Patrou

Patrou

World renown artist and provocateur of the contemporary. Patrou is know for his over-scaled and highly detailed paintings and images. You can find his work around the globe, with commissioned pieces in premiere, avant garde and chic galleries.

Lou Patrou has been drawing and painting faces and figures since the 1960s. Lou has exhibited his work in galleries in New York City, San Diego, Los Angeles, upstate New York, New Orleans and London, Paris, Hong Kong. His mix of whimsical & Pop, pattern and puzzle, surrealistic images are finding their way onto various products. Over the years he began selling large mural prints of his work on various substrates as installation pieces.

He exhibits his original work in galleries and also produces unique edition prints. In addition, in the last few years, Lou has been very involved in product development and licensing, and has been incorporating his work into product design.

Lou participated in the Cartoon Network’s 20th Anniversary Show for ComicCon 2012 in San Diego. His painting for the show is featured in the limited hard cover book published exclusively for Turner Entertainment.

Lou’s Pop Surreal and pattern paintings were chosen to be included in the Firebox Artist Collection of hand pressed collectible micro-booklets that is currently touring France as part of a group show of international artists. His work is constantly being featured in countless art blogs as well as in magazines from allover the globe such as BG Magazine of Ecuador and collectible books like; InPrint, Artists 101, The Artist’s Catalogue, Emboss, Art Voices, 6 Years Later and ColorInk. Lou currently lives in the greater New York City area and has developed a following among collectors and fans of his work all over the US and abroad. I think this could have wonderful application to textiles, apparel and accessories.

http://www.hankandsylvie.com/index.htm

http://www.patrou.com/aboutchoose.htm

Social Links

 

janice hamlin, CEO Marketing Immersion

Janice Varney Hamlin

CEO Marketing Immersion

Janice Varney-Hamlin currently serves as CEO for Marketing Immersion and worked for Fortune 100 companies Mattel, Warner Bros., Viacom Entertainment and Disney. and Executive Vice President for Varney Consulting. Her scope of expertise spans the entertainment, consumer products and retail industries. As a consultant and as an executive, Janice has spearheaded the strategic planning and growth of some of the most well-known companies in the world. These companies’ brands, revenues and profits have been enhanced by her ability to conceive and implement winning marketing, business development and sales strategies. She has received many awards for her accomplishment including Vendor of the Year, Toys R Us., Vendor of the Year from Walmart and Target and Promotion of the Year from the International Licensing Organization of her work on Batman. She served on the Challenge Board at Chapman University and has been an adjunct professor through undergraduate and graduate participation through the School of Entrepreneurship and adjunct Professor at CSUF.

Janice has served Fortune 500 and small startup businesses and non-profits like United Way, Kids at Risk, SPCA, SMILE, Love Lab, Middle School Moguls, Well Told Entertainment, PoundWishes and Momco by providing on-going educational and consulting services to these organizations. One of the programs that she is proudest of is a business targeted program – “Get Your GED” which allowed employees to “Get their GED” while at work; this required a major collaboration with business, community, state political leadership and local educational institutions in the state of Virginia. She served as school board member at Carlisle School, taught Licensing 101 at Disney, worked with the State of Virginia and the SBA to teach weekly classes to small businesses as an integral part of the start up community.

Janice has been honored by being featured on the cover of the Wall Street Journal, and was identified as “One of the movers and shakers of the year in the home furnishings industry” by HFN, featured in Retail Merchandiser, Kid Screen and Licensing International. She has appeared in Time Magazine, USA Today, People, Eye on Business, Good Morning America and NPR. She holds several advertising patents designed to enhance the quality of marketing while creating both media and creative efficiencies for franchising and licensing organizations.

Ms. Varney-Hamlin holds 2 Masters Degrees: an MBA from CSULA, Master’s Certification in Internet Marketing and Analytics from the University of San Francisco.