David Iles - Bolivar
Bronze
David is a
well-established Texas sculptor who derives inspiration from the natural world &
his keen sense of humor.
Patrick Jones
Patrick is an Australian illustrator (by way of
Ireland), who works in both traditional & digital
mediums to create fantasy art that's out of this world.
Ian Miller
A jolly place to visit indeed! Since the 1960's, Ian has been
creating fantastic imagery for the publishing industry, the film industry & the
fine art market.
John Picacio
John is a San Antonio based, award-winning artist whose
diverse illustrations have graced the covers of numerous
science fiction/fantasy books.
Omar & Sheila Rayyan
A husband & wife art team who create whimsical
alternative worlds through watercolors & ink.
Henrik Sundquist
Henrik is a superb printmaker who uses current issues as topics for provocative prints. Henrik developed a very successful art group called
Art Outlet, which brings
art to the community & amplifies the artists' voice in the Washington D.C. area.
Raoul Vitale
Raoul is a self-taught artist who made his way into the
sci-fi/fantasy field through a lucky coincidences. And
we're lucky he found the genre!
Instituto de Idiomas Ibiza
Daniel Bertole & Irene Verdago Sedas
Daniel & Irene
have opened a language school on the beautiful island of
Ibiza off the coast of Spain. The school teaches
Spanish, English & German. What a beautiful &
great site to learn a language. They have various
packages available, or you can custom create your own
program. Additionally, they can arrange
eco-tourism adventures around this breath-taking
Balearic island.
Social Treks
Vishwaraj Gyawali
Vishwaraj Gyawali is the Founder/Director of the
Nepal-based Social Treks & Social Tours companies.
Vishwaraj assisted Vincent with logistics on his trip to
Nepal in 1998. Since then, Vishwaraj has built one
of the best travel/trekking agencies in Nepal. The
companies specialize in tours & treks that focus on
responsible travel practices by considering the
environment & the host community.
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Vincent
Villafranca was born in Monterey, California. As a
child, he developed an extremely vivid imagination
through reading, television and the large amount of
visual information that came his way via his older
siblings. Vincent’s fascination with the world of
creativity really came into being when he was introduced
to the craft of metal-casting. He had always been an
obsessive “maker-of-things” and the medium of bronze
seemed to be an effective way to preserve images.
Vincent’s life-long love affair with sci-fi and fantasy
imagery spurred him to make bronzes that had one foot in
reality and the other deep in the fantastic. He counts
himself lucky to be able to translate his mind’s
wanderings into tangible form. 