Carlos Ramos paintings

Carlos Ramos was the creator of The X's on Nickelodeon, art director of Chalkzone, and also worked on Deter's Laboratory and a slew of other cartoons. He has a show of magnificent large paintings opening June 28 at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, California. The show, titled Natural History Museum Part I, runs until July 16. I'd love to see a full-length film starring Ramos's fantastic menagerie of beautiful beasts. From the gallery's show description:

For his first solo show in Los Angeles, Ramos replicates the natural history museum experience for his audience, fusing the natural world with the art world. A series of twenty four large-scale paintings based on classic grand dioramas and a special installation of skeletal structures will transform the gallery into an epicenter of ﬂ ora and fauna. The concept of the exhibition is based on Ramos’ childhood fascination with natural history museums and the “authoritative” impression they made on him growing up.

Link to view art, Link to Corey Helford Gallery

Discussion

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#1 posted by ellindigo , June 13, 2008 4:28 PM

These are lovely, but also expensive (at least for my budget). I wonder if prints will ever be available?

#2 posted by Takuan , June 13, 2008 5:04 PM

lovely indeed. I especially like the lower one that captures the magic of senor prom night.

#3 posted by David Pescovitz , June 13, 2008 5:56 PM

@ELLINDIGO (#1), Yeah, unfortunately they're too spendy for me too! I think high-quality prints is a great idea. I bet they'd sell like hotcakes. A book too!

#4 posted by eustace , June 14, 2008 12:17 AM

snort

#5 posted by loci , June 14, 2008 12:54 AM

yuck

#6 posted by ThinkPositive , June 14, 2008 4:39 AM

This sort of art works best in animation imo.

#7 posted by Maria Guimil , June 14, 2008 6:13 AM

Is Carlos Ramos from Portugal? I also live his painting, Thanks for share :-)

#8 posted by Takuan , June 14, 2008 6:34 AM

just looked through his site. Wonderful!

#9 posted by noen , June 14, 2008 7:13 AM

Yes it is. I liked the overall composition. Sort of like Shag meets Audubon.