This weekend my daughter, husband, and I checked out the Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! convention in Kansas City. Spectrum publishes an annual art book featuring “a regular showcase for the best fantasy, science fiction, horror, and otherwise uncategorizable artwork”. This is the first year they have also hosted an art fair/trade show “for those who take delight in the worlds of What If?…”
According to the show guide book, “Fantastic art can be a slightly skewed, off-kilter view of reality or a full-blown creation of imaginary lands and the people–and creatures–that live there.” Given that definition, the art fair definitely provided examples of the fantastic – from fairies to the macabre, there was a little something for everyone.
Click on any of the images to go to the artist’s site.
Finally, we were also lucky enough to see some friends from college there. One of my good friends from the dorm was there with her artist husband, Jeff Miracola, who is of course (shall I say it?) fantastically talented. He has done a lot of art for Magic: The Gathering cards, and is focusing now more on digital art. Check out the gorilla and owl faces in the background of this photo.
Pretty fantastic, huh? Which artist(s) would you like to see at a fantastic art show?
Links of Interest:
- Spectrum Fantastic Art Live
- Tom Bishop‘s page on Texas Society of Sculptors
- Andrew Martin
- Bobby Chiu‘s deviantart gallery
- Karen Hollingworth‘s work
- Edward Howard‘s work
- “Joan of Arc” by Donato Giancola
- “The Haunting” by Brian Despain
- Jeff Miracola‘s site
We hope you had a great time at the show. Thanks for posting those lovely pics. We had a great time putting it on.
I was thinking about your question, I can’t think of any artists that I wanted to see who wasn’talready there. It was the best weekend in a really long time. I felt like I needed someone to pinch me as I meet all the unbelievable talent.
What an incredible show and what an amazing group of artists! To be a part of it was inspiring. So happy you all were able to experience it. See you next year ;)