East to West Art Exhibit with animators Lorelay Bove and Becky Dreistadt May 14, 2011

Gallery Nucleus presents a two-person exhibit featuring artists Lorelay Bové and Becky Dreistadt contributing wonderful and lighthearted paintings that capture the adventures of a boy and his dog as they travel the world encountering new friends and unexpected excitement!

Artist Bios:
Lorelay Bové is an artist and animator currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She received her BFA – Character Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 2007 and went on to become an intern at Pixar Animation Studios. Lorelay now holds the position of Visual Development Artist at Disney Animation Studios and has worked on several blockbuster Disney animations such as Tangled, Winnie the Pooh and The Princess and the Frog. Lorelay is heavily inspired by the early Disney classics and culture of the 50’s and 60’s. She strives to constantly create an organized variety of shapes in her work to maintain interest.

Becky Dreistadt is a Los Angeles based comic artist and graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Sequential Art. She is co-founder of Tiny Kitten Teeth, a hand-painted and weekly updated webcomic about a misfit’s adventures in Owltown. She collaborates regularly with her partner, Frank. Together, they have self-published three comic books, appeared in several print anthologies, comic conventions and gallery shows. Becky draws her inspiration from a variety of interesting line work; older architecture, animals, cartoons and folk art.

Exhibit Runs: May 14 - June 6
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 14, 7pm to 11pm
Meet the artists in person
Free admission and refreshments served