A painting and limited-edition print created by artist Michael Cartellone and used in the CD booklet of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 2005
May 18, 2007 (Press Release) --
Cover Story for May 11, 2007
Subject - "Lynyrd Skynyrd Road Series - Blue" - a painting and limited-edition print created by artist Michael Cartellone and used in the CD booklet of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 2005 release on Universal Music's UMTV records titled "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Greatest Hits".
By RockPoP Gallery
http://www.rockpopgallery.com
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Greetings - As those of you who visit the RockPoP Gallery site and have read my past "Cover Stories" columns know, our focus has been on trying to elevate the status within the fine art world of people who earn their living creating the artwork and photography that grace your favorite album/CD covers and other music-related promotions and packaging. All of the artwork and photographs featured to this point were created by talented individuals who make their living on "the graphics side" of the business. This Cover Story, though, is quite special, as it features the work of someone who has earned his fame as a much-praised studio/tour drummer (and continues to enjoy a fantastic career as the drummer for some of the most popular musical acts of all time, 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Lynyrd Skynyrd).
That's right - this issue we're featuring the fine art of Michael Cartellone, who's recorded and toured with an amazing list of acts, covering all genres of music - John Fogerty, Peter Frampton, John Wetton, Freddie Mercury, Cher, Adrian Belew, Accept and, my favorite, multi-platinum "supergroup" Damn Yankees.
As busy as he is with his musical career, Michael's first love was painting, and while his career kept him on the road constantly, he found himself relaxing and refocusing his energies by painting in his hotel rooms and on the tour bus. As it is that he works to create hyper-realistic images of life on the road (hence, his most recent prints, which are used to illustrate the booklet included with "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Greatest Hits" - the 30th anniversary compilation on UMTV records - are named the "Road Series"), I'm not quite sure just how he relaxes while he works, but let's ask him to give us some insight�
"I'm very proud of the Road Series Paintings. The three years (during three World Tours 2001, 2002 and 2003) I spent painting the five canvases were very satisfying creatively. I was being fed musically at night, playing with Skynyrd, and artistically during the day, painting in my hotel rooms. I enjoyed this so much that I can't imagine touring without painting now. In fact, this year I'm working on a painting of a Carousel, which has been an idea stored in the back of my head for a dozen years.
So, when my friend Michael Goldstein of Pop Rock Gallery, asked me to contribute a piece to Cover Stories, I thought I'd focus on one of the Road Series Paintings - "Blue".
Blue is easily the most personal painting of the five, as it
Subject - "Lynyrd Skynyrd Road Series - Blue" - a painting and limited-edition print created by artist Michael Cartellone and used in the CD booklet of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 2005 release on Universal Music's UMTV records titled "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Greatest Hits".
By RockPoP Gallery
http://www.rockpopgallery.com
http://rockpopgallery.typepad.com/rockpop_gallery_news/images/2007/05/11/ledpmcrsblu1.jpg
Greetings - As those of you who visit the RockPoP Gallery site and have read my past "Cover Stories" columns know, our focus has been on trying to elevate the status within the fine art world of people who earn their living creating the artwork and photography that grace your favorite album/CD covers and other music-related promotions and packaging. All of the artwork and photographs featured to this point were created by talented individuals who make their living on "the graphics side" of the business. This Cover Story, though, is quite special, as it features the work of someone who has earned his fame as a much-praised studio/tour drummer (and continues to enjoy a fantastic career as the drummer for some of the most popular musical acts of all time, 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Lynyrd Skynyrd).
That's right - this issue we're featuring the fine art of Michael Cartellone, who's recorded and toured with an amazing list of acts, covering all genres of music - John Fogerty, Peter Frampton, John Wetton, Freddie Mercury, Cher, Adrian Belew, Accept and, my favorite, multi-platinum "supergroup" Damn Yankees.
As busy as he is with his musical career, Michael's first love was painting, and while his career kept him on the road constantly, he found himself relaxing and refocusing his energies by painting in his hotel rooms and on the tour bus. As it is that he works to create hyper-realistic images of life on the road (hence, his most recent prints, which are used to illustrate the booklet included with "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Greatest Hits" - the 30th anniversary compilation on UMTV records - are named the "Road Series"), I'm not quite sure just how he relaxes while he works, but let's ask him to give us some insight�
"I'm very proud of the Road Series Paintings. The three years (during three World Tours 2001, 2002 and 2003) I spent painting the five canvases were very satisfying creatively. I was being fed musically at night, playing with Skynyrd, and artistically during the day, painting in my hotel rooms. I enjoyed this so much that I can't imagine touring without painting now. In fact, this year I'm working on a painting of a Carousel, which has been an idea stored in the back of my head for a dozen years.
So, when my friend Michael Goldstein of Pop Rock Gallery, asked me to contribute a piece to Cover Stories, I thought I'd focus on one of the Road Series Paintings - "Blue".
Blue is easily the most personal painting of the five, as it
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