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Thomas Blackshear

Thomas Blackshear (Born 1955) is active/lives in United States.  Thomas Blackshear is known for Illustration, sculpture.

Thomas Blackshear II, b. 1955 Waco, TX

Thomas Blackshear went to work for the Hallmark Card Company in Kansas City MO for one year after his 1977 graduation from the American Academy of Art in Chicago. While there he met the famous illustrator Mark English and became his apprentice for several months. In 1980 he worked as head illustrator for Godbold/Richter Studio. He became a freelance illustrator in 1982 and has been self-employed ever since.

Known for his dramatic lighting and sensitivity to mood, Blackshear has produced illustrations for advertising, books, calendars, collector’s plates, greeting cards, magazines, postage stamps and national posters. His clients range from Disney Pictures, George Lucas Studios and Universal Studios to International Wildlife and National Geographic Magazine. Thomas has illustrated 30 United States postage stamps, including four 50th Anniversary Movie Poster Stamps, the Universal Monster Stamps and the Mother Theresa Stamps. He also il   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3599 characters.]  Artist bio

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