Peter Ellenshaw

Smoke Staircase Giclée Canvas Print, Limited Edition, Pop Art, 1980s

Circa 1980's

MEDIUM: Giclée on Canvas SIZE: 15" x 22.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Peter Ellenshaw SKU: DFA-SS-OFFTOHOME ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Silver Series prints ar...

MEDIUM: Giclée Canvas Limited Edition SIZE: 24" x 36" EDITION SIZE: 395 ARTIST: Peter Ellenshaw SKU: DFA-LE-MICKEYSDREAM ABOUT THE IMAGE: Inspired by Walt Disney’s Animated Classics and features Mickey Mouse. ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Each piece is on hand-numbered canvas and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. ABOUT THE ARTIST: William Samuel Cook “Peter” Ellensaw was an English matte designer, special effects creator and master painter. He mentored under Percy Pop Day who played a pivotal role and mentored him on painting on canvas and glass, which was to create matte background form film. After serving his country as an RAF pilot in World War II, Ellenshaw returned to work for Mr. Day at the studios. After a brief yearlong stint at MGM, Ellenshaw left in 1947 upon receiving a call to work for Walt Disney Studios on the film, Treasure Island. As it turned out, his partnership with Disney would last over thirty years and earn him five Oscar nominations. For his work on "Mary Poppins" in which he recreated scenes of Edwardian London in 102 different mattes, he won an Academy Award. Walt Disney became Ellenshaw's mentor and friend, spurring him on continually to perfect his craft and push the creative envelope. ABOUT THE FILM: Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. With story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, and production supervision by Ben Sharpsteen, it is the third Disney animated feature film. The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski...

MEDIUM: Giclée on Canvas SIZE: 15" X 22.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Peter Ellenshaw SKU: DFA-SS-GLASSCASTLE ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Silver Series prints ...

MEDIUM: Giclée Canvas Limited Edition SIZE: 24" x 36" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Peter Ellenshaw SKU: DFA-LE-MYSTICALKINGDOMOFBEAST ABOUT THE IMAGE: In...

Josh Keyes, "Stairway To Heaven." Edition of 175 with dimensions of 26 x 18 inches / 66 x 45.72 cm. Fine art print on 290gsm paper hand signed and numbered...

A Fiery Hell is depicted as a volcano that spews flames and lava dust into the air. According to the Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw Family Archive, this work was shown to Stanly Kubrick for a Paradise Lost, movie concept. Peter had created matte paintings for Kubrick's Spartacus in 1960 and they continued their professional friendship for years to come. Peter did some collaboration with TRON in 1982. Unfortunately, the movie concept for John Miltons, Paradise Lost, was not brought into production. An erupting volcano is also an powerful metaphor for many human conditions. Ellenshaw (1913–2007) was a highly regarded matte painter and special-effects creator whose filmography includes Old Yeller (1957), Swiss Family Robinson...

Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Shortcut" is an oil painting that depicts an urban street with a towering city skyline at night. Sometimes they are silent epic landscapes of the Desert...

Tube Light 1 [2015] Original Figurative Oil paint on canvas Size: H:76 cm x W:51 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look London tube...