Paul Ecke
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PAUL ECKE, is a former educator for ten years in the public school system. He has been a professional artist for over four decades. Paul is an American painter, sculptor and author/illustrator. His paintings are mixed media on canvas and panel. His work is represented throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Paul’s most recent accomplishments are the publication of his memoir, “Boy Dreamer”, and his most recent children’s book, “Noot the Root Goot,” and "Nuut la Raiz Azut" (Spanish Version) His next children's book "Wyatt and Boy Dreamer" will be published in early 2023. “Boy Dreamer” received the finalist award in the prestigious international “Book Excellence Award.” Ecke’s memoir has been made into a screen play and is awaiting a movie contract. His artworks are an amalgam of color, texture, and movement achieved through application and deconstruction of oil, acrylic paints and found objects to canvas and panel, all applied by brush, hand, and trowel. The results are colorful thought-and emotion-provoking images that convey the inner strength, conviction, and complexity of the artist. After pursuing a career teaching art in the California public school system, he headed the Centralia School District’s art program. Ecke enjoyed his ten years as an educator but longed to pursue a full- time career in the creation of his own art. Ecke has been a full-time contributor to the contemporary art world since 1985. His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Manila, Phillipines, Cecut Museum, Baja Mexico, and the Daytona, Florida's Museum of Arts and Science, as well as The Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA. He is represented and has shown in galleries in New York, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atalanta, San Diego, Palm Springs, Florida, Canada, the Philippines, and Indonesia. His works are in many private and corporate collections, including those of Universal Studios, George Lucas’s private collection, Jimmy Z Sportswear, Taco Bell, Flojet Corporation, Carsey Warner Productions, and Dionne Warwick's collection. Works by Paul Ecke are already slated to be part of an endowment of contemporary paintings and graphic art to the Tate Museum of Contemporary Art in London. He has been the featured artist in numerous publications, including: Los Angeles Times, Art In America, International Fine Art Collector Magazine, Space Magazine, Luxe magazine, and California Homes and Lifestyles. Paul lives in Southern California, USA. He was educated at California State University, Fullerton, receiving degrees in art with an emphasis in ceramic arts and painting. Other affiliations are: Glenwood school for adults with disabilities, CASA (Court Appointment Special Advocate) Casa de la Esperanza orphanage, Mexico. Orangewood Foundation in Orange County, CA, Ronald McDonald Home. CECUT ( Cultural Center Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
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    • Boy Dreamer

    • An Artist's Memoir of Identity, Awakening, and Beating the Odds
    • By: Paul Ecke
    • Narrated by: Keith Leo O'Brien
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-19
    • Language: English
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