artist

I am currently a second year student at a film school in America learning to be an animator and comic book illustrator. I'm not entirely sure what my avenue for my career after school will be but I do know I am 100% dedicated to some form of hand drawn animation, though more less digitally...

Hi, I saw this beautiful painting in a shop and would like to identify the name of the artist. I would really appreciate it if someone can help me by translating the text. Thank you Paul (first time on this site so apologies if I have posted in the wrong place etc)