Thomas
Blackshear II
Joe Louis (1993)
Classic
Movie Monsters: Bela Lugosi as Dracula (1997)
Classic
Movie Monsters: Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster
(1997)
Award-winning
artist Thomas Blackshear began his career as an artist for Hallmark
Cards. His beautifully crafted images, which have appeared in
books, magazines, calendars, posters, and advertisements, were
commissioned by such clients as Coca-Cola, Coors, Jim Henson Studios,
George Lucas, Universal Studios, and Milton Bradley. In addition
to his many stamp designs for the U.S. Postal Service, he painted
28 portraits of celebrated African Americans that appear in "I
Have a Dream," a Black Heritage series commemorative book.