography from Binghamton High School, Binghamton, NY. She also took ceramics classes at the Clay Works center through Roberson Museum in Binghamton, NY. She originally went to SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, to study photography but ultimately changed degrees. She pursued her passion of working with children as well as creating art and earned a BS in Art Education. She later earned an MS in Education from Elmira College, Elmira, NY.
Carly enjoys working in a variety of mediums, including printmaking, ceramics, fiber arts, and especially mixed media. She currently teaches Art at her alma mater, Binghamton High School, including the International Baccalaureate Art & Design class, which allows her to explore an array of artistic techniques with her students. Since taking over this college prep class almost four years ago, the enrollment has more than tripled. In 2008, Carly started the first annual Holiday Art Sale at Binghamton High School featuring student work; the funds raised are given as scholarship awards to students pursuing art after high school.
Carly sold her first art piece at the Mission Art Gallery in Binghamton, NY, as a high school student. She is currently a member of, and has shown work at, the Cooperative Gallery 213 in Binghamton, NY, including a series of prints inspired by a two month trip around the Australian outback. She also shows and sells her work at the Sea Hag Soaps & Art Mercantile in Brackney, PA. |
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Original Paintings
Theadora Van Runkle
Eros Obregon
Paul Chirumbolo
Sasja Lucas
Eros Zhao
Carly C. Barvinchak