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Donald Towns is a painter, background animation illustrator and art director. He finds inspiration in a variety of subjects — from nature to architecture to everyday objects — and the way light and color interact with his subject matter. His experience in the motion picture industry has influenced his painting, giving his work the ethereal appearance of animated movie stills.
He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago and went on to work at Disney, where he was involved in the making of the award-winning films "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin” and "The Little Mermaid," as well as the groundbreaking movie "TRON," which included the first computer-generated imagery in a live-action film.
He has freelanced for several companies and was privileged to work under the late Thomas Kinkade as a digital concept artist for the Thomas Kinkade Company. His painting “Fount of Life” won Best in Show at “Expressions 2025,” the annual open-entry exhibition presented by Lynwood Artists and Piedmont Arts. He lives in Stuart, Virginia, with his wife Karen.
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