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Franz Brown does his own paintings of Santa Claus. He is also a Santa Claus model who has been seen as Santa Claus. He has worked since 1986 with Oregon artist Tom Browning. He appears on collector prints, Christmas Cards and various memorabilia. |
| These two links all take you to Franz Brown's main website where you can find his paintings. Franz uses both Franz Brown and John Porthos Falstaff as signatures for his work. | |
| Follow work in progress. Notes about paintings being worked on discussing inspiration and motivation/ photographs of works as they are being completed, procedures and problems relating to individual artworks are discussed | |
| videos of paintings show them progressing from start to finish. | |
| Basic biographical information | |
| In a collaborative effort with Larry Belitz, a nationally prominent craftsman recognized for his replicas of Plains Indian artifacts and his efforts to preserve the knowledge necessary for the manufacture of these objects. Franz Brown has done a number of projects in which he has photographed Belitz's replications of Plains Indian artifacts as well as some of the actual original material that Belitz has collected. See some of this work here. | |
| Larry Belitz (see above) manufactured replications of Indian artifact that were or may have been collected by Lewis and Clark during their Explorations of the early 1800s. Franz Brown worked with Belitz on a touring exhibit of these artifacts for the Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebration. | |
| Reynold Brown is the father of Franz Brown. Reynold was a noted illustrator of movie posters during the 1950s and 60s. He did over 250 movie posters. |
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