Six Answers from Jeff Carlisle - News

It is ironic that we now feature Jeff Carlisle, for if you’ve ever been within a mile from a Star Wars convention in the last few years, not only must you already be quite familiar with his colorful renditions of Mr Lucas’ characters, you will have also surely talked to him in-depth about his storied career.
What was one of your earliest fantasy/sf experiences? …read more
Posted on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 by Jeff
Brenda Lyons - Artists

For those intimately familiar with the complexities of the natural world, it is only a small step into the realm of mythological fantasy. Brenda Lyons takes obvious delight in imbuing exotic, wondrous creatures of the mundane world with magical abilities, and honoring their rich mythological traditions.
Gryphons and unicorns feature prominently in Ms. Lyons’ gallery, as do terrestrial birds of …read more
Posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by Jeff
Visual Wizardry Elevates Avatar Above its Collective Clichés - Movies
Heralded as the harbinger of cinema’s new age of enlightenment, James Cameron’s 3D extravaganza Avatar is a feast for the eyes and a light snack for the spirit. The script’s primary ingredients of corporate greed, military zealousness, indigenous spirituality, and flawed heroes going native are nothing new, but this thematic skeleton is given flesh and blood through the masterwork of over ten visual effect studios that have made the tall blue aliens and the fantastic …read more
Posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 by Jeff
Jon Foster - Artists

In a world so oppressively dominated by gravity, it is so surprising that our dreams are filled with sensations of flying, floating, and falling? Jon Foster molds the raw stuff of these dreams into haunting images of disturbing clarity and dark mystery.
Within Mr. Foster’s powerful compositions, figure and environment interact in empowering, unsettling ways. Deceptively familiar settings are torn …read more
Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Jeff





