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Category: Sc-fi and Fantasy

  • Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney at Stamford Museum

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    James Gurney has become widely known for his instructional books and videos as well as his role as a plein air painter, lecturer and popular blogger, but it was his series of fantastic Dinotopia adventure picture books that originally attracted the most notice — in the art community, the paleo art community and among the…

  • Jennifer Diehl

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    Originally from Wisconsin and now based in Oregon, Jennifer Diehl is a painter who brings a controlled but lively palette and painterly sensibility to a range of subjects: still life, landscape, cityscape, interiors, and figurative. Her landscapes feel fresh, unhurried and naturalistic, while still retaining the immediacy of location painting, and she often plays with…

  • Zezhou Chen

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    Zezhou Chen is a Chinese concept artist and illustrator working for the gaming industry. His subjects are usually of fantasy or science fiction themes. The latter includes a nicely retro-future piece that is part of a group project called “Retro“. His website includes galleries of his work for book covers, games and various personal projects.…

  • Lucas Graciano

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    Southern California artist Lucas Graciano has worked in concept design and visual development for the gaming industry as well as illustration for books and games. His website and blog focus primarily on the latter, particularly showcasing his fantasy themed illustrations for “Magic: The Gathering”. Both sources provide some reasonably large images in which you can…

  • The Tale of How book rereleased

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    Since 2006, I’ve been following the fascinatingly idiosyncratic work of South African artist and illustrator Ree Treweek. Treweek, along with animator/filmmaker Jannes Hendrikz and composer Marcus Smit, are collectively known as The Blackheart Gang. The group achieved notice for their deliriously quirky and beautiful animated short The Tale of How. They went from there to…

  • Arthur Haas

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    Arthur Haas is a concept artist and illustrator living and working in the Netherlands. His website, which is essentially a front door for his blog, is light on biographical information, but has lots of his fascinating images. Haas incorporates a multitude of imaginative freeform shapes into his compositions, both in the alien-looking environments and the…