Painter Kinkade to shed light on his work Oct 15, 2005
But it was on a graduation trip with friend James Gurney that Kinkade began sketching out his career by sketching landscapes. The two ended up creating a book, "The Artist's Guide to Sketching." Kinkade, after marrying his childhood sweetheart, soon began living off his painting. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Local girl's image graces new U.S. postage stamp Oct 5, 2004
The artist who designed the stamp, James Gurney, is best known for his "Dinotopia" illustrated book series about a fantasy land where humans and dinosaurs live together. Gurney didn't have to go far from his Rhinebeck home to find models for the illustration. (Times Herald-Record, NY)
BHS student designs, sells video games over Internet May 2, 2004
On the walls are guitar posters, an art print by dinosaur artist James Gurney and Kemp's own oil pastel of a desert mesa. A framed black belt certificate hangs in another corner and a copy of Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" sits on a desk. (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Thorne Building to host Paint-Out Apr 15, 2004
The artists are all professionals and will include such luminaries as landscape artist Keith Gunnarsen, James Gurney (who is responsible for the artwork in the Dinotopia series), James Ransom and Jane Bloodgood Abrams. The artists will visit Millbrook ahead of time and complete one painting before the event and one painting on the day of the paint-out. (Millbrook Round Table, NY)
