RICHARD BECKER
An American Painter and Historical Artist
By Lisa Ingham, Editor
(Also see Press Release area below)
"Yo Ho, a pirates life for me, or so it seems. I started using pirates as a major theme for my art and writing in 1989, and it seems like it’s pretty much taken over my life since then.
Images of the past have continued to fascinate me. I have always lived by the coast, and spent much of my time by the sea. I suppose it’s natural that period ships, sailors, sea battles, and pirates would be a theme for my artwork."
Richard Becker, an American Painter and Historical Artist, was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1951. He came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1954. He studied at the San Francisco Academy of Arts in the mid-seventy’s and has become one of
San Francisco Bay Area’s renowned painters.
His early influences of Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth and the English Edwardian Illustrators along with years of methodical research resulted in a number of compositions describing the swashbuckling life of the buccaneers.
In 1992, Becker started "Black Swan Press" where he wrote, published and illustrated his first in a successful series of 8 issues of "Blood Thirsty Pirate Tales" covering the history, period costumes, weaponry and historical tales of pirates throughout the world.
In 1993, Richard Becker was writer and illustrator of "Draw the Marvel Comics Super Heroes" for Klutz Press. The revised edition has been released with all new artwork, by Richard, in 2007.
In the mid-ninety’s, Becker was commissioned to do works for the History channel and A&E’s television series: "Sea Tales". Including the episode titled: "Blackbeard’s Reign of Terror".
One of Richard Becker’s paintings titled "My Treasure" can be seen on the DVD release of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" in the section "An Epic at Sea" under costumes and makeup. Richard has done pirate portraits for the actors "Johnny Depp", "Lee Arenberg", and "Martin (Marty) Kalebba".
Annually, Becker has been an exhibitor at the "Gold Coast Pirate Festival" in Ojai, California where patrons come to see his works and commission his wonderful pirate art. He has also been requested to participate in a growing number of Festivals and Events.
Be sure to get your copy of Richard’s "Pirate Art Book - Seventeen Years of Drawing Sea Rovers".
Hot off the press!! is Richard’s new graphic novel "Blackbeard the Pirate".
Over 30 of Richard Becker’s wonderful pirate illustrations are featured in a special edition of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" in the section titled: "Scoundrels of the Sea" on "Blu-ray" DVD 2007.
You can also see his illustrations in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End"; "Beowulf" on "Blu-ray" DVD, and the "Princess Bride" 2006 special feature titled: "The Dread Pirate Roberts".
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PRESS RELEASE AREA
TWO NEW EVENTS:
The First Annual Pirate Ball and Silent Auction
See link for details below:
http://pirates4choc.org/Pirate_Ball.php
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Ahoy me Hearties, Come join us at SeaWolf Trading Company in Fremont on Saturday, March 22nd for a Pirate Invasion (Link below to pirateswag.com for directions) ta have fun with Richard Becker, Skip Henderson, and meself.
From NOON 5:00p.m.
Come and see some of Richard’s original artwork from "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" 2007 special feature titled: "Scoundrels of the Sea" available on Blu-ray HD DVD. Own a signed copy of Richard’s new graphic novel "Blackbeard the Pirate".
Skip Henderson will be on hand to sing us some of his fine Pirate Chanteys . Be sure to get your copy of his new CD: "The Poet and Pirate Overtures" by
Skip Henderson.
Benefiting the Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland
- Lisa Ingham aka Black Mariah
Black Swan Press
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New from Klutz Press – Draw the Marvel Heroes – Over 90 pages of Artwork
by Richard Becker. To order, visit www.klutz.com
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PIRATE PLUGS
www.noquartergiven.com – Listing Pirate Groups, Guilds, Shows and Festivals
with reviews and articles of all kinds of pirate related stuff.
www.seawolfonline.com – Sea Wolf Clothing - Pirate Sportswear (carries Richard’s T-Shirt Designs).
www.teachshole.com – The Blackbeard Museum and Pirate Supplies.
www.manmademag.com/links/submit.php – Manmade Magazine is a merger that handles entertainment website traffic from over 600 entertainment websites.
www.pirateswag.com – SeaWolf Trading Company - Clothing, Costumes, Jewelry, Home Decor, Books, Collectibles...Endless Pirate Treasures and Wonders Await.
www.pirate4hire.com – Ace Miles AKA Capt. Jack Spareribs. Professional Pirate available for Parties, appearances & performances.
The_lady_rose@yahoo.com – The Crew of the Dirty Rotten Oar, Actor’s Guild
(AND SOME OF THE BEST PIRATE MUSIC AND CDs)
Skip Henderson – Music for Hire. Also purchase his CDs: "Billy Bones & Other Ditties", and his newly released: "Pirates and Poets Overture". (Covers and other artwork by Richard Becker).
Email: chanteyman@msn.com