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Recently, Arizona Artist Jephyr (aka Jeff Curtis) made his illustration, a digital painting of a Jester, available on Fine Art America (a print on demand service) where it can purchased as a poster, greeting card or printed on canvas options. It can be configured with numerous frame and matting options as well.

Using video capture software Jephyr, captured the entire digital painting process of this illustration and created an 8:30 minute "time-lapse" video now posted to YouTube.

A former professional musician Jephyr also created the video's music track.

Time-Lapse videos can be instructive to those interested in learning more about the processes various artists use in their painting methods and Jephyr also included text which elaborates on steps taken during different stages of the illustration.

More advanced painters often say that seeing another artist's painting process can be interesting and helpful to their own work.

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Mesa Community College held its 2012 Student Art Show from April 9th to April 19. The annual event is presented each spring by the school's Art Department. Student artwork is selected for the show by the faculty from various disciplines such as Life Drawing, Painting, Computer Arts, and Ceramics.

This year's show featured a number of excellent pieces and an awards ceremony and reception was held on the evening of April 18th to honor student winners.

An 18" x 24" graphite drawing entitled "Model C" by student Jephyr, and created for Drawing II, won a Utrecht Award which included a $100.00 gift certificate to Utrecht Art Supplies.

Jephyr's winning work, based on an assignment to create an inanimate/animate hybrid, married crab legs to the body of a Ford Model T and placed it on a dirt road in a rural setting. The addition of steam escaping from an over-heated engine and turning into a school of fish gave the piece a decidedly surreal look and feel....

12-21-2011 - For the second semester in a row, Arizona Artist Jephyr (Jeff Curtis) has won an award for a video created for Mesa Community College, Declare Success Your Major, student video contest. Eight students entered videos for the Fall 2011 Semester and Jephyr's 3 minute video won 2nd place and a $300.00 prize.

During the Spring 2011 contest, with five other entries, his video won first place and a $500.00 prize.

For each contest students were asked by the college to submit videos, 2 to 5 minutes in length, sharing how M.C.C. has positively impacted their future.

Both of Jephyr's videos contained a number of original images he created as assignments for various classes, including Color Theory, Design, Life Drawing, Anatomy, and Oil painting as well as a number of computer art assignments such as Photoshop, Flash and Maya 3D. He also included a number of original works, computer digital paintings, done outside classroom study...some of which can...

October 20, 2011 - Arizona Artist Jephyr (Jeff Curtis) was among six students from Mesa Community College selected by the Tempe Artists Guild (TAG) for $100.00 gift certificates from local merchants: Arizona Art Supply, Jerry's Artarama and Utrecht Art Store.

The students were asked to submit digital entries of their recent work and a short essay entitled: My Future In Art After Leaving MCC. Fourteen students participated.

The six TAG contests winners were Susan Pew, Ben Manzanares, Lena Felder, Anna Martin, Emma Ringness and Jephyr Curtis.

The $100.00 gift certificates were presented to the student winners at the October 20th TAG Meeting. The students brought their work and spoke briefly about their art journey.

Jephyr submitted an oil painting of a ceramic bust created for Painting II. He spoke about the role of the internet for marketing artwork, including "Print On Demand" sites like Fine Art America.