ABOUT PASHUR

I love creating colorful art, illustrations, designs and images.

How did I get started? It's a long and dramatic story that could easily be turned into an EPIC trilogy. But here's the short crazy version...

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I grew up in the Music City - Nashville, TN – with no musical talent.  Instead, I had a crazy amount of passion for art.  I cut out my favorite comic strips from the daily newspapers and begged my dad to take me to a five and dime store to buy a crazy amount of comic books.  It took a crazy amount of begging.  While in high school I drew a crazy amount of caricatures at the local theme park becoming their top artist.  All my money went to a crazy amount of art supplies while I studied graphic design and illustration at Memphis College of Art, and thus ate a crazy amount of ramen noodles (and Taco Bell and Little Debbie snack cakes).  After graduating I served as art director of a planetarium for two years while doing a crazy amount of freelance illustration work.  Taking my art in a crazy new direction, I began body painting as an art form, becoming one of the pioneers in the modern body painting arts movement.  Over 20 years later, I have now reinvented my illustration style, digitally.  I now live in Los Angeles creating a crazy amount of art on any subject that I consider fun.  I am constantly inspired by a crazy amount of things such as the Halloween season, cryptid creatures, 80's nostalgia (cartoons, action figures, retro video games and gum wrappers) to name just a few.  Oh, and I have won a crazy amount of awards.

BIZARRE YET TRUE FACTS ABOUT PASHUR

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My name is from the Bible.  Apparently he was a bad guy.

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I once taught a caricature workshop in a funeral home.

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I once took a potty at the Vatican.

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I was rescued off of a Caribbean island by drug lords (I think).  They gave me beer.

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When I was a kid, I walked in on a burglar in my home.

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I drew caricatures at Disney for 3 months.

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I got married in the Redwood Forest.  You might know it as the Moon of Endor from Return of the Jedi.

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I took over Depeche Mode's facebook page for a day.

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I did a cartoon mural of alien coffee beans attacking the Earth (which was voted Best Bathroom in Nashville) at Bongo Java East. 

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I body painted a band for the cover of Rolling Stones Magazine. Check it out here...

www.canvasalive.com 

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AWARDS

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April 1, 2022: Society of Illustrators Los Angeles - Illustration West 60 Selected Artist

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2020 : Fantasy Fest Poster Contest Winner

2019 : Fantasy Fest Poster Contest Winner

2019 : Fantasy Fest Shirt Contest Winner

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 ---- 2002-2018 : (Break in illustration work while working in a different art medium) ----

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2001 : Bathroom Mural at Bongo Java East voted Coolest Bathroom in Nashville, TN

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2001 : Second Best Literacy Idea in the NIE Awards for 
   "Sacagawea's Journey" - A Serialized Story illustrated by Pashur 

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2000 : Voted Best Nashville Illustrator by Sensored Magazine

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1997 : Received six awards for Flumpa CD Cover illustration

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1996 : The Award of Excellence for Production Visuals on “Rusty Rockets Last Blast"

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1993 : Communigraphics Award for Package Design

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ART SHOWS

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April 2022: Illustration West 60 Online Exhibition (Society of Illustrators Los Angeles)

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March 2022: "Tied in Knotts" Tribute Art Show @ Knott's Berry Farm

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PASHUR ON PATREON

Love my art so much you want to marry it?  Want bonus images of my work?  How about be a patron of the arts?  Then check out my PATREON page where you will find sweet, sweet perks!!  There you will find...

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Sketches of designs I am working on.

Sneak Peeks & Works In Progress

Behind the Scenes / Pics from the Studio

Alternate Versions of the Art

Monthly Fun Things to Download

Poll Participation

Monthly Q&A

News & Updates on my Art Projects

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