For more than thirty years this self-taught artist has delighting children and adults with his imaginary creatures and landscapes, juxtaposing the familiar with the fantastic to clarify this world and create new and lasting universes. Delessert

Patrick Wilshire

May 31st, 2021 35m 13s

Since 2008, Patrick Wilshire has organized an annual conference devoted to imaginative realism. IlluXCon now hosts more than 200 artists of science fiction and fantasy themes during the event, along with classes, lectures, and art demonstration

Arthur Szyk

May 3rd, 2021 21m 44s

Best known for his World War II anti-Nazi political art and his beloved Passover Haggadah, 20th century artist Arthur Szyk single-handedly revived the medieval tradition of illumination.A master of miniature painting and calligraphy, Szyk bro

Burton Silverman

Apr 26th, 2021 25m 11s

Over the years, many artists have referred to Silverman as a grandfather Figure of sorts, a guiding presence who either through his artwork or teaching — the artist has been hosting classes in his Manhattan studio since 1971, while also teachin

Frank Miller and Tony DiTerlizzi

Apr 19th, 2021 51m 44s

This podcast was recorded in July 2017 at Comic Con Internation in San Diego, California. Peek inside the craniums of worldbuilding artists Frank Miller (300, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) and Tony DiTerlizzi (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Sta

Bob Eggleton (Part 2)

Apr 12th, 2021 31m 38s

One of the established superstars of “weird fantasy” artwork, Eggleton has illustrated and written numerous science fiction and fantasy books, and between 1994 and 2004 won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist eight times. Th

Bob Eggleton (Part 1)

Apr 5th, 2021 29m 26s

Alessandra Pisano

Mar 29th, 2021 24m 3s

Alessandra Pisano is rapidly becoming a big name in the world of fantasy illustration. The winner of the Spectrum Rising Star award in 2016, Pisano often paints images containing elements of mythology and magic. Her oil paintings provide a glim

Charles Vess

Mar 22nd, 2021 31m 56s

The influence of Howard Pyle, Willy Pogany, Arthur Rackham, and Alphonse Mucha is evident in the fairy tale and fantasy art of Charles Vess. After illustrating superheroes for mainstream comic publishers for several years, in 1990 Vess began co

Ruth Sanderson

Mar 15th, 2021 31m 12s

Ruth Sanderson has been a professional illustrator since 1975, with over eighty published children’s books, in addition to illustrated book covers, fantasy art, collector’s plates, animation concept art, and product design. She began a career c

Sara Frazetta

Mar 8th, 2021 30m 43s

Frank Frazetta is the most popular of the fantasy illustrators of the late-20th century. Granddaughter Sara is the CEO and co-founder (with her mother, Holly) of Frazetta Girls, LLC, which licenses Frank Frazetta’s artworks through frazettagirl

Donato Giancola

Mar 1st, 2021 32m 48s

Considered one of the finest young fantasy artists working today, Donato Giancola was named Best Artist at the World Fantasy Awards in 2004. In addition, Giancola has won three Hugo Awards, twenty-three Chesley Awards from the Association of Sc

Louis Henry Mitchell

Feb 22nd, 2021 34m 8s

As the Creative Director of Character Design at Sesame Workshop, Mitchell carries on the work of the man who inspired him since age six, Jim Henson. Mitchell works with Muppet creation and design for Sesame Street, where he created Kami, the fi

Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell

Feb 14th, 2021 31m 58s

A legend of the sword-and-sorcery genre, Boris Vallejo was born in Lima, Peru on January 8, 1941. After receiving formal art training in his home country, Vallejo immigrated to the United States in 1964. Over the last fifty years, he has painte

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The Illustrator's Studio

Feb 4th, 2021 55s

Welcome to The Illustrator’s Studio! My name is Jesse Kowalski, Curator of Exhibitions at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.Each week, I speak with an artist, collector, or scholar on a number of topics related to their

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