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Description:
Artist: Allan Mardon
Title: NBA 2
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: 300
Paper Size: 28" x 22"
Born in Welland, Ontario, Allan Mardon, official
National Basketball Association artist for the 1977 Official
Fine Art Sports Collection of lithographics issued by Circle
Gallery, Ltd., studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto.
He did his postgraduate work at the Edinburgh
School of Art in Scotland and at the Slade School of Fine Art,
University of London.
Mardon, who has designed graphics for the Canadian
Broadcasting Corp., also spent time as an animator for the National
Film Board of Canada in Ottowa.
His work has appeared on the cover of Time
magazine, frequently in Sports Illustrated, as well as in McCalls
and Redbook. His most recent Time covers include the Shah of
Iran as well as portraits of the premier of Spain and the President
of Greece. Thirteen years ago he moved to Connecticut and, during
these years, his reputation as a reportorial artist has grown.
He is one of 40 artists represented in a show of Time magazine
covers now touring the Middle East and he was one of five artists
exhibiting sport paintings recently at the General Electric
Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Mardon feels a painter can capture the color
and essence of a sports event in greater depth than a photographer,
although he snaps pictures to help him remember the highlights
of a fast paced game. From these and quick sketches he makes
at game time, he creates a picture from the painterly viewpoint.
He works in inks, pencils, dyes with a little bit of oil here
and there.
Mardon's work can be found in the collections
of Canadian Artists in the Toronto Art Gallery, in 200 years
of American Illustration in the Society of Illustrators and
in the private collections of Ann Folger, Fairfax, Inc., Edward
Ney, Daniel Forbes and Dr. A. Whitney, to name a few. Among
his favorite series for Sports Illustrated are White Water Canoeing,
Falcons, and Mountain Climbing.
He recently completed several limited edition
lithographs for Circle Gallery, Ltd., including an action piece,
Fishing and Pheasants in the Fields.
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