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The Husband and Wife Artist Team |
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They were 22 year old kids and met at the coffee machine in the Music Building at CSU Northridge. Dana had just come out of the computer music lab and Jeanne had decided to come out of her practice room for a lousy cup of machine coffee. "He asked me out... cooked me fabulous Chinese food and we've been together ever since." |
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Jeanne has been designing greeting cards since she was about 3 years old ... using crayons at first... then pen, ink and watercolor as she got a little older. Her dad is a professional artist/sculptor and mom a wonderful chef and food writer. The family moved from California to Rome were she grew up with art and music, the sights and sounds, colors and aromas of Europe... seeing the opera ... the elephants on stage in Aida ...all made a huge impression on a very young girl. |
| In the 60's the family moved back to Hermosa Beach, California and Jeanne continued to draw and paint. She wrote poetry, hundreds of songs, sang, played piano and taught music to private students. The circle of renowned artists that frequented her family's famous home 'the Evans Villa' gave her continued inspiration. She loved to go to the mountains, go to concerts, swim or hang out at the beach... her part time job was at the local macramé shop. |
| Jeanne finished her music degree in Voice from CSUN in 1980, where she met husband, composer Dana Rosen. After getting married, she continued to perform and teach music... but found herself spending more time designing, painting and selling hand made cards to dozens of local stores. Dana's airline job gave the young couple the opportunity to travel... for almost 5 years they flew somewhere every month. |
| Through the 90's, Jeanne's design skills, creative and artistic energy blossomed and matured. For awhile, Jeanne Dana Cards became one of the most popular, unique, colorful, highest quality hand made card in the world. Their greeting card business continued to grow and their cards brought happiness and beauty to thousands of wonderful people everywhere. | |
Vegas ... 2008 |
With the growth of the internet came a steady decline in the use of greeting cards, sales plummeted and Jeanne Dana had to figure out what to do...something uniquely different. The best solution at the time was to recycle the paper scrap. The Jeanne Dana Paper Mill created hand made paper and envelopes, cast paper sculpture and paper mache on canvas all from old greeting card scraps. Plaster was added to the paper castings to make them more durable, innovative coloring and waterproofing techniques were used. More designs were created. The company name was changed to PaperAndStonetm and now in the 21st century, using 21st century materials, Jeanne Dana's art has evolved into something more architectural and very contemporary.... creating cast stone, cold bronze and marble sculpture, artwork and murals.
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| Born in Los Angeles, Dana
Rosen is son of a New York salesman and professional interior design
artist...
He grew up in the San Fernando Valley and began playing musical instruments in 1962 at the age of 7... performing in rock 'n roll bands, concert bands, jazz groups... playing electric and classical guitar, clarinet, saxophone, woodwind instruments, and eventually conducting and composing for full orchestra. Dana is a Young Musicians Foundation Alumni and was a top student of renown composer Dr. Aurelio de la Vega, winning several major awards in Music Composition. His interest in photography and darkroom work began in elementary school at the age of nine... and he continued to study a large variety of arts and sciences including ceramics, screen printing, concert production, film scoring, electrical and mechanical engineering.. After graduating with a Masters Degree in Classical Music Theory/Composition (CSUN 1980, where he met Jeanne), Dana studied Data Processing for 2 years at El Camino College. He worked as Computer Production Technician for First Interstate Bank and Lead Production Analyst at Flying Tiger Airlines for 6 years, (and helped turn those companies into profitable acquisitions for Home Savings and Federal Express). Self employed full time at age 32, as a silkscreen/paper artist, sculptor and painter, Dana and Jeanne have their graphic arts, casting/ design studio and gallery in the high desert above Los Angeles. They are proud parents of 2 amazing children Evie and Zach. Evie graduated UC Santa Barbara in 2006, BS in Organic Chemistry and is now a PHD candidate in Organic Chemistry at the University of Texas, Austin. Zach is a Senior Chemical Engineering student at UC Santa Barbara with interests in Classical Archaeology and International Diplomacy. He studied in Athens, Crete, London and Istanbul, summer 2006 and represented the United States as a International Scholar Laureate in Engineering in China spring 2007. Zach brews beer and rebuilds Porsche 928 engines in his spare time. Dana will celebrate his 53rd birthday this fall in Boulder City, NV... Jeanne Dana celebrated their 25th wedding Anniversary in London, Zurich and the British Virgin Islands Winter 2007 and traveled to Rome, Italy last December and New Orleans and the Western Caribbean in January 2008. This fall we hope to move our studio to the Palm Springs area. |
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Dana Rosen in 1986 |
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Jeanne Dana Greeting Cardstm has produced and sold 3 million+ original silk-screen prints. PaperAndStonetm, has made handmade paper, cast paper sculpture, cast stone, faux marble, cold bronze and paper mache art. The New Website www.bronzeormarble.com will be online this fall. His unique, innovative artistic style... production and performance skills continues to develop, grow and influence a younger generation of artists... his passion for Fine Art, Music, Science, Comedy and Performance is further enriched by his love of travel, gourmet foods/cooking, fine wines and entertaining, but most of all by his love of Jeanne... his passion for people and life... his amazing children and family. |
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Home Bronze and Marble Shows contact PaperAndStone Store in Quartz Hill
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Jeanne Dana Greeting Cards PaperAndStonetm 42263 50th St. West, PMB #507 Quartz Hill, CA 93536 |
Phone: (661) 943-0810 Fax: (661) 722-0540 |
Dana has signed, dated and sold
over 200,000
original sculptures and paintings.