Mike Kungl
Encyclopedia
Mike Kungl is an American
painter of Disney Fine Art
who has also worked as a graphic designer
on many multinational advertising campaigns for companies like Panasonic
, Johnson & Johnson
, Toshiba
, Sony
, Warner Bros. Television
and Bank of America
.
He also uses chrome and metallic elements to lend his paintings a certain Art Deco
feel. He has mastered this technique so well that in 2002, Kungl was given the honor of creating the official artwork for Miami Beach's 25th Annual Art Deco Weekend.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
painter of Disney Fine Art
Disney Fine Art
Disney Fine Art is a term used to describe works of art portraying Disney Characters, painted by professional artists who are often animators, background artists, or production designers....
who has also worked as a graphic designer
Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
on many multinational advertising campaigns for companies like Panasonic
Panasonic
Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
, Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....
, Toshiba
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
, Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
, Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...
and Bank of America
Bank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
.
Style
Kungl has come a long way since when he used to "use the family sofa as his canvas and his mother's lipstick as his paint," but even then he knew he wanted to be an artist. Nowadays, he paints on canvas and admits to spending an inordinate amount of time designing the piece before actually beginning to paint it. So therefore, it is a prerequisite that he be very much excited about whatever it is he's working on:
I strive to produce work that I'm personally going to have fun designing and painting...when it's complete, my goal is having the audience be just as entertained looking at it as I was creating it.
He also uses chrome and metallic elements to lend his paintings a certain Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
feel. He has mastered this technique so well that in 2002, Kungl was given the honor of creating the official artwork for Miami Beach's 25th Annual Art Deco Weekend.