Vikki North Fine Art Creations that uniquely reflect our lives

Vikki received her education in fine art at Cal Poly and was immediately recognized for her talents. The California University purchased her first college studio oil painting. She had placement on the Dean’s Honor list and received the Cal Poly Women’s Club Merit Award.

Vikki worked in the field of television and film for twenty years. She was considered one of the preeminent artists working in the world. Her credits include title designs for NYPD Blue and Murder One. She's done promos for ABC, Universal, Tri-Star and Warner Bros., and commercials for virtually every major advertising agency in the U.S. She crafted the spectacular special effects featured in The Way Things Work: In Mammoth 3D, one of the attractions at the Sony Entertainment Center Metreon in San Francisco. She was awarded two International Monitor Awards for best Design and Editorial for Stephen Bochco’s Murder One .She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmy’s) and served with the Clio Awards. Before retiring in 2003, her last accomplishment was a PSA Project with actor James Woods for the American Stroke Association. The celebrities cast for the job included Sharon Stone, Don Rickles, Patrick Dempsey, Penny Marshall, and Michael Clark Duncan.

“Being a real artist gave me an edge over my contempories during my years in television. Learning how to run and tweak visual effects equipment is a task most can do with a little effort. Pushing it beyond its conventional limits for artistic achievement is a passion inherent only to an artist.”

Arnold Swartznegger, Running Man.

James Cameron’s, Dark Angel , Jessica Alba, Main Title design

Stephen Bochco, L.A. Law, Murder One, Public Morals.

Mel Gibson, Braveheart, preparatory visual effects work for battle scenes.

Working Nine to Five. Main title design.

Don Johnson, working logo for Don Johnson Productions.

Tony Danza, working logo for Katie Face Production and work for Who’s the Boss.

James Woods Production Company, Stroke PSA spots.

Disney Channel Nancy Drew Series, Dog Walker, Prince, Alphabet Street Music Video

Merv Griffin Show, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Buena Vista Productions, Anniversary of Candid Camera with Allen Funt

Billy Crystal, Mr. Saturday Night Special, and *61.

Dawson’s Creek with Katie Holmes

My So Called Life with Claire Danes

That’s So Raven, Roseanne Barr Show, X Files, Sopranos, Alf, Carol Burnett Productions, Sightings.

Saatchi and Saatchi L.A., Rubin Postaer, ABC, NBC, CBS, Paramount, Universal, Great Guns, Disney Channel, HBO, Showtime, MTV, The Reel Thing, Dailey & Associates, DDB Needham, Grey & Associates, Deutsch, Leo Burnett, Oglivy & Mather, Team One, Ground Zero, Lithium Entertainment, Alta Vista Productions, Copper Media, ESPN, Murkami, Wolf & Swinson, Kurtz & Friends, Don Bluth Productions, Young & Rubicam, Editel, Encore, TAV, Riot.

Vikki North’s paintings are original art created on finest canvas. Her medium is oil and acrylic; She is a contemporary artist and works in figurative, symbolic and fantasy genre. She also does portraiture and custom work for her clients. (Contact the artist)

‘I’ve always been an artist from as early as I can remember. I sold my first painting at the age of eight years old. It was about that time that my Dad decided I needed a better artist signature for my paintings. He came up with the spelling of my name. Many decades post, I still sign my paintings that way.”

“As big as my house is, I can only sit in one chair at a time.”    (Russell Simmons, Do You, 2007)

In regards to the Red Chair Series:

Almost 20 years ago, I walked into an antique store in Venice, California. The store was jammed with over priced furniture that I had to carefully maneuver around to find my footing. As I rounded one corner, there it was: a red chair sitting by itself. So simple in design, it was incongruous amongst rich mahogany and walnut antique treasures. I assume that’s why they isolated it to a corner. I asked the clerk about it. She said she didn’t know where it had come from. It had been at the store for as long as she could remember. It was the only one they had. I left the store, went home and continued my day.

The red chair stayed in my thoughts. As the hours passed, I found myself a bit obsessed with this silly chair. Its paint was a flat red, baring no sheen, and it was a heavy wood. There was nothing special about it. It was just a basic chair. I got in my car, drove back to the store and bought the chair. I brought it home, set on the floor in front of it and looked at it. My mind filled with questions: Had the chair been part of a set once, and if so, where were the other chairs? Who had owned it? How did it end up in the antique store? Did its prior owner die, or did they just abandon it? Could it be 50 or even 100 years old? Had this chair seen every great world event for the past century? How many people had set in this chair? Even more important, who had painted it red and why?

Of course the red chair never gave me a clue to it’s past, but I will tell you this: It is, and will always be, my red chair.

Vikki North