Chris Towle

Chris Towle was born in a small picturesque town in Yorkshire, England. The region, well known for its history in engineering, was the home to Robert Stephenson’s Darlington Rocket. This culture was the backdrop that inspired Chris’ love of machines. His formal school training was not art but engineering.

That said, at odds with school from an early age, he insisted on repeatedly running away. Finally, an insightful teacher gave the five-year-old a lump of clay to work with, which instantly gripped him and stopped him from leaving the classroom. Discovering clay was the catalyst for a lifelong relationship with sculpture.

His acclaimed skills have been sought after in England for films such as Gladiator and Star Wars. He eventually moved to The U.S. continuing his artistic career in Hollywood; he contributed to great special effect movies like Star Wars, Phantom Menace, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park 3, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, War of the Worlds, Avatar, World Trade Center - Oliver Stone/Nicolas Cage, League of Gentlemen, Team America, Castaway, Sleepy Hollow, Time Machine, Avatar, amongst many others

Chris lives in Glendale, CA, with his artist wife, Nathalie Tierce, and son Joshua. He has a studio workshop in Hollywood where he works on personal projects, commissions, and collaborations.

Nathalie Tierce

Nathalie Tierce, Production Manager of Living Image Studio. An artist in her own right, she has a history of design, painting, art direction and curation that spans over 20 years in film, fine art, and residential design.

In her professional career, Nathalie Tierce has worked on projects as diverse as productions for Shel Silverstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Rolling Stones, period dramas for the BBC, feature films such as Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and painting murals for Disney.

Ms. Tierce has had two books published with her visual allegories accompanied by short prose. Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden - Life is full of pricks released October 2021 and Fairy Tale Remnants released October 2019.

Born and raised in New York City, Nathalie received her formal training at Pratt Institute in New York and The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She then spent ten years in Europe refining her craft as a painter and developing her skills in design. She frequently exhibits in galleries in the Greater Los Angeles area and maintains a studio in Glendale, CA where she lives with her husband, Chris Towle, son Joshua and two cats.