Earl G. Preston
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Earl George Preston 1926 - 2015
Earl Preston was a Canadian artist and production designer born in Buffalo, New York. He specialized in serigraphy, drawing and painting and most recently resided in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. He attended the Munson William Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York and graduated from the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and Design. He did post-graduate studies in painting under Jock Macdonald, attended the Arts Students League in New York City, the Montreal Museum School of Art and Design, and Concordia University.
Earl Preston joined Atelier Graphia 3710 Inc. in Montreal in 1974 and worked in silkscreen and lithographic media there until March 1986. He has worked as a Set Designer in theatre in London, England, Toronto and Montreal, and in television in Toronto. He has also worked as Art Director and Production Designer for such feature films as Francis Ford Coppola's academy award nominated 'Black Stallion', M.G.M's production of 'Fortune and Men's Eyes' and feature film 'John and the Missus' starring Gordon Pinsent. He was a member of Le Conseil Quebecois de l'Estampe, the Print and Drawing Council of Canada and the Directors Guild of Canada. He also instructed Film Production Design and Art Direction in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University's Department of Cinema.
Preston's work has been exhibited internationally in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1983; Kanagawa, Japan, 1983, 84 and 85; Taipei, Taiwan, 1983 and 85; Quimper, France, 1985; Krakow, Poland, 1986 and Ferrol, Spain, 1987 and 88; as well as extensively throughout Canada.
Earl Preston died in Kingston, Ontario in April, 2015.
Earl Preston was a Canadian artist and production designer born in Buffalo, New York. He specialized in serigraphy, drawing and painting and most recently resided in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. He attended the Munson William Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York and graduated from the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and Design. He did post-graduate studies in painting under Jock Macdonald, attended the Arts Students League in New York City, the Montreal Museum School of Art and Design, and Concordia University.
Earl Preston joined Atelier Graphia 3710 Inc. in Montreal in 1974 and worked in silkscreen and lithographic media there until March 1986. He has worked as a Set Designer in theatre in London, England, Toronto and Montreal, and in television in Toronto. He has also worked as Art Director and Production Designer for such feature films as Francis Ford Coppola's academy award nominated 'Black Stallion', M.G.M's production of 'Fortune and Men's Eyes' and feature film 'John and the Missus' starring Gordon Pinsent. He was a member of Le Conseil Quebecois de l'Estampe, the Print and Drawing Council of Canada and the Directors Guild of Canada. He also instructed Film Production Design and Art Direction in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University's Department of Cinema.
Preston's work has been exhibited internationally in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1983; Kanagawa, Japan, 1983, 84 and 85; Taipei, Taiwan, 1983 and 85; Quimper, France, 1985; Krakow, Poland, 1986 and Ferrol, Spain, 1987 and 88; as well as extensively throughout Canada.
Earl Preston died in Kingston, Ontario in April, 2015.
