Tag: Regionalism art

The paintings of Los Angeles based artist Danny Galieote seem to have one foot in the past and one in the future, a style that he describes as "Pop Regionalism", combining Pop art and Regionalism art aspects. Growing up, Galieote spent much of his time listening to his grandfather's war stories, eventually going on to work as an animator on films like The Lion King, Tarzan and Hercules at Disney's Florida studio, a job that requires fundamental understanding of the human figure and stylizing it to suit animation. His command of drawing the figure and appreciation for art and history between the 1920s and 1950s comes together in his uniquely American imagery, recalling those days of the American heartland with apparent modern touches.