Jazz Collection by Ty Wilson
Noteworthy, Music and dance are integral to Ty’s process of creating art. The new collection of artwork by artist Ty Wilson, explores the words behind the music in the definition of Jazz. Ty’s contemporary, romantic, figurative depictions of love and longing have sold by the hundreds of thousands worldwide since the 1980’s. In fact, this makes him the top selling African-American artist of the last century.

According to Ty Wilson, he began drawing by accident, in early childhood. First, he presented his brother’s drawing of a blue bird as his own in kindergarten. Then, the impressed teacher asked him to draw another while the class looked on. Armed with a blue crayola, Ty stared at a blank sheet of white paper for several long, silent minutes before vowing two things. In particular, he would never lie and he would learn to draw.

Meanwhile, fifteen years later, Wilson began his professional art career with Hallmark Greeting Cards. When Hallmark turned down his design portfolio in 1984, Wilson framed the rejection letter and set his sights on New York.

There, his elegant and stylish illustrations were an immediate success in the advertising and fashion worlds. Even such giants as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Macy’s and Bloomingdales, as well as top fashion designers and advertising agencies used his works. Also, he designed posters for the Broadway revival of Noel Coward’s, Hayfever, and the Vernal Bagneris musical Staggerlee, to name a few.

Jazz Collection by Ty Wilson

Wilson’s illustrative artwork portrays and captures a bygone era when romance and elegance reigned. His bold, minimal line drawings elicit feelings of fun, romance and sophistication. His art creates a mood with as few lines as possible. Ty Wilson has been on the Board of Trustees at his Alma mater, The Maryland College of Art and Design since 1989. That year also saw the establishment of the Ty Wilson Scholarship, given annually to a first year minority art student.

He is a motivational speaker on the subject of Art and the Business of Art, Wilson’s lecture tour has included Parson’s School of Design, the Fashion Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, The MD College of Art and Design and The University of Maryland.

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