SunStorm Arts Magazine presents Museum Masters

Ben Bonart Shines A Light

Sid Maurer

Socks A Homer

MUSEUM MASTERS

Don Oriolo Pays It Forward

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Museum Masters presents Tamara de Lempicka and Mucha exhibitions at Hangaram Museum in Seoul, Korea

Marilyn Goldberg address the crowd at the opening reception of the “Tamara de Lempicka” exhibition, SAC Seoul Art Center Hangaram Museum.

Mr. Daily of David Korea and Sponsor Mr. Sa Jin Parks and Marilyn Goldberg Pres. Museum Masters Iinternational at December opening of Tamara de Lempicka exhibition at Hangaram Museum of Seoul Art Center.

Marisa Doporto (great grandaughter of Lempicka), Marilyn Goldberg, VIP visitor Alphonse Mucha’s Grandson, at Mucha Opening, Ann Paddy Detroit Fine Art Collector

Marisa Doporto with Marilyn Goldberg and Korean Curators and promoters with YJ Communications Seoul, Korea.

Polish diplomats, South Korean Government officials and Marilyn Goldberg at Hangaram Museum unveiling ceremony at de Lempicka exhibition.

“Art is the expression of innermost feelings, spiritual needs.”

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SID MAURER A man of many stories.

By MARILYN GOLDBERG His long career in the world of Art and Music began at seventeen when he was hired as assistant art director at Columbia Records in New York City, where he spent weekends playing trumpet in Jazz clubs for extra money. In the period that followed, the music business exploded, and Maurer worked designing album covers and promotional material for popular artists.

His co-worker at the time: a young artist by the name of Andy Warhol.

As Andy left to pursue a career in “serious” art, Maurer expanded his commercial art studio to tackle a wide range of projects for the music and film industries. His position brought him into contact with a group of artists whose names are well-recognized today, from Pollock to Rauschenberg, and Maurer was strongly influenced by their work and ideas as he developed his own unique style of painting.

Marilyn Goldberg was featured on the cover of Fine Art magazine’s 40th anniversary issue in 2017 and also at a celebration at New York’s World Bar where at which tshe was presented with the magazine’s “Hero of Creativty” award SunStorm/Fine Art • Spring 2017 • Page 3

Throughout the mid-sixties, Maurer continued his work for the music industry.

He worked with famed British recording artist Donovan, developing album covers, poster designs, and even a film for Warner Brothers. It was during this period that Maurer’s work as a painter first gained recognition, appearing in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Paris.

In the early nineties, Maurer realized that the empire of music and art that he had helped to build left him little time to pursue his true passion: painting. He moved to Atlanta where he has lived ever since, developing a vast catalog of work and perfecting his personal style. In the last decade, his work has hung in a wide variety of venues, including the Georgia Capitol, the Carnegie Museum in Oxnard, California, and the U.C.L.A. campus.

His commissions include work for organizations like ESPN and MotorSport America magazine, as well as for individuals such as David Bowie, Boy George, and his old friend Donovan.

His recent works vary widely in subject matter, addressing fascinatingly disparate elements within our culture. Maurer’s series “Vanishing Georgia”, made up of 30 paintings, depicts key events and periods in the history of his new southern home. He also celebrates the heroes of our culture in “Sport Legends”, as well as the personalities that entertain us in series’ such as “Movie Stars” and “Famous Musicians.”

As a painter, Maurer creates large mixed media pieces that are very much a product of his varied training and experience. His style combines bold, dynamic colors and strokes with painstaking layouts and typographical elements. The result is the unique blend of a painter’s passion tempered with the calculating compositional eye of a graphic designer.

He explores his themes and subject matter primarily through symbols and personalities evoking pride, nostalgia, and hope.

His newest work, from the series “America, America”, and “The Great Americans”, depicts the symbols of our nation, as well as the heroes to whom we owe our freedom (from George Washington to Martin Luther King). These works were born of Maurer’s reaction to the 9/11 tragedy and the apathy toward America that he perceived on the part of many of her citizens. As the child of immigrant Jews who escaped the Holocaust and as a participant in American art and music, he has a strong emotional attachment to his subject. He challenges us in his painting and in his words: “Wake up America! Celebrate your country and its symbols of freedom. We Americans have had many father figures: Washington, Lincoln, and Martin Luther Page 4 • SunStorm/Fine Art • Spring 2017

Hank Aaron, baseball’s record-holding home run king who hit his 755th (and final) 4-bagger in 1974

Geroge Harrison, Donovan and Sidney Maurer harmonizing in this classic shot from the sixties.

SID MAURER’S Celebrity Icons

Sidney Maurer “Woman Celebrity Icons”, 5’ x 7’, limited edition

Sidney Maurer “Male Celebrity Icons”, 5’ x 7’, limited edition

King, among them. They belong not only in our hearts and memories, but also on the walls of our homes, workplaces, and public buildings; they deserve that honor.”

Sid Maurer’s “Celebrity Icons” — signed and numbered prints published by Felix Rosentiel’s, are selling quite well. MMI will soon be presenting new series of editions on many of the great images for which only original paintings were available.

Many collectors have requested collages of the legends, (such as Sports, Endangered Species, Historic, Classical Men icons, and Classical woman icons). To meet the demand, Sid’s first collages will be available in limited editions 5’ by 7’ by ClicArt contact (itzia@ clicart.com).

ClicArt has already published a giant Tamara de Lempicka series which are outstanding and make fabulous pieces for restaurants and large commercial spaces!

On behalf of Sid’s love for children any organization that engage and endorses print editions Sid will donate 20% of the selling price for Art and Sports educational scholarships. Sid’s popularity for his stylized images has caused for the development of a merchandising pop-shop similar to all of the products that were made for Keith Haring and Andy Warhol Pop Shops for 20 years by Museum Masters. And Art Merchandising and Media ag.

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The ‘Feel Good Art’ of Ben Bonart

LOVE HEART

After growing up in Washington, D.C, Ben Bonart moved to New York to pursue his creative career building brands working on global accounts at iconic branding and advertising agencies.

As an artist, he starts with movement and playing with materials, alert to what sparks his interest – always a surprise – and then translating his excitement into a feast for viewers. “I look for an “aaaah”response, neither overdone or timid.” Bonart’s paintBROOKLYN BRIDGE LIGHTHOUSE ings have evolved by his own observations of varied expressions of beauty; natural and human-made wonders, from petals of flowers to stars reflected in a river below, to skewed lines of elements as varied as the Brooklyn bridge and the American flag.

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“An Expression of Pure Joy”

SUNSET SAIL

“Creating charms its creator, which comes through in each creation. My art is a combination of chance and deliberation. I want the viewer to get lost in the imagery, to feel a freedom, to peek into a world that radiates vibrations of hues that evoke the expression of pure joy. My process is dynamic, interactive and expansive, creating compelling art that delights the eye and ignites the spirit and works with surrounding elements to tie together BEN BONART and enhance its space, whether a product, a room, a garden or a city block. Color, form and light mutually relate creating something new and better. My ‘feel good art’ absorbs the energy around me and transmits it to others and makes them smile!”

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Artwork: ©2017 Ben Bonart Licensed by MMI, NYC. Presentation: ©2017 MMI, NYC SunStorm/Fine Art • Spring 2017 • Page 7

Don Oriolo: Spreading Good Cheer In A Variety of Art Forms Well-known in the entertainment industry, Don Oriolo’s endeavors have taken him to successes in music, art, television and film for decades. Don took over the Felix the Cat franchise from his father, Joe Oriolo, co-creator of the modern-day Felix the Cat and spearheaded a masterful licensing campaign bringing Felix the Cat back into television and movies.

Felix is Don’s muse. As a loving tribute after the loss of his brother and sister, Don began painting full-time, creating thousands of paintings of Felix the Cat. He was named “Artist of the Year” by Fine Art Magazine in 2015. His books of paintings of Felix are best-sellers.

Don often says, “I’m only a guitar player!” But he’s so much more. He’s a painter, a cartoonist, an entrepreneur and an animal lover with an incredible sense of humor that shines through in his paintings!

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