A Gallery selling the 1st. ever casting storyboards by John McLusky. See the imagined image for James Bond 007, and place Sean Connery face in the frames. A pretty good match.

I saw Dr. No at a local movie theater on the recommendation my my girlfriend's father a ghostwriter for Walter Winchell in the summer of 1962.  Needles o say it was great!!!!All though my teens I waited for new 007 movies. This is a fun bit of history. See below details. 

As the casting agent for Amazon MGM's Bond, Nina Gold, announced this week she started screen-tests for the new 007, we displayed two legendary artworks in our London gallery that tell the story of how the first James Bond was cast. Four years before the first Bond film, Ian Fleming sent the artist John McLusky this drawing, saying it was how he imagined 007: John McLusky thought Fleming's idea was too feminine and sent back his own idea. John McLusky's idea won and was published in a comic strip - the first time the world saw the face of James Bond. Sean Connery's agent saw John McLusky's drawings and noticed how much he looked like Bond, which is why Sean Connery auditioned and got the part. Our set of 824 drawings from 1958-1966 is for sale for $1.9M (£1.4M). We are inviting Amazon's producers and casting agents to the gallery to see the creator of James Bond - Ian Fleming's ideas of how Bond should look: John McLusky worked personally with Ian Fleming to illustrate: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia, with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice. The drawings were used as storyboards for the film Dr. No.: I placed one drawing from each book/film in the collection of The Academy (Oscars): https://academycollection.org/web/arena/search#/?q=john+mclusky The drawings include the first ever images of Bond in an Aston Martin: This drawing of Bond in the DBIII is in The Academy: John McLusky's 824 original drawings and 1,600 original prints from 1958-1964 - visually tell the story of every written word of Ian Fleming's Bond. They are the oldest visual history of James Bond, visually mapping how Ian Fleming saw the world's most famous spy - information we have invited the the creators of the new James Bond to come and see. Click on this short film to see the drawings: Further interest  John McLusky Estate email: fraser@agalleryartists.com Best, Fraser Scott Director A Gallery Artists Ltd Art to Hold Your Interest www.agalleryartists.com +44 (0) 7954 051 458 agallery#fineartmagazineblog.blog.blogspot.com #sunstormfinearmagazine.com#artfun007#artfunsummer #artfunmovies#artfunfoever

Hamptons art fun!!! Fremin Gallery attends Hampton Fine Art Fair, Juy 9-12,2026 Booth 333 & 349

Creola Carla Cristofari  - "Acqua Azzurra" - Acrylic on Canvas-   31" x 39"  FREMIN Gallery is delighted to announce our participation at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair , (July 9 - 12). Visit us at Booths number 333 and 349 to view new contemporary works from our artists. YOUR VIP PASS CODE: hfaf26vipd0090 Enter promo code at checkout to secure your ticket: www.HamptonsFineArtFair.com/tickets

Emilie Arnoux - "Suspended Hour" - Acrylic on Canvas- 50" x 50" About the Fair: Celebrating 20 years of producing dynamic art marketplaces in the Hamptons, and bringing together world-class galleries, artists, and collectors to honor America’s 250th Anniversary.  The fair offers a vibrant platform for cultural exchange and artistic discovery, highlighting innovative works and diverse creative expressions. As part of this prestigious event, AGI Fine Art will showcase a curated selection of international artists, reflecting the gallery’s dedication to presenting inspiring and thought-provoking contemporary art. A Hamptons prime location — HFAF is staged in a spectacular 70,000 sq. ft. pavilion complex, featuring the Pollock and de Kooning Luxury Pavilions, strategically located on 17 bucolic acres — right on the main road connecting the Hamptons (County Rd 39).  This location is just minutes from downtown bustling Southampton Village, filled with stylish shops, trendy restaurants, art galleries and museums.

Rob Strati - "Sailing the Sound" - Broken Plate - Ink on Paper - " 23 x 23" Fair Information VIP Opening: Thursday, July 9 VIP “First-Look” Opening Preview: 12-5pm VIP Opening Preview Evening: 5-9:30pm General Admission: Friday, July 10: 11am-7pm Saturday,July 11: 11am-7pm Sunday, July 12: 11am-6pm Location: Southampton Fairgrounds 605 County Rd 39 Southampton, NY 11968

Julian Lennon - "In Between" - Archival Giclee Print - 44" x 44" Special Booth #349 dedicated to Julian Lennon Julian Lennon is an English musician, photographer, author, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia. Julian inspired three Beatles songs: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” “Hey Jude,” and “Good Night.” After photographing his half-brother Sean’s music tour in 2007, Lennon developed a serious interest in photography. He has been featured in six solo photography exhibitions beginning in 2010 with Timeless: The Photography of Julian Lennon at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Los Angeles. His Alone collection was featured at ArtBasel Miami Beach in 2012 to raise money for The White Feather Foundation. His Horizon series was exhibited at the Fremin Gallery in New York City in 2015, as well as his Reminiscence exhibition in 2025 at Fremin Gallery. In 2021, Lennon became the first fine art photographer featured at the Aston Martin Residences Gallery in Miami. In 2023, his ATMOSPHERIA photo show appeared at the William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica. In 2024, Lennon released a photography book titled Life’s Fragile Moments. In addition to his visual art career, Julian Lennon is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who has released seven albums and 38 singles since 1984, including the chart-topping hit “Too Late for Goodbyes.”

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Good Moring all of our Fine Art Magazine Blog,blogspot readers!!! Please enjoy my Jamie Forbes Glatic Dust Sunset June 15, 2026 below.

Hi All I have take a pretty shot in a 4 year series of Galactic Dust SunSets posting here for fun. 

Please enjoy the beauty the surrounds you. Be good stewards of your environment.

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Galactic Dust Sunsets: Artistic impressions, Science, and the Cosmos. 

“The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

Figure 1Jamie Forbes, Galactic Dust SunSet Series, photograph, 2023

My “Galactic Dust Sun Set Series” captures exact moments in time observed in photographs emphasizing the poignant beauty illuminating the landscape taken at moment of the day’s final rays at sunset.  I recorded daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly cycles changes seen in the land-skyscapes.  The concept of galactic dust connecting me to the universe opened a doorway from which to view my observations reflected in Neil deGrasse Tyson’s quote above resonated in my core.  I became a part of a timeless interconnectedness to the landscape telling a story of the complex exchange between the natural world and the limits we impose upon it. Observing the environment, I employed John Muir as an environmentalist he states, “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness’’.  My forest comprised of rays of light emerging at sunset displayed the transformations seen in the light. Jamie Ellin Forbes

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Madelyn Jordan retrospective of Stanley Boxer: A Centennial Exhibition. Catch the opening June 17, 6:00-8:00 PM. Details below!

Join us Tomorrow Evening for an Opening Reception Stanley Boxer: A Centennial Exhibition  Wed, June 17 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm Please join us for wine, light refreshments, and an evening celebrating the remarkable legacy and 100th birthday anniversary of Stanley Boxer, the acclaimed "sculptor of paint."  Artist Joyce Weinstein, Boxer's wife, will also be in attendance. RSVP NOW STANLEY BOXER: 'Enchantingcalm' 1995. Oil and mixed media on canvas, 24.5 x 49.5 in. Click here for additional photos A Rare Opportunity to Experience Stanley Boxer A rare opportunity for collectors and admirers of postwar Amreican abstraction, Stanley Boxer: A Centennial Exhibition brings together a collection of significant paintings spanning four decades of the artist's career.  Often described as a "sculptor of paint," Boxer built richly textured compositions that blur the boundary between painting and object. On view from June 17 through August 14, this exhibition traces the evolution of his practice, from the Ribbon Painting Series in the 1970s to the densely layered and material-driven works of his later career. Though entirely abstract, Boxer’s paintings create their own visual atmosphere, inviting viewers to engage in interpretation without the work ever settling into fixed meaning. View additional works STANLEY BOXER: 'Memoireofamoment' 1985. Oil and mixed media on canvas, 50.5 x 60.5 in Click here for additional photos About Stanley Boxer Born in New York City in 1926, Stanley Boxer studied at the Art Students League following his service in the Navy during World War II. His first exhibition took place in 1953 at Perdalma Gallery in New York, beginning a prolific career that would include more than one hundred solo exhibitions.  Boxer received numerous accolades throughout his lifetime, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1975 and a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant in 1989.   His work is held in major museum collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Tate. For any inquiries, please send us an email or call us at (914) 723-8738. We look forward to welcoming you to the gallery! Madelyn Jordon Fine Art 31 Mamaroneck Ave White Plains, NY 10601 T: (914) 723-8738 E: Madelyn@madelynjordonfineart.com W: MadelynJordonFineArt.com Hours: Wed-Fri. | 10:00 - 5:30 #MadelynJordonFineArt Follow Us: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter   Visit Us at: Madelynjordonfineart.com