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Alex Horley’s artistic talent knows no boundaries. He has a solid foundation in traditional art with a superior eye for light, color, camera placement and composition. He is well known for his diverse visual range in regards to concept design, exceptional human and creature anatomy, ability to depict action, strong storytelling and sequence development skills. His distinctive compelling imagery leaps from the page and has earned him the reputation of one of today’s top creative visionaries who is finding an ever-expanding audience. Real name Alessandro Orlandelli, he was born in the small town of Opera in the outskirts of Milan Italy. His love for the fantastic came early while reading his favorite Marvel comics in the seventies. He started to try and draw them when he was in kindergarten and even taught himself the English language by reading comic books. Within those pages he studied stylings of such masters as Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Gene Colan as well as John and Sal Buscema. Years later it would be the writings of Robert E. Howard which fueled his imagination and love of the fantasy genre. He then discovered the art of Frank Frazetta on the cover of the Conan the Destroyer comic series. He searched bookstores for more of his work and came across The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta Volumes 1-4. The very next day he purchased his very fist set and brushes and began to push paint around on the canvas. After high school he went straight into Art College and was then accepted into the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts of Milan. During his first year he was invited to take an internship at the academy’s museum “Gallery of Brera.” Any free time he had was spent painting his own fantasy style illustrations and frequenting the local comic book stores. He began collecting Pulp publications, Vampirella, Creepy, Eerie as well as books on everyone from Caravaggio to Waterhouse. During this time he also discovered the works of Richard Corben and Simon Bisley. Next to Frazetta these two artists would be the strongest influences on him while developing his own skills as a painter. After graduating from the academy, he created the name “Alex Horley” because he thought his real name would be too hard for potential editors to remember and felt it took up too much space when signing his name to his original works of art. He started his professional career right away creating covers for video game and role playing game magazines throughout the European Market. Early on he made a trip to London to meet with the editors of Monster Massacre and Blackball Comics. He was instantly commissioned for several pin-ups. He also started working for Marvel Italy and producing character designs for The Mutant Chronicles published by Acclaim/Dark Horse. It was then the editors and art directors at DC Comics discovered Alex’s work. He signed on for a Lobo mini-series, several painted covers and story layouts for both the DC and Vertigo division. He was also part of the Batman Master Series. A group of trading cards later reprinted in a hard cover format art book. Alex then entered the world of adult format comics. He was commissioned by Glen Danzig to produce several pin-ups and story layouts for his Verotik Comics. He also began a series of projects for Penthouse Comix and received an overwhelming response from its readers. In addition, he began the designs and layouts for “Sharky”, a new mini-series for Image Comics. He was also chosen to be one of the artists to be featured in the Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated Magazine. The owner and publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine, Kevin Eastman, then contacted Alex. After completing an eight-page short story for the publication, Kevin asked Alex to produce covers and calendar art annually along with a series of limited edition posters. The covers and posters featured his muse Stacy E. Walker, one of the most well known figure models in the fantasy and comic art genre. The collaborations together became so popular for the publication they produced a statue based on their signature painting “Red Stacy” as well as their own calendar. A 12” x 18” sculpture of their iconic Galactic Cop cover image is set for release in 2012. The duo was also featured guests at the Heavy Metal Booth at the San Diego Comic Con for five years before breaking out on their own. In addition to Heavy Metal, Alex produced cover art for countless comics and magazines including titles for Devils Due, Vampirella, and the Comic Book Buyers Guide. DC Comics then enlisted Alex to fully paint the six issue mini-series “Lobo Unbound”. The first issue was an instant sell out and DC Direct asked Alex to design a high end limited edition statue based on the cover art from the issue. Later they would ask Alex to produce box art for a Lobo action figure being produced by Mattel to be sold exclusively at the San Diego Comic Con. During this time Alex began to work with the gaming company Wizards of the Coast on one of the most popular trading card games in the world, Magic: The Gathering and has produced more the 120 cards for the game. He was also one of a select group of artists chosen to work on their Harry Potter Game. Most recently he was handed picked by the art director to work on their new internet comic series Path Of the Planeswalker. The series proved to be so popular it was also published as a 160 page graphic anthology. A small preview booklet featuring a sample chapter by Alex was produced and distributed as a limited edition promotional item at the San Diego Comic Con as well as other major gaming conferences. It would not take long before Alex’s explosive images would catch the eye of a variety of licensing companies and celebrities. He began a series of limited edition cell prints for the innovative new company Laser Mach, Inc. He produced exclusive art featuring the characters of Marvel Comics for Tower Records and the Universal Theme Parks. Gene Simmons of the legendary band KISS commissioned Alex for several pieces to bring visual impact to several projects he has in development. Alex consistently produces a variety of art for ground breaking musician and film maker Rob Zombie including color storyboards and advertising art for his films. In early 2010, the rocker released his fourth solo album “Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool” and before saying goodbye to the almighty CD in the wake of digital downloads, Zombie thought he would give it a big send-off . “I love being able to get great artists involved on my CD artwork and this time is the best yet. I gathered three of the top artists around to contribute some killer new Zombie art for the booklet. These three masters have added an awesome edge to the CD package that I’m sure you will love.” Alex is one of those three masters and has four paintings prominently featured in the CD booklet. The provocative “Jesus Frankenstein” image he created was also used as the cover art of the Limited Edition Coffin Box Set version of the album as well as a limited edition t-shirt available exclusively at the Hot Topic store chain. In addition to Zombie, he also created the CD cover art for two releases by the heavy metal band “Blood Tsunami” as well as one of Italy’s biggest pop/rock stars “Lorenzo Jovanotti.” Alex’s versatile artistic talent has also enabled him to expand in to a wide variety of new markets. He was commissioned to create a “pop art” style cover for the magazine Psychology Today along with an interior story. The art was so well received it was then licensed by their European counter part Focus Magazine. Focus is one of Europe’s most popular magazines with a circulation of six million. After the art appeared on the cover of the Italian edition, it was picked up by Spain and Greece as well. The cutting edge fashion magazine Flaunt asked Alex to produce two alternate covers feature Siena Miller and Topher Grace to compliment their interior fashion spreads. The prestigious ad agency Cramer Krasselt of Chicago asked Alex to produce the advertising art for the Broan Company to run in trade publications across North America and Canada. He was also selected as one of only five renowned artists to be featured in a Masters of Fantasy limited edition tattoo flash art set produced by the leading distributor in the field, Bullseye Tattoos. He also created the cover art for the project and it was later made available as a limited edition print. He also completed the packaging art for an entire new series of Action Man toys for Hasbro’s European market. Next Alex began working with the Upper Deck Entertainment Company for several of their new trading card games. He produced cards and box art for the Verses game featuring the characters from Marvel and DC Comics. His art was also features in their Marvel Masterpiece series. The company was so impressed with the packaging art he created for the “Marvel Team Up” set, he was asked to create the first box art for their “Pirates of the Caribbean” game in association with The Disney Company. Soon after, he was asked to start producing art for a new game to be based on one of the biggest properties in the computer gaming industry, “World of Warcraft.” After completing a successful signing tour throughout Europe to launch the game, Alex was asked to create the art for a special stackable collector tin card box for their market. His eye-popping illustrations became and instant favorite amongst the staff of the games creators at Blizzard Entertainment. He was the first non Blizzard staff member they approved to produce art for the packaging of the game as well as their licensed product line. His original art is highly coveted by their staff and there are more than twelve of his paintings hanging throughout the companies headquarters. Blizzard’s Executive VP and co-founder Frank Pearce loves his take on their characters and is the proud owner of more than six of his paintings. He generously lent one of his paintings to an exhibition on World of Warcraft and Emerging Media at the Laguna Museum of Art in Laguna Beach California. In the fall of 2010, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taiwan featured 700 pieces of art from Blizzard Entertainments Diablo, Starcraft, and World of Warcraft in a series titled “Fights, Flights and Frights Inside the Storm”. It was the first time Blizzard had an exhibition of its art overseas. Alex’s 16x20 oil painting of “Tosh from Starcraft and owned by Blizzard Entertainment was prominently featured in the exhibition. Alex was extremely honored to be included in both of these unique and prestigious events. Alex quickly became a huge fan of the company and its staff members and spends a good amount of with them at their offices in Irvine California and has a contract with their Creative Development Department. He considers working with Blizzard as the best job he has ever had and looks forward to a long creative relationship with the company. Alex continues to receive rave reviews for his work around the globe from some of the biggest publications in the field including Fantasy Art Now, The Future of Fantasy Art, Spectrum Fantastic Art, ImagineFX, Beckett Massive Online Gamer, DRAW, and China’s Fantasy Art Magazine. The Alex Horley Sketchbook was released in August of 2009 in three formats, Trade Paperback, Hard Cover and Deluxe Limited Edition Slipcase Hardcover. It is the first retrospective of his work packed with over 200 illustrations from his behind-the scenes drawings and preliminaries to his triumphant, finished paintings along with his own in-depth personal commentary. A full color retrospective of his work is in the planning stages for future release. Looking ahead Alex’s calendar is jam packed. He looks forward to all the exciting projects he will work on with Blizzard as well as continuing his work with comics, graphic novels, and cover art. He also looks forward to expanding his career deeper into the fields of concept design and storyboarding for video games and feature films. Most recently he formed a production company with his partner and muse Stacy E. Walker and the “Alex Horley” name is now a registered trademark of Blaze Productions Inc. where plans are currently in the works to fully develop his own innovative ideas in the fantasy genre as well as the entertainment arts.
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The official online gallery featuring the art and illustrations of Chris Dien. Here you will find the latest of the artists paintings for books and games.
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A page for fans of Frank Cho
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Greg Horn. View the paintings in his art galleries for Marvel Comics characters Emma Frost
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A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries. Born on October 13, 1963, and raised in a creative family, Andrew's art education is largely self-taught. His artist father, Anthony A. Gonzalez, encouraged his early interest in drawing and painting but gave him no formal training. In the year 2000, Andrew Gonzalez had the distinct privilege to work closely with the well-known Fantastic Realist artist Ernst Fuchs in Monaco and Austria. Photos of the experience can be seen at L. Caruana's website. The paintings of Gonzalez are created with airbrushed acrylics on panel or canvas. Forms, values and highlighting are created by lifting pigment with an abrasive eraser, followed by the application of transparent layers of pigment. Influenced by idealism in the mystical, visionary and esoteric traditions, the artist describes his work as a contemporary Tantric or Transfigurative Art that explores the dramatic union of the sensual and spiritual. His work is akin to a revival of classical neoplatonic ideals centering on the figure as temple and vessel sublimed by transformative forces. ARTIST STATEMENT Raised in an artistic family, the tools for creative expression were a familiar part of my world. As a child, drawing gave me playful access to the exciting contents of fantasy and imagination. This playful communion with fantasy would later mature into the creative exploration of the patterns of my soul, and the celebration of the forces of life. My childhood preoccupation with dreams and imaginal worlds would soon lead me to the masters of imaginative painting. But it wasn't mere "fantasy" art that would call to me, but an art with a particular revelatory power. I longed for an art that would contemplate the jewel of wisdom hidden within and reveal the glory and mystery of being, an art sublimed with grace and beauty, subtle, yet profoundly ecstatic and mythically bold in its declaration. The augurs of this revelatory art that would initially inspire my imagination would be found within the visionary and mystical art traditions and disseminated within the movements of Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Surrealism and Fantastic Art. As a young teenager it was Dali's "Nuclear Mysticism" that first captivated my imagination, then followed by the preeminent work of Ernst Fuchs, William Blake and the mystical idealism of Jean Delville. And later as a young adult, the creative eye of my soul marveled at the prodigious possibilities brought forth by the ominous visions of H.R. Giger, the crystalline vistas of Robert Venosa and the transparent transfigurations of Alex Grey. The kinship I felt with these artists gave me the conviction and hope that was vital during the initial development of my artistic skills and vision. Their mastery of technique combined with a clear and unique vision was certainly a prime motivating force. Above all, these revelatory artists, as well as many others, inspired my faith in the possibilities of what is yet to come in the art of the soul and spirit. My early interest in all things arcane and mystical arose from my sensitivity for synchronistic experiences and profound vivid dreams, which in turn lead me to question our common perceptions of reality, imagination and being. I found myself drawn to various esoteric subjects ranging from comparative religion and mythology to Jungian psychology, alchemical and tantric symbolism, exotic physics and the frontiers of consciousness and dream research. But it was these unique dream experiences that would awaken an undeniable call to devote myself to the development of a numinous artistic vision. A new beginning in my creative journey arose after a series of peak dream experiences that culminated at the age of nineteen. These "supernatural events of the soul" comprised of out-of-body experiences and lucid "waking" dreams, some of which involved brief encounters with mysterious adepts or messengers. On three occasions during my lucid dream practice I awoke enveloped in a fiercely radiant golden light, moving rapidly towards its blazing white center. Upon opening my eyes, I felt what could only be described as a sense of being reborn. Everything around me looked new, and I felt this wonderful sense of peace and clarity that would last for months. Whether real or illusory, these experiences inspired in me an acute sense of the astonishing miraculousness of everything. To this day I feel that somehow these experiences may have caused an acceleration in the progress of my artwork. Perhaps this leap in my artistic ability was the result of my newfound focus and devotion, but what was unfolding was an imagery that would be the basis of my work today. Many years later, it would be the entheogenic experience that would recharge my inspired reverence for the ecstatic visionary possibilities of the imagination. . I would come to view my drawings after this period as mystical love poems to the soul. I would often relate to the female figures of my artwork as dakini messengers or as an anima mediatrix to the dimensions within, the projected mirror of the soul. For me, drawing and painting became soul-crafting. The imagery began to develop the quality of a revived Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic, or rather a contemporary sacred symbolism with a predominant emphasis on the eternal feminine. I began to master the airbrush which allowed me to create a sculptural photographic look with incredible subtlety. It also allowed me to refine values and design with an almost unconscious immediacy that balanced well with my controlled conscious intent. My approach to the creative process is always a fine balance between order and chaos. Feeling the need to contribute transformative images of beauty to the collective imagination, my imagery would develope an implicit antithesis to H. R. Giger's artwork. I felt driven to show in my work the liberation of the body and soul out of the dark depths of decay and perverse eroticism. By sublimating the erotic towards an angelic sensuality and by using ascension and rebirth symbolism, a sacred eros would emerge as the predominant theme of my work. Not the erotic as simply the sexual, but as our bodily communion with the living flow and rhythms of energy. I can feel this primordial living energy flow through me as I paint, forming into the sensual movement of a transfiguring biosophic flame that flows through and around the figures in my imagery, suspending them in an ecstatic moment, an eternal dance poised on the threshold of a new birth. It is the archetypal dance of the sphere and the serpentine movement of form. The dance of the spermatozoa and the ovum, the serpent and the egg, the dragon and the pearl and the life giving waters of the comet and the sacred ground of the earth.
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Mel Ramos Website that features 25 years of the California artists work.
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This site displays pin-up artwork inspired by Pop Art.
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The art gallery of Donato Giancola conceptual
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Official site of the award winning artist Joe Chiodo
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Alan started his professional career as an illustrator after graduating Rochester Institute of Technology in 1991 with a BFA in Painting and Illustration. His first job right out of school was for two covers for Marvel Comics - Conan Magazines. He has since trained under his mentor of 6 years John F. Murray at The School of Visual Arts and the John F. Murray School of Art. He studied a traditional academic approach to Drawing and Painting that can be traced back to Jean Leon Gerome and other 19th Century French Academicians at the Ecole de Beau Arts in France. This training technique is known as the Riley Method. The Riley Method was taught to John Murray by Frank Riley at The Art Students League of New York. During and after Alan's training, he has developed a steady working relationship with many of his clients, most of which are top tier companies in their perspective industries. He has illustrated Book Covers, Calendars, Portraits, Advertising, Card Game Illustrations, Magazine Covers, Interior Illustrations and more. His work here will speak for itself as far as quality, photo-realism, and digital art go. "I have always been inspired by traditional, classical and academic works of art. I enjoy the 'intellectual' painters, especially those of the 19th century, as well as the Old Masters. I also love creating my own worlds, painting the characters and their environments as I envision them."
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A large collection of art by Maria J. William - fantasy
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Digital art
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Jean-Claude Claeys
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Craig is a visual artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He spends his time equally between Calgary and Fernie BC. His art is a biographical exploration of his life and thought. His work ranges in style from the realistic to the expressive. His palette ranges from the somber earth tones of the classical world to the bright super chromatic of the pop and postmodern era. His work has both an adult sensibility and a childlike curiosity and playfulness. He considers himself to be a figurative artist. People and relationships are his favorite subject matter. His work encompasses the psychological relationships of coexistence, between differing people, people and objects, objects and other objects. He doesn't believe in imposing rhetoric and the spoken word upon his art and thinks it should be experienced as a kind of visual poetry.
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This site contains images of Tim Murphys paintings. Tim S. Murphy received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and his MFA from The University of the Arts.

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