The Art of Michael Bedard

Survival of the fittestYour Recent HistoryLearn moreRecently Viewed ProductsJulie NewmarBuy or borrow this book!Oscars on VideoBedard, Michael Textbooks4 - I Can't Believe I'd Never Heard of this one before , 2003-12-07I'm 16. My mother and I were watching a Rankin/Bass Christmas marathon. For years we had known and loved Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Peter Cottontail, and we'd seen a few minutes of Jack Frost here and there, but somehow we had let The Year Without a Santa Claus get passed up. Luckily we saw it this year and were thoroughly delighted; it's now among our favorites. This story was totally charming. Right from the beginning, those two dumb elves were funny. Mrs. Claus was awesome I recognized the voice of Hazel the maid I ALWAYS knew Vixen was a female reindeer the only one on Santa's team, I might add. And Vixen is a central figure in this movie. She's adorable. A feminist Christmas special COOL Santa and the elves travel to a hot southern town in Dixie that never gets any snow. Santa helps a non-believing but still very good little boy change his mind and believe in him (even though the boy doesn't know it's him)Okay, okay, so I'm going to say what everyone else already said and knows: The best part of this, the show-stealing scenes, were those with Snowmiser and Heatmiser. The two constantly bickering brothers who seem kind of villanous but are actually pretty nice. (They seriously reminded me of my own brothers.) Their songs are SO catchy, they had my mom literally up and singing them while dancing up a storm. (This was, mind you, the first time we'd ever seen this) Soo there you go. The children singing Blue Christmas to get Santa to come back to the job was a tender moment. And of course, the Mother Nature scene rocked the house. Again, we see a female taking the screen, and in her cute little house with a nice green lawn and rainbow too. Unlike some of the other stories in this 'family' of videos, this one doesn't-as someone pointed out-center on the historical meaning of Christmas. But it still gets its point across and manages to be a touching, enjoyable treat for all. And then there's the question, does it touch upon goddess-worshipping neo-paganism Well, all I have to say is that never occured to me but if it does then ROCK ON RANKIN/BASS Or..well..you know what I mean. Keep being watched faithfully by fans each year. And the Miser Brothers can rock on, too. Ya gotta love it when Mother Nature starts talking about her two sons and they go calling her Mother dear. She tells Mrs. Claus: They gave you a hard time And Mrs. Claus says, Yes, but I'm sure they didn't mean to And Mother Nature tells her honestly, Oh, yes they did Great stuff. Great, great stuff.Art also provides a poster affiliate programTo join the art poster affiliate schemeclick hereVanessa MarcilCatalog Request . Discover Art . Affiliate Program . Artist Services . How to Sell Art Online?Alain Cuny Poster Kunstdruck #7100054 La rue sans joieEUR 23,00EUR 28,00Angebotsende: 25. Nov. 15:43pics, movie trailer, movie trailers, pictures,poster,movie poster,coming soon, movie review, trailer, movie, film,pics,soundtrack, movies, tv, television, blockbuster, boxoffice, films, previews, trailers, hollywood, showbiz, news, movie stars, actors, actresses, directors, reviews, badmovies, horrible movies, awful movies, z review,the z reviewRoller Balls - Ball PointsSee Our Special PageCBC Radio's Ed Hynes reports on concerns that hot, dry weather could lead to more salmon poaching (runs: 1:19)Corus, Chorus, Entertainment, Canada, Television, Shows, Radio, YTV, Kids, Movies, Wnetwork, Treehouse, TreehouseTV, family, John CassadayDisney Legend Carl BarksMichael Bedard was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario (near Detroit), and finally settled in Los Angeles in 1971. He has no formal art training, but has been drawing since he was a boy.Michael Bedard is the artist who created the now world-famous Sitting Ducks poster. Sitting Ducks - first released in the late '70s, which pictured three cartoonesque personified ducks, Casually sitting poolside, complete with sunglasses and iced tea, one of them looking quizzically over his shoulder at two ominous bullet holes just deposited in the stucco behind them - is one of the most widely recognized, largest selling posters in the history of the medium. It has reputedly been seen in Cities as far reaching as Marakesh.Bedard first entered the art marketplace in 1977 with a series of strange and bizarre art prints - many of which are still in print today He has consistently topped the list of best selling posterists for nearly twenty years. Almost no other artist can make that claim.Bedard went on to introduce new characters - alligators and crows - but it has been his ducks that catapulted him to international fame, bizarre compositions with strange and provocative titles, such as First Ducks on Mars, and The Failure of Capitalism. In Japan, Bedard is thought of In almost superstar status, beginning with a series of commercials he did for Akai in the 1980's. He has had many sold out one-man exhibitions in and around Los Angeles, where he has lived since the late sixties. In addition to several book projects, Bedard has; two movie deals in the works with major film studios which will result in full length, animated feature films.Bedard's work is characterized by his rapier-like wit - you don't immediately know you've been impaled, because the blade is so sharp. There is nearly always a social commentary that lies underneath the whimsical imagery. One must look beyond the visual gag employed by the composition to the real purpose of the painting - usually an important social issue that concerns him.Like many artists whose work is deceptively simple, Bedard is not. He is a complex and driven man, who many times is overwhelmed by the scores of projects he has feverishly put into the works. He labors over each, painstakingly researching the issues, the treatment of the characters, the effort on the viewer, doing drawing after drawing before he ever sizes the canvas or gessoes the board. Forever a student he is extremely knowledgeable about the history of world art. His large, airy studio in a remote section of the Los Angeles area is filled to the rafters with well thumbed art and reference books.But what isn't commonly known about Bedard is the wealth of material he has created over the last thirty years that has never been published. Works of art that are as bizarre and wonderful as the ducks are amusing. It's that body of work which inspires the projects he has undertaken with Planet West Publishers.Michael Bedard's work has always pushed the art envelope - stepping up to the edge or serious controversy and peering over stopping just short of taking sides, content, for the most part, with raising the issues. But he is not content to rest on his laurels - he is taking his artwork to the next level. And despite his movie and book deals, it's still the drawing and painting he loves.In the early eighties, Michael Bedard was looking for a way to express a broad range of feelings about the human condition and wanted to use humor as a vehicle for addressing very serious issues such as, vulnerability, alienation and anxiety as well as social and political observations. The duck was chosen because it symbolized the vulnerability and attitude that comprises the human psyche.The duck characters immediately struck a chord with people about how fragile we feel in these modern times. The illusion that consumer comforts create a safety zone from the dangers of life is so pervasive that many actually hide behind these paper-thin walls and feel protected.The SITTING DUCKS concept pokes a funny hole through this fragile concept. It shows that even when one is having a safe moment relaxing with friends on a lounge chair with a favorite drink, one can suddenly become a target of one of life's merciless hunters. That theme of vulnerability carries through the Bedard duck series and has allowed the artist to expand the concept to examine the frailty of politics ( Failure of Marxism and Failure of Capitalism ) and even relationships ( Living Together ).The duck character, in retrospect was an excellent choice because of the nature of the animal itself. Even though a duck is very vulnerable to attack by superior forces (dogs, wolves, falcons, etc.) this wonderful creature displays an aggressive attitude when confronted by danger. The duck's only defense is this bluff that creates uncertainty and fear with its adversaries. This attitude is what has made the duck an appropriate icon for challenging the problems that threaten us all.Bedard says, I had no idea that these silly little characters would become so popular, but I take great pleasure in that they've become universally accepted. As an artist, I am grateful to be able to communicate through such a vehicle that transcends all language and cultural barriers. Return to Bedard's PageLast update: 8/4/2004ArchitectureHer maternal grandparents are Barbara and Vincent Gooding of Nashua and Sal and Paula Palermo of Leesburg, Fla. Paternal grandparents are William and Ruth Lajoie of Hudson.Brianna Ashley Bedardby Barbara FosterList : 19.95Available from Amazon 13.57on 11-18-2004

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