TITLE: Ok, Let's Go! SIZE: 14" x 16.5" MEDIUM: mixed Media ESTIMATED PRICE: $3500-$4500 / RESERVE: Yes

THE CLAYTON BROTHERS

The Clayton Brothers grew up in Aurora, Colorado. Rob and Christian Clayton graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1988 / 1991 (BFA with Honors). They also now serve on the faculty at Art Center College both teaching painting and illustration. In 1997 They decided to combine their visions of luck, fate, and the obsessive.

Clayton Brothers art collaborations include an array of diverse clients and media such as conceptual designers for 20th Century Fox motion picture, "Monkey Bone" 1999. Art Direction for Reactor Films, Oasis video, "All Around the World" 1997. Weiden & Kennedy; client: MGD Beer national print and television campaign 1998.  Weiden & Kennedy; client: Barq’s Root Beer national print and television campaign 1997. Fox Sports Television commercials for baseball play-offs 2002. Rhythm & Hues, "Max the Dog" animation test 1999. They have produced ad campaign posters for BBH London; client: Ginsters food products European print campaign 2001-2002. BETC EURO RSCG; client: Cartier Paris limited edition box set of 7 tarot cards for Cartier Fragrances print and packaging worldwide 2002-2003. Goodby & Silverstein & Partners; client: Specialized Race Bikes U.S. print campaign 2000. Posters for "EXPN Winter X Games" Aspen 2001 and "Summer X Games" Philadelphia 2002.

Other print clients include; The House of Blues, Nike, and Levis. Editorial clients include; Time, Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, Surfer, Bloomberg, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Art Week, GQ U.S., London, & Japan....

In 1997 "Oh La La",  a Canadian television program made a feature documentary on the brothers and their fine art work. They have also been featured on CNN News U.S, Step By Step a design publication, Juxtapoz art publication, International Tattoo Magazine,  and American Illustration. Rob and Christian have been guest lecturers for Otis Parsons Los Angeles, Cal. State University Long Beach, University of Southern California, Santa Barbara Museum, Shariden College Ontario, Canada, and "Breakout", with noted artists Robert Williams, Mark Ryden, and Eric White.

Now based in Los Angeles, California, Rob and Christian are painters /  image makers who exhibit their work in galleries. They are currently working on an autobiographical book of their work as individual artists (Rob Clayton, Christian Clayton) and as the Clayton Brothers, entitled "The Most Special Day of My Life" due out this Spring  2003. Their work can be found in various art culture books such as; Blab: A Literary visual critique, Taboo: Art of the Tiki, Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits, 21st Century Dog: A Visionary Compendium. They have acquired an extensive list of collectors: The Brooklyn museum of Art in New York, Charles Saatchi Gallery in London, Billy Shire, Long Gone John, Nicolas Cage, Leonardo Di Caprio, Danny Elfman,  David Arquette & Courtney Cox Arquette, Ann Nathan, Piper Lauer, Michael Penn, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Feris, Michael & Suzanne Criley, Dennis Smith, Lee Reedy, Mark Murphy, Aaron Smith & Tom Moore, Jeff Williams, Maria Rendon, Frank Kozic, Michon Roth, Jeff Whitehead, Angis Wall, Paul Zarloom, Mary Kaye Schilling, Pauley Pike, Jonathan Shaw, and Richard Meldrum to name a few.

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