Artist Michael Noles is a graduate of Ringling school of art in Sarasota Florida, where he received his BA in fine arts. He continued his schooling at the university of Gainesville for his master’s degree. Michael has been working as senior art director/designer & consultant in the theme park industry for 27 hears. His partial client list includes: Walt Disney - Florida & France, Ringling Clown College – Japan, Universal Studios – Orlando, Six Flags over Georgia, Macy’s - New York, Revere Studios - Orlando / Dubai.
Michael’s personal work has been shown and sold around the world. Disney commissioned him to create a bronze statue to be presented to King Renier of Monaco. His "High Seas Collection" has hung at the Customs House Museum in Key West, Historical Museum Orlando, Mel Fisher Museum Key West, Pirates Dinner Theatre Orlando and Old Port Exchange in Portland Maine. Michael created a sculpture after the 9/11 disaster entitled "Lest We Forget" of a firefighter pulling our flag out of the rubble. All were hand painted and numbered. 40 of the sculptures were sold to private collectors, and the remaining majority was purchased by fire stations around our nation. He also has produced a series of Western art that has been displayed in Southwest Art Magazine. He sculpts in stone and wax and has done various bronze pieces as well.
Michael’s "High Seas Collection" will be made available to the general public throughout the hours of the Treasure Coast Pirate Fest on September 12th and 13th. The artist himself will be present to autograph purchases of this collection.
Tiger Lee
Tiger Lee of the South China Sea is a pirate at heart. A renegade, who skirts the edge of society as being the premier pirate photographer of the seven seas, Tiger is a master of combining' photography with digital manipulation and won two Photoshop GURU Awards at the Photoshop World Conference.
Tiger is also famous ... or probably more accurately, infamous ... for his “Hot Pirate Babes” calendars, his first one debuted in 2007.
Tiger Lee’s 2010 Hot Pirate Babes calendar release party will be held during the Treasure Coast Pirate Fest. The party will take place on Saturday September 12th, from 7:30 – 10 pm at Howard Johnson Inn, 950 SE Federal Hwy Stuart, FL. This portion of the event is presented by Pirates of the Treasure Coast, Howard Johnson Inn, Flannigan’s of Stuart and Pirate Portraits N’ Treasures. Live entertainment will be provided by Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew. A $16 cover charge will include a signed 2010 “Hot Pirate Babes” calendar, ($10 cover charge without calendar) there will be prizes and give-a-ways, live entertainment, and a chance to be discovered in the model search for next year’s calendar!
Artist Mike Quinn, spent his early years in upstate New York and was schooled in Maryland. His travels have taken him from one coast to the other, down south to Mexico, and across the Pacific to Hawaii. He has also visited the Caribbean Islands of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Caymans where he focused on marine life, piracy and further explored his fascination with skulls.
This artist's claim to fame is his unique depiction of the human skull ranging from whimsical to downright disturbing. Mike Quinn has designed logos and images for many commercial sources including the art used for the 2009 Treasure Coast Pirate Fest. His original art will be on display and available for purchase during the festival.
