Человек с фантазией живет сто жизней сразу
James C. Christensen (born September 26, 1942) is an American artist. His main body of work, mostly paintings, is heavily influenced by fantasy themes. Even his small body of religious work shows heavy fantasy influence. Christensen says his inspirations are myths, fables, fantasies, and tales of imagination.
Christensen was raised in Culver City, California and attended UCLA. He then moved to Utah to finish his higher education at Brigham Young University (Christensen is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[1] BYU's sponsor). He then went on to teach art for over 20 years where he finished his teaching career at Brigham Young University in the late 1990s. Christensen now resides in Orem, Utah.
Since his graduation he has had numerous showings of his work throughout the US and has been commissioned by numerous media companies to create artwork for their publications, such as Time-Life Books and Omni.
His artwork has been featured on the cover of Leading Edge issue #41, winning him the Chesley Award for cover artwork in 2002.[2][3] That issue also features an interview with him.
Most of Christensen's paintings have a philosophical message. He is loath to describe them, however, preferring to allow the viewer to discern their own message.
Christensen's work has appeared in the American Illustration Annual and Japan's Outstanding American Illustrators. He also won all the professional art honors the World Science Fiction Convention offers, and multiple Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.
Christensen appeared in an episode of ABC's show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in 2005. He created a picture featuring a member of the family as a fairy. The design team filmed a segment at his studio. The Greenwich Workshop donated a framed Court of the Faeries that Christensen presented to the family for the room as well.
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Людям нужна фантазия. Люди без фантазии никогда ничего не создадут большого и ценного, нового.
Люди без фантазии - сухи и скучны, они только наполовину живут. Человек с фантазией живет сто жизней сразу.
Он умеет жить за себя и за других, в прошлом и будущем.
(Александра Михайловна Коллонтай)
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The college of Magical knowledge
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Tempus Fugit
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Getting it right
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The great Garibaldi
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Your place or mine ?
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Levi Levitates a stone fish
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Fishing
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Jonah
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Pilates
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Benediction
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Two angels discussing Botticelli
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The Manticore
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A man and his dog
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Piscatorial percussionist
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The Bassoonist
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Serenade for an orange cat
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A Lawyer more than adequately attired
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Butterfly Knight
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Balancing act
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The Oath
Фантазия свободна, она - золотая бабочка, живущая один день, один миг: взмах крыльев - и прощай!
Она уже другая, она изменилась...
(Евгений Клюев )
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When fairies talk to fishes