Fantasy Women in Fantasy Art

The Incredible Fantasy Art Image above has been created by Peter Gric.

Peter Gric practices a very fine technical method of painting as taught by the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism

He was born 1968 in the then Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. When he was a boy, his family were granted permission to holiday outside of the strictly controlled socialist territories. Unbeknown to him, his parents never planned to return, and driving to Austria instead of their state approved holiday destination, where they applied for residency.

He studied under professor Arik Brauer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna who was one of the original members of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Peter therefore is among the next generation of artists influenced from this movement.

Peter has been exhibited alongside other notable artists such as H R Giger and is a member of the Labyrinthe group(German).

He has illustrated numerous book covers, predominantly for sci-fi or fantasy genres. Being of a younger generation of artists, he has not shied from digital technology and also worked in 3D modeling. This has been used by him to visualize some of his more complex works before being committed to paint.

In 2007, Peter commenced a stage design for the SamPlay production "Hamlet in Rock".[1]

That same year, Peter's work appeared in an international publication, "Metamorphosis - 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists" (ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8). He has since exhibited with Galerie 10(German), which has had a long association with the founders of Vienna Fantastic Realists, such as Ernst Fuchs, Wolfgang Hutter and Arik Brauer who he studied under.

He was also invited to join the Ange Exquis[2], an international group project organized by his fellow countryman and painter Lukáš Kándl. Project members add and remove artworks from the collective body of work over time.

Gric’s artwork has been acquired by many private and public collectors, among them also the Austrian Gallery in the Belvedere (palace) in Vienna

The master of Fantasy Art, Luis Royo, of course needs no introduction to Fantasy Art fans...the painting above has been made by him.

Luis Royo (born in 1954 in Olalla, Spain) is a Spanish artist, known for his darkly sensual paintings of women and mechanical life forms.

Soon after he was born, Royo's family moved to Zaragoza, where he first attended school, and where his first memories come from, with drawing already playing a prominent part of his life. In his first memory, he is sitting in front of the large school windows, and tracing the drawings that his teacher gave him.

His practical side, which he acquired from his family, led him to study Technical Drawing for Construction. He soon discovered that geometric forms did not completely satisfy him.

He began to study painting, decoration and interior design in the Industrial School and the School of Applied Arts, and he combined this with different jobs in interior design and decoration studios in 1970 and 1971.

During this time he also combined his employment activity with painting. Influenced by the student uprisings of May 1968 he made large format paintings with social themes, which he exhibited in group shows between 1972 and 1976, followed by a series of individual exhibitions in 1977.

On discovering adult comics with the work of artists such as Enki Bilal and Moebius, in 1978 he began to draw comic strips for different fanzines and he exhibited in the Angoulême Comic Fair in 1980.

In 1979 he left his jobs in the decoration studios, despite now having a son, to dedicate himself entirely to comics. In 1981 and 1982 his work was published in magazines such as 1984, Comix international, Rambla and, occasionally, in El Víbora and Heavy Metal.

American magazines such as Heavy Metal and National Lampoon often turned to Luis Royo for their cover illustrations, as well European magazines like Cimoc, Comic Art, Ere Comprime, Total Metal and others. The Art of the "Mysterious and the Unknown", dates back to the Beginnings of Time...

It has always been with us, in most Cultures and Societies, and in many Different Forms...and because of its often Religious and Mystical connotations, it is 'arguably' one of the first forms of Art that humans indulged in.

If you like STRANGE WORLDS (...I do!...) with Amazing Warrior Women and Tragic Fallen Angels,

Exquisite Mermaids, Delicate Fairies and pointed-ear Elves, Blazing Dragons and Horrific Monsters, Wicked Vampires and Terrible Demons...Stuff called Gothic Fantasy Art, and Dark Fantasy Art, ...

Then these Worlds of " Wild Imaginings " will Intrigue and Captivate you.

Hans Ruedi Giger can make some really 'scary fantasy art'...The image above has been created by him.

Giger was born in Chur, Grisons Canton, Switzerland, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer, who won an Academy Award for "Best Achievement for Visual Effects" for his design work on the film Alien.

Giger's style and thematic execution have been influential. His design for the Alien was inspired by his painting Necronom IV and earned him an Oscar in 1980. His books of paintings, particularly Necronomicon and Necronomicon II (1985) and the frequent appearance of his art in Omni magazine continued his rise to international prominence. Giger is also well known for artwork on several records.

In 1998 Giger acquired the Château St. Germain in Gruyères, Switzerland, and it now houses the H.R. Giger Museum, a permanent repository of his work.

Giger got his start with small ink drawings before progressing to oil paintings. For most of his career, Giger has worked predominantly in airbrush, creating monochromatic canvasses depicting surreal, nightmarish dreamscapes. However, he has now largely abandoned large airbrush works in favor of works with pastels, markers or ink.

His most distinctive stylistic innovation is that of a representation of human bodies and machines in a cold, interconnected relationship, described as "biomechanical". His paintings often display fetishistic sexual imagery. His main influences were painters Ernst Fuchs and Salvador Dalí. He met Salvador Dalí, to whom he was introduced by painter Robert Venosa. He was also a personal friend of Timothy Leary. Giger is perhaps the best-known sufferer of night terrors and his paintings are all to some extent inspired by his experiences with that particular sleep disorder. He studied interior and industrial design at the School of Commercial Art in Zurich (from 1962 to 1970) and made his first paintings as a means of art therapy.

The exquisite Fantasy Art below has been created by Luis Royo!.

There are unbelievably GIFTED Artists (Men and Women) on this Planet...with Imaginations so Wild, Vivid and Creative, that it can leave you Breathless!

Julie Bell (born 1958 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American painter. A fantasy artist, she is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo.

Julie Bell is riding at the top in the field of superstar illustrators of the world today. Her credits include creating advertising illustrations for the elite of the corporate world, such as Nike, Coca-Cola and The Ford Motor Company, painting book covers for the major publishing houses in NYC or doing album covers for artists such as Meat Loaf.

She was the first woman ever to paint Conan for Marvel Comics, which paved the way for many other commissions from Marvel, DC, and Image Comics to illustrate superheroes in fully rendered paintings. Her first published cover for Heavy Metal magazine broke ground for other illustrators with the introduction of her now legendary Metal Flesh. Her hyper-realistic style is known for its sexy, powerful images of warriors and amazons and a sensitive, exquisite use of color and texture.

Born in 1958 in Beaumont, Texas, Julie has known herself through the identity of "Artist" for as long as she can remember-art comes as naturally to her as does breathing. Though early in her life she moved and lived in 12 different locations, she consistently kept her art at the center of things. She attended 6 different colleges and universities to continue her passion for art, always focusing her studies on the human figure and life drawing.

Because of her love for the human body she took up weight training and became a nationally ranked competitive bodybuilder. She no longer competes but maintains her muscle through continued weight training as well as Ashtanga yoga.

Julie and Boris were married in 1994 and are busy living happily ever after.

The amazing Fantasy Art below is by Luis Royo!

Fantasy Art Artists create Astonishing Images, of Worlds filled with Fantastic Creatures, and Fantastic Women.

Stuff beyond our Wildest Dreams!...

It can be very Naive and Innocent, but also extremely Graphic and Disturbing.

The really “Heavy Stuff”, I’m not going to show here...(There are a number of other sites where you can check it out, but even there, some art-works will be censored, in some way or another...)

Unfortunately very few Original Paintings in this genre are still available today...They just get snapped up by Art-Collectors as fast as the Artists can create them!

And that brings us to a fundamental problem, with reference to this specific form of art:

The Demand outweighs the Supply, completely! There just are not enough artists doing this, out there!

So...Anybody out there who want to become Rich and Famous?!...Start Creating Fantasy Art!

Gerald Brom is one of my favorite creators of Fantasy Art. His work is dark and sinister, and absolutely unique. There will be more about the amazing work of Brom later.

Gerald Brom (born March 9, 1965 in Albany, Georgia) is an American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator. Born the son of a U.S. Army pilot he spent much of his early years on the move, living in many countries such as Japan and Germany. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only, and now signs his name as simply Brom.

He graduated from high school in Frankfurt, Germany. At the age of twenty, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator. By twenty-one, he had two national art representatives and was doing work for such clients as Coca-Cola, IBM, Columbia Pictures and CNN. TSR, Inc. hired Brom on full-time at the age of 24, where his paintings have been published in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games (specifically in Forgotten Realms and Dark Sun) and on collectible card games such as Wizards of the Coast's Magic: The Gathering.

In 1994, after four years at TSR, Brom returned to the freelance market where he has since worked as a movie concept artist, and created illustrations for comics (by DC, Chaos, Dark Horse) and computer games (for iD, Blizzard, Sega and Activision).

The art of Hajime Sorayama is erotic, and often very explicit, and daring. His Fantasy Art Angel above, is typical of his metallic air-brush style.

Hajime Sorayama was born in 1947 in Imabari, Ehime prefecture, Japan. He received his basic education at Imabari Kita High School.

In 1965 he was admitted to the Shikoku Gakuin University, where he began to study Greek and English literature. In 1967, after the publication of his first work, Pink Journal, he transferred to Tokio's Chuo Art School where he began to study art.

Sorayama graduated in 1968 at the age of 21, and gained an appointment in an advertising agency. He became a freelance illustrator in 1972.

One thing that stands out for me, is the fact that almost all the great artists in the realm of Fantasy Art, are Painters...However, with Digital Photography, more and more talented photographers, are creating amazingly wonderful images with their cameras and art tablets, inside powerful Imaging Software, like Photoshop.

I think that we will see some spectacular Fantasy Art in the years to come...Just have a look at the work of the young female Russian Photographer and Artist, Elena Chernenko below. She is also known as KaSSandra. (WimmA)

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