Divine Creations

Let’s be a blessing, this Saturday, July 24th. Folks need it!!

Wishing all the dads, uncles, brothers, grandpa’s and mentors — anyone who has been a father figure in positively impact someone’s life, we celebrate and appreciate you.

Elliott Lawrence Pinkney Jr.
1934-2019

ELLIOTT PINKNEY was born and spent his childhood in Brunswick, Georgia. His high school teachers encouraged him to pursue a career in the arts. He moved to California and received a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Woodbury University. Elliott was a commercial artist, he worked as the Art & Printing Director for O.B. Mascom a Clopay Corporation until retirement. He then started his won Graphic design and Printing business. Elliott was also some of the renowned artist and muralist of Los Angels, California. He produced more than 33 murals in the greater Los Angeles area. He also has murals in Germany and in Wisconsin. Elliott has had more than 38 exhibitions in cities from West Coast to the East Coast-Los Angeles, Georgia, North Carolina, Washington D.C, Louisiana, and New Jersey. He has been listed in many art publications and has received numerous honors. He is the published author of “Heart and Soul”, Poetry and Art; “Down Home Places”, and “The Homeless”, Poetry and Art and Photography. He was commissioned for Public Art–Metro Blue Line Station, Los Angeles and for Works–L.A. Southwest College and The N.A.A.C.P to name a few. He was also a lecture, museum curator–Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and facilitor of workshops. Elliott received many awards–Don Belding Award; Latham Foundation International Poster Award; City of Compton, California, Hometown Hero Award; California Legislature Assembly Resolution, and more.

Elliott’s greatest accomplishments and joy was in service as a Christian. In addition to his service as Deacon and then as an Elder, he worked in many ministries–participated with the Crusade For Christ campaign, taught many bible class, attended Tuesday Night Visitation Class for the sick and shut-in, performed as a vocalist in various chorus groups, and provided service and support to many other ministries. If you ask him what he most wanted to be remembered as, it would be “Faithful Servant.”

Meet Trina Osborn, a very creative artist and is very nice with the calligraphy pen I might add. I’m honored to call her my sister-in-law. Here’s a little more about her.

My name is Petrina Osborn aka Trina. I've always been creative. As a child, I drew my own paper dolls, cut them out and played with them. I drew pictures of people, places and things. My parents gave me my first oil painting set when I was a pr***en. I was thrilled!
I eventually chose Studio Art as my Minor subject in college. There I painted what I call my "Masterpiece".
Someone actually offered to pay me $300 for it but I was so proud of my painting that I never sold it.
I have expanded my creative talents to more than just painting on canvas. I am a self taught calligrapher and I create graphic art by designing birthday, baby shower, and party invitations as well as a few wedding invites.
I'm in my creative, Zen-Zone when I design, paint, draw and create.🎨

Meet my friend an inventor, designer, photographer and much more Damon Saddler. I was honored to be part of a couple projects with Damon. Please check out the links below to see much more of his amazing work.

Damon Saddler
My passion for drawing started at the age of seven while riding the school bus every morning. Sitting next to an eighth grader one day, I was mesmerized by the superhero drawings he was sketching out of a comic book. He was kind enough to allow me to sit next to him everyday and taught me how to draw the same characters. (Thanks Maurice Kane!) My passion for all things creative has fueled my appetite for areas such as drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, 3D Computer modeling, and product design. My influences have been artists such as Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, Ernie Barnes, Diego Rivera, Charles White, Archibald Motley, Thomas Blackshear, and Kadir Nelson.
I am a Key Lead Designer for Mattel and currently work in the Games Division designing some of the most well known games in the portfolio including UNO Attack, UNO Power Grab, Pictionary Showdown, Pictionary Air, Whac-A-Mole, and Scrabble Speed. I have received over a dozen U.S. patents for my inventions and designs. Prior to working at Mattel, I was a product designer for Educational Insights, where I designed over 100 educational toys and games. I am a graduate of California State University Long Beach where I received my Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design.

http://www.damonsaddler.com/about

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/283030/shout-out-damon-saddler?fbclid=IwAR3NTJWl0lO47z1RTDYfICougb6-9Wo5ZO5tGHd_cNaGwCy0AK-UV8N3Wd0

Meet my friend and talented artist Michael Parks. This brother is very skillful with pencil, watercolor, Prismacolor, rendering, pen, and much more. Looking forward to seeing so much more from Mike P. Here’s a little more about this young brother.

Michael J. Parks is a graphic designer and mixed media artist from Los Angeles, CA. Currently, he works as a freelance artist, while attending Los Angeles Film School where he will obtain a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, June 2021. Having always been a dreamer, fascinated with the uniqueness and intricacies of people, he finds his nitch in character design. With a great interest in fashion design and illustrating, elements of fashion play a vital role in storytelling within his work.