Peter Ellenshaw
Desert Stream (unframed)
Signed, Limited Edition Print 

18"H. x 29"W.  

The definitive matte painter for Disney films such as Treasure Island and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Ellenshaw won an Oscar for his work on Mary Poppins. Encouraged by Walt Disney, Peter began painting scenes from the California desert Walt loved, and his fine art work became popular in upscale galleries.

Disney Artists and Friends Limited Edition Fine Art Prints

For about a dozen years beginning in the late 1960’s, a group of Disney designers and their spouses, headed originally by Richard Irvine and his wife Ann, raised scholarship funds for art students. A yearly art exhibit and sale was held; the very first show, featuring the work of Herb Ryman, was held at the Hancock Park home of Disney Legend Harrison “Buzz” Price and his wife, Anne Price. Each year, an artist’s work was reproduced for the event. The prints shown below are the very prints from those DAFCA (Disney Artists & Friends of CalArts) shows. Now these prints (with original signatures by the artists) are available for sale to the public, many for the first time. All proceeds support the students of Ryman Arts.