Bio
My Artist Statement: I Love Art, It Is One of my Passions, Love to Create…Favorite Subjects to paint Cars, Reflective Surfaces, Nostalgia, Surreal Landscapes. I Paint in many mediums, Acrylics, Oils, Digital Airbrush to name a few.
New Image of Myself in my Studio...With The New Transformer book in my hand.
Also Go To the new Transformers book: Legacy The Art Of Transformer Packaging - Pages that my Art is on: 7,14,15, 30, 34, 35,82, 83, -( 283 Eagle Eye ) - ( 242 Ram Jet ) - ( 264 Reflector ) 295.
Book Link on Amazon: Legacy The Art Of Transformer Packaging Book
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On this web site you can purchase some of my, Mark Watts Giclee Prints, Hand Signed Prints direct from my Studio, Available are Paper Prints, Limited Edition Canvas prints and Limited Edition Aluminum High Gloss Prints all Limited Edition prints come with a Certificate of Authenticity and Numbered.
- Mark Watts Studios - 267-784-6611 - Email: mail@wattsart.com - Located in Pennsylvania and Florida - In business 30 Years - Online shop for 10 Years - For Custom Sizes and Framing Contact Studio
- Custom Car Portraits, Portraits Available also Contact Studio
Also High End Signed Paper Giclee Prints, Archival Inks.
Original Art Available Contact Studio.
Mark also does commissioned original artwork, including classic car portraits. To Purchase Art Work by Mark Watts or to Commission your Classic Car Portrait. Mark can be contacted at: MARK WATTS STUDIOS 267-784-6611 mail@wattsart.com
Mark Watts Artist Bio: Mark attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and Temple University, Tyler Campus in Philadelphia. He has been creating Cool works of art for the past 30 years. Now with two studios, one in the rolling hills of Bucks County Pennsylvania and one in Sunny South Florida. Mark has worked for clients such as Walt Disney, Budweiser, The Rolling Stones, Warner Brothers Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Tyco Toys, Crayola, William Morrow Publishing, and Avon Books – to name a few! Mark has produced many illustrations for popular toys such as Tyco Toys Crash Dummies boxes, Hasbro Transformers kids toy boxes Note: I am the Artist Mark Watts that created the very 1st G1 Transformer Toy Boxes for the Iconic Transformer Toy Line Box Art from 1981 and beyond I created about 45 Boxes and other related Transformer Art, I did the 1st G1 Blister packs Bumble Bee ect Plus Decepitcons Set, Construction Set, Shockwave, Jet Fire and many more. Some of his most recognizable book covers were made into movies: The Odessa File, Day of the Jackel, and The Dogs of War. He created the logo Illustration for the Clint Eastwood movie Pink Cadillac. Mark also has done many paintings for Budweiser that were produced on their Limited Edition Collector Car Steins. His work has been displayed in many shows around the country and also at the prestigious Society of Illustrators Club in New York City. Mark was a featured artist on the QVC Home Shopping television channel. He was invited to display his work for the past few years at the Antique Auto Museum Hershey Pa. - The event is Night At The Museum. Another exhibit, of his work “Reflections” at the Sunset Cultural Center in Carmel, California in 2013, the Week of Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Newest Show Press Release: BOCA RATON, FL (January 3, 2018) – The 12th annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance presented by Mercedes-Benz and AutoNation on February 23-25, 2018 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club announces the featured artist Mark Watts during a tremendous weekend of events including Tim Allen as the Gala comedian headline entertainer. The Concours will feature an unforgettable performance by Allen, an actor, comedian, author and avid car collector at the Grand Gala Dinner, Auction & Show Sunday, February 25th sponsor, The Rick Case Automotive Group which will feature Jay Leno along with Tim Allen, the Gala headline entertainer as the celebrity judges.
Painting in oils, acrylics, and digital airbrush, Mark captures the essence of reflective surfaces such as cars and water. Some of his favorite subjects are classic cars, nostalgic scenes and surreal Images. Mark Watts Studios is now offering Fine Art Limited Edition Giclee prints on Canvas and new Fine Art Aluminum prints. These Aluminum high gloss prints are brighter and more luminous that an LCD display from a HD display screen.
Mark Watts, Artist – Transformers Art
Is the Original G1 Transformer G1 Artist creating about 50 Boxes and related Transformer Art from 1981 and beyond:
Mark Watts Studios is now offering Transformer Toy - Pop Culture Art Prints These are Beautiful Signed Prints on Paper, Canvas or Aluminum, I did the Original Artwork on about 45 Boxes and Blister Packs for the Transformers Toys when they 1st came out in America in around 1982 and beyond, Signed by the Original artist myself Mark Watts. The prints were made direct from the the Original Art of these Great Iconic Transformer Toys.
I was given the opportunity to work on some of the 1st Transformers packs from1982, and beyond…
Back in 1982, many, many illustrations ago, I was called into my Agents office. In New York I was shown the Transformers toys fresh from China, some being Prototypes. Some of the Transformers shown were being sold in China and had done very well. At that point I was given a Transformers Bible, top secret, to be kept under lock & key. It contained technical drawings of each Transformer including the placement of colors, logos, ect.
Originally I was given six to start with, they were to be used on blister packs for Autobots. Of the six toys, some I believe were Prototypes. I completed the drawings with forced perceptive to make the toys more exciting and menacing.
This first set of six were painted in Dr. Martian Dyes and Luma Dyes, completely done in Airbrush with cut frisket to protect the area not to be spread. Cut tracing paper was used to move around when spraying to create a softer edge in the reflections. Later paintings were done with Airbrushed Acrylic paints.
My objective on these illustrations was to make them as reflective as possible, like car paint--exciting with a lot of reflections.
I completed the set of six and all were very happy with the results. The rest is History I continued to work on Transformer art for many years.
You never know when a toy will take off like Transformers did and become such a sensation. It was my pleasure working on all of the illustrations for the Transformers packaging, the toys were enjoyable and I am sure they were a part of many fond childhood memories.
The Art seams like Pop Culture Art To me now so I am offering some Mark Watts Signed prints of my Transformer Art. I am offering them on Canvas and Archival Paper with Archival inks