The Invitation Haunted Mansion Embellished Giclée on Canvas by Michael Humphries

Product Description

The Invitation celebrates the iconic Disney ride The Haunted Mansion, with this eery image, which is an embellished giclée on canvas by Michael Humphries.

The Invitation limited edition comes signed by the artist and rolled in a tube.

About The Invitation limited edition artist Michael Humphries:

“So much of nature intrigues and inspires me to paint. The way light reflects off of an old watering can is just as compelling to me as the grandest of landscapes.”

Michael’s passion to become an artist began as a youngster growing up in Tampa, Florida. Michael knew his destiny was to draw and paint, and when his family moved to Long Beach, California, his artistic abilities blossomed. Throughout high school, Michael sought every opportunity to observe nature and create art. While in his second year of college, Michael was drafted and served as a member of the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division’s Combat Art Team in Vietnam. Upon his return, Michael continued his art education at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he currently teaches.

Michael’s professional career began at Walt Disney Studios. While still a student at Art Center, Michael was asked to join Disney’s Feature Animation team as a background artist. Michael’s film credits include The Great Mouse Detective, The Rescuers Down Under, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as Academy Award® winners Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Lion King. He continued with Disney as art director for The Steadfast Tin Soldier segment of Fantasia 2000, as well as two musical shorts, One by One and the Academy Award® nominated short film The Little Match Girl. Michael was nominated for an Annie Award as production designer on Sony Pictures’ first 3D animated movie, Open Season. For his dedication to the art of animation, Michael was elected to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Michael’s paintings exhibit his fascination with the American landscape and continue to remind us to examine intimate designs in our world that we take for granted while inspiring us to discover those “little things” in nature as well. His attention to detail draws viewers into his paintings and compels them to stay awhile.

Michael resides with his wife and daughter in Studio City, California.

Michael has an impressive resume, as you can see below!:

INSTRUCTOR, ArtCenter College of Design

FILM EXPERIENCE

Production Designer

• Open Season / Sony Animation (Annie Award Nominated for Production Design)

​Art Director

• Clifford's Really Big Movie / Scholastic Entertainment

• "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" Fantasia 2000 / Disney Feature Animation

• "The Little Match Girl" / Disney Feature Animation (Oscar Nominated) / Fantasia Cont. short

• "One by One" / Disney Feature Animation / Fantasia Cont. short

• Tom and Jerry the Movie / Turner Pictures-Film Roman Studios

​Background Lead

• Kung Fu Panda:  Secrets of the Masters / Dreamworks Animation, Duncan Studios

​Visual Development and/or Background Artist

• First Super Hero Monkey King / East International Pictures

• "Disney Dreams" water show / Disney Special Projects

• Warner Bros. / Tom and Jerry Direct-to-Videos

• The Princess and the Frog / Disney Feature Animation

• The Simpsons Movie / IDT

• Home on the Range / Disney Feature Animation

• Brother Bear / Disney Feature Animation

• Wild Life / Disney Feature Animation

• Atlantis / Disney Feature Animation

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Disney Feature Animation

• The Lion King / Disney Feature Animation

• Rescuers Down Under / Disney Feature Animation

• Who Framed Roger Rabbit / Disney Feature Animation

• The Great Mouse Detective / Disney Feature Animation

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