The Art of Wellness Part One
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Celeste Yarnall has led a multi-faceted career. She began as a model, spokesperson, and actress fresh out of high school. She was discovered by Rick and Ozzie Nelson while walking past their offices at General Service Studios in Hollywood and appeared in an episode of “Ozzie & Harriet” in 1962. Jerry Lewis personally selected this young beauty casting her as one of the students in "The Nutty Professor." Paramount then cast her in a cameo role in "A New Kind Of Love" with Paul Newman. She also appeared with Jack Lemmon in "Under the Yum Yum Tree."
In Nazim's original paintings, there is a natural, non-toxic, environmentally friendly, green compound of minerals that produces a continuous flow of healthy air anions or negatively charged ions. Anions will clean the air of mold, pollen, fungi, bacteria, odors, etc. Anions will also help improve your concentration and awareness plus create a feeling of well being. It is like stepping outside after a thunderstorm when the air is so clean and fresh.
This is what Nazim's glazing on the painting will do in a room. The viewer is transformed by these Energized Artworks, both visually and experientially. Nazim is available for private/public commissions which will include this new health giving glaze.
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This is part one of the interview...part two will be posted nexy Monday, May 28th.
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All Photos: Alan Mercer Lighting: Eric V.
Celeste Yarnall has led a multi-faceted career. She began as a model, spokesperson, and actress fresh out of high school. She was discovered by Rick and Ozzie Nelson while walking past their offices at General Service Studios in Hollywood and appeared in an episode of “Ozzie & Harriet” in 1962. Jerry Lewis personally selected this young beauty casting her as one of the students in "The Nutty Professor." Paramount then cast her in a cameo role in "A New Kind Of Love" with Paul Newman. She also appeared with Jack Lemmon in "Under the Yum Yum Tree."
In 1964, she became the last elected Miss Rheingold receiving 20,000,000 votes from her fans. She moved from Los Angeles to New York, and traveled all over the Eastern Seaboard making personal appearances, doing television and radio commercials and print ads as the Rheingold Beer spokesperson. Her career as a top print model and television commercial spokesperson sky rocketed.
Celeste returned to Los Angeles in 1965 to pursue her acting career and has numerous feature films to her credit such as co-starring in "Live a Little, Love a Little" opposite Elvis Presley and playing the beautiful vampire, Diane, in "The Velvet Vampire" for Roger Corman. She starred in cult favorites ‘Eve,’ in which she played Christopher Lee's long lost jungle goddess granddaughter, and "The Beast of Blood" opposite John Ashley and soon became recognized as a popular "scream queen."
Celeste returned to Los Angeles in 1965 to pursue her acting career and has numerous feature films to her credit such as co-starring in "Live a Little, Love a Little" opposite Elvis Presley and playing the beautiful vampire, Diane, in "The Velvet Vampire" for Roger Corman. She starred in cult favorites ‘Eve,’ in which she played Christopher Lee's long lost jungle goddess granddaughter, and "The Beast of Blood" opposite John Ashley and soon became recognized as a popular "scream queen."
Other notable film appearances include "Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice" and "Around The World Under The Sea" for Ivan Tors Productions. Celeste guest starred on many television shows including "Star Trek" as Yeoman Martha Landon (Chekov's love interest) in "The Apple," "Bonanza," "Hogan’s Heroes,” "It takes a Thief," "Land of the Giants,” "Love American Style,” "The F.B.I.,” "Mannix,” and "Man from Uncle,” "Wild, Wild West,” "Bewitched,” and the "Columbo" pilot, as well as appearing in numerous other productions.
Celeste was selected as a “Deb Star” at the Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow awards in 1967 and was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival as the Foreign Press’s “Most Photogenic Beauty of the Year.” Celeste was also the National Association of Theatre Owners’ “Most Promising New Star” of 1968. Consequently, her lovely face was splashed on magazine covers and newspapers all over the world.
Having always loved and lived with cats and dogs, in 1993, Celeste embarked on another exciting challenge - to simultaneously write a holistic health care book for cats entitled Cat Care, Naturally - Celeste Yarnall's Complete Guide To Holistic Health Care For Cats (Charles E. Tuttle Publishing)
as well as breed, raise, and show eleven generations of championship Tonkinese and Oriental Shorthair cats reared on an all natural diet and supplements and the principles outlined in her book. Also in 1998, Celeste earned a Ph.D. in nutrition from Pacific Western University. Her second book, Natural Dog Care, was released in Spring of '98 along with a paperback version of her cat book now entitled Natural Cat Care. Celeste’s latest book, The Complete Guide to Holistic Cat Care was co-written with noted holistic veterinarian and researcher Dr. Jean Hofve, for Quarry Publications, and was the recipient of The Cat Writer’s Association’s Muse Award for 2010. Celeste's books are endorsed by prestigious Zone author, Barry Sears, Ph.D. Dr. Sears provided an essential fatty acid formula for her books for cats and dogs. In 2002, Celeste and her cat, Mimosa, were featured on Animal Planet’s “That’s My Baby” show. Celeste’s hobbies include playing the pedal harp and dancing Argentine Tango. She is married to noted British painter, Nazim Artist. For Nazim drawing and painting are the fundamental elements to the realization of his artistic vision, inspired by an array of themes that vary according to the temperament and compulsion to create the artwork. Myth, mysticism and metaphysics resonate within the subject matter,exploring the visual harmonics which the artist may observe or imagine.
In Nazim's original paintings, there is a natural, non-toxic, environmentally friendly, green compound of minerals that produces a continuous flow of healthy air anions or negatively charged ions. Anions will clean the air of mold, pollen, fungi, bacteria, odors, etc. Anions will also help improve your concentration and awareness plus create a feeling of well being. It is like stepping outside after a thunderstorm when the air is so clean and fresh.
This is what Nazim's glazing on the painting will do in a room. The viewer is transformed by these Energized Artworks, both visually and experientially. Nazim is available for private/public commissions which will include this new health giving glaze.
Celeste and Nazim reside in Westlake Village, California, and they travel extensively to speaking engagements, book signings, art shows, autograph shows and conventions, and welcome the opportunity to meet and chat in person.
CY: There is nothing harder than the world of art. If you think being an actor is hard...try selling a painting! I’ve never faced anything so difficult.
AM: I know how true that statement is! How do you like being involved in the art world Celeste?
CY: I want to tell you a bit about the art of wellness which is how we came together. We merged, not just our love, but our passions, which is my holistic paradigm and Nazim’s art paradigm. I had a dream about a new technology in paint and when I woke up I asked Nazim, “What if we created an organic line of paint?” Nazim said paint has been around so long. Da Vinci used paint! Then my friend called who is involved in this technology which involves negative ion particles and nano particles that is used in pain pads for animals and people. I asked him if you could put that in paint and he said of course! You can put these healing particles in paint that send out gas that heals the environment. We got some of these particles and Nazim came up with the idea to put it in the finish glaze. Now every painting you’re looking at has a glaze that is cleaning the air of mold, fungus, bacteria, eliminating odors and giving the environment the kind of effect you get in a rain forest after a thunderstorm.
NA: So in other words the work is energized. You are not just looking at something you are feeling the work.
Butterfly Nebula painting by Nazim
AM: Nazim, did you already have a new age style of thinking when you met Celeste?
NA: I think the reason we connected was because of all those impulses that resonate in the cosmos.
AM: How did you meet Celeste?
NA: We met, in a sense that was the right resonant chord. The frequency was right. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world. You find that frequency and you’re in harmony. It’s like a harp where all the strings have to be aligned. In a way our story is quite magical in that respect.
AM: So you must believe in magic.
NA: We both believe in magic as a quantum thing. When you walk into a flower shop you can sense the flowers. So I sensed “my queen.” We’re very much into the sacred feminine and masculine order of things. Once the energy found us and brought us together, the rest is history.
AM: Were you living in the United States already?
NA: No I was living in London. There is a privilege to be born in London. To me it’s the capitol of the world. Everyone is there and you have access to culture that is free. Over 250 languages are spoken there. At any given moment you are in transport sitting there with the world. It’s so exciting to be part of that fabric. The essence of London is a global matrix. You can get a sense of anywhere in the world in London. With that comes cuisine, music, art and culture, all the dense layers of sensory awareness. It’s a privilege to experience that.
CY: Nazim doesn’t have a drop of English blood but I’ve got plenty of it. My forefathers came over on the second Mayflower and the Yarnell family came over from Wooster in the 1500's. When we go to London it feels like our country.
AM: Where is your family from Nazim?
NA: My family comes from a little island called Cyprus.
CY: Which is the land of Aphrodite.
AM: That’s why you are both connected. You are very Aphrodite Celeste! (laughter)
CY: Thank you!
Sandy Koufax panting by Nazim
AM: Nazim, have you been a painter all your life ?
NA: I guess I was. It’s been a constant activity since I was a child. One day I grew up and I understood there are professional artists and a world called art. I started to gradually flow in that direction. It just happens. I knew it was a hard path but I was compelled and there was no choice. Of course I had other jobs in the mean time, everyone does. You have to pay the bills. For me, it’s my heart.
AM: Your art has a spiritual quality to me.
NA: I’m inspired by everything. I’m interested in where I’m at, both imaginatively and realistically. I observe the world around me and I think of esoteric influences. I have constant ideas and inspirations.
AM: Your butterfly paintings are magnificent.
NA: The butterflies have become our metaphor. When we met for the first time, it happened to coincide with the hubble telescope beaming back images from space of what was known as the butterfly nebula. So the butterfly nebula forms the crux of a lot of what I’ve been exploring since our meeting. When Celeste came to London, I took her to the Butterfly Sanctuary at the Natural History Museum and the butterflies all landed on her so naturally. She was covered in butterflies.
AM: You’re very prolific. How do you paint so many works of art so beautifully?
NA: You tune into the frequency and the rhythm of the form. It’s hard to explain. In terms of subject matter the animal theme very much developed by being here in California. It’s very different than being in London. I explored different subject matters there. The horses are from living here in the dessert of California.
AM: Tell me about your big cat paintings.
NA: The whole feline exploration is basically done for Celeste.
AM: Celeste, I can see why you were cast as an untouchable Goddess type. You are so believable.
CY: Bless your heart.
AM: Your beauty is still intact. It hasn’t diminished at all.
CY: You are so kind. I’ve had no botox or face lifts. I have a secret that goes back to our belief system. Back when I did a guest spot on ‘Bonanza’ I decided I needed a facial before filming since I had a few bucks then. The man giving me the facial told me I had the most beautiful bones he had ever seen on a human face. He said, “My dear, you will never age. You will never need a face lift. You will be tight skinned on these bones all your life.” That suggestion in a relaxed state of mind was so powerful. Today when I look in the mirror I can’t believe it. Of course I have a few lines, but I think to myself that I have a belief system that tells me I’m not going to age because I have tight skin over beautiful bones. (laughter) I’m convinced it’s the biology of one’s belief.
NA: That’s why she has become an anti-aging specialist...naturally.
AM: You are the right person for this job since you have aged naturally.
NA: I think you have to reference the whole Miss Rheingold chapter in Celeste’s life. That was an iconic thing to be a part of in terms of what it set in motion for her career. It was a prototype for American Idol.
CY: I was just a kid who would go to the market with my parents and I would see these big beautiful color photographs of these women and the ballet boxes where you could vote for the girl that you wanted to be Miss Rheingold.
AM: What did Miss Rheingold get to do?
CY: She would do all of the TV commercials and make personal appearances. It’s an east coast beer but they would come out to California to film commercials and do casting for the next year. They liked that California girl look. Back then there was quite a difference between California and New York girls. We rode in parades, we had billboards, we had ‘Harpers Bazaar’ and ‘Vogue’ double page ads. This contest went on for 25 years. It was style over substance. My year was the last elected year for Miss Rheingold. I garnered over 20 million votes!
This is part one of the interview...part two will be posted nexy Monday, May 28th.
To learn more about Celeste Yarnall and Nazim Artist please visit their web sites http://www.celesteyarnall.com/ and http://nazimartist.com/home.html
