Joel Christopher Payne is America's new breakthrough collectible artist. Coming from a modest background, Payne creates artwork based on the simple joys of life by expressing the message of love in his imagery. "I draw my inspiration for my artwork from the fascination I got from watching classic films like "The Little Rascals", "Laurel and Hardy", "It's a wonderful life" in that I enjoy the gentle messages of the human spirit portrayed in those simpler times. Being a huge fan of Norman Rockwell, I always appreciated how he was able to communicate his whimsical messages with a handful of cleverly placed characters. In my paintings I try to unravel the mysteries of love in the form of a vintage advertisement. Instead of promoting a product, I'm promoting the expressions of love in a big way, sometimes romantic, sometimes comical, but always relevant to the human soul"- Joel Payne.

Payne's artistic history is epic in its diversity as a Digital and traditional painter. His professional artistic career spans across #1 rated video games, 3D TV shows, films, motion based Virtual reality rides, and 3D magazines. Utilizing a 16 year career as an entertainment artist, Payne's talents have enabled him to work with such world renowned entertainment personalities as Stan Winston, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron as well as major corporations like Intel, Microsoft, DreamWorks, Disney, Sony, Corel, F9E, Foundation-imaging, and Disney Imagineering. Payne's artwork has been featured in Max Steal, Starship Troopers the 3d cartoon series, Titanic, Jurassic Park, Silent Hill 5, Baulders Gate: Dark Alliance, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monk, Flintstones the Movie, Disney's Virtual Jungle Cruise and Disney's Atlantis. Payne's bold imagery is smart, with brilliant colors and strikes a cord with the most respected art critics by putting a smile on their faces.