- Jon Hul
Jon Hul is an American pin-up artist known for his photorealistic
paintings anddrawings of models who have appeared inPlayboy magazine.Biography
He was born in
Pittsburgh, PA and later grew up inCalifornia andNevada . He attended Orr Junior High School inLas Vegas, NV in 1971. In 1974, he attended Valley High School where he studied ceramics, oil painting, watercolors, and commercial design.After graduating from Valley High School in 1976, he taught himself how to play drums and played gigs off and on for a few years in a
funk band calledSoul Connection .He decided to become a full-time artist in 1987 and to focus on
fatherhood. He is not a
college graduate, and is mainlyself-taught . He has noted as early influences the artistsSalvador Dalí ,Frank Frazetta ,Alberto Vargas ,M. C. Escher ,Pablo Picasso , and laterPatrick Nagel ,Olivia De Berardinis andHajime Sorayama .Frequent subjects for his
erotic art includeShae Marks ,Suzi Simpson ,Victoria Zdrok ,Julie Strain ,Anna Nicole Smith , andPamela Anderson . He uses the media ofwatercolor ,acrylic paint , oils, andpencil .Books
* "The Art of Jon Hul (2003) (ISBN 0-86562-082-2)
* "The Jon Hul Sketchbook Volume One (2006) (ISBN 0-86562-136-5)References
* [http://www.jonhulfineart.com/bio_page.htm Official site Bio]
* Chester, Tony. [http://www.concatenation.org/nfrev/jonhul.html "The Art of Jon Hul book review"] , Concatenation.org, retrieved December 4, 2006External links
* [http://www.jonhulfineart.com/ Official site]
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