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The lovely Sun Devil we use on our
site was created by the world famous Olivia
De Berardinis in 1992 using one of
her very favorite subjects... the sensational Bettie Page which is pictured below.
For us this fantasy depiction of a devilish nude woman represents the beauty... glamour...
strength of today's modern sexy
woman... and the courage we see in every one of
the sensational Ladies who have chosen to become members of the Diablo
Sun Devils Naturist Club..!
Olivia De Berardinis
was born in California in 1948 but spent most of her childhood on the
East Coast. Her father... Sante De Berardinis... was a freelance
aeronautical engineer... and his work kept Olivia's family constantly on
the move.
Being the only child... Olivia lived in an adult world where she
spent much of her time drawing. Olivia's playful... flirtatious
mother... Connie... served as her favorite model and muse.
In 1967 she attended
the New York School of Visual Arts. Over the next few years she took odd
jobs to pay the rent but continued to paint and began to show her
work... primarily minimalist oils on canvas. By 1974 financial pressures induced
Olivia to seek out commercial art work... and so she returned to the
skills she had gained as a child... painting beautiful women for
periodicals and paperback publishers. In a short time Olivia secured
regular work painting erotic fantasies for men's magazines.
In 1975 Olivia met Joel
Beren and they were married four years later. Living on Manhattan's
Upper West Side they developed a small publishing business... O Cards...
primarily printing Olivia's work as greeting cards. They created another
company... Ozone Productions, Ltd. to license Olivia's artwork.
In 1984 Olivia met
Robert and Tamara Bane and signed her first fine art publishing
agreement with Robert Bane Publishing. Over 200 limited editions have
since been published. In 1987 the Tamara Bane Gallery in Los Angeles
opened its doors with a gala one-woman show of Olivia's artwork. Later
that year Olivia and Joel moved to Los Angeles where they reside today.
Olivia has had shows throughout the United States and Japan and her work
is collected by fans worldwide. Robert Bane Editions remains the
exclusive publisher and representative of all of Olivia's original
paintings... drawings... studies... gouaches... signed and numbered limited
editions... and posters... while eOlivia
is the online outlet for books... catalogs... greeting cards...
postcards... and collectibles featuring Olivia's
art.
While artists have been
fascinated with feminine beauty forever... glamour and pinup art seems to
have really come into its own as an American popular art. Today it is
Olivia De Berardinis who has become the foremost glamour artist...
inheriting the mantle of Vargas and Petty with her stunning renditions
of the female form. eOlivia... formerly "pinupmall.com" is the official
home and online store for books... calendars... greeting cards...
postcards... and other collectibles featuring the art of Olivia De Berardinis
and Bettie Page.
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