James C. Christensen
| James C. Christensen | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 26, 1942 Culver City, California |
| Died | January 8, 2017 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Artist, teacher |
| Nationality | American |
James C. Christensen (September 26, 1942 – January 8, 2017) was an American artist of religious and fantasy art and formerly an instructor at Brigham Young University. Christensen said his inspirations were myths, fables, fantasies, and tales of imagination.
Christensen was born and raised in Culver City, California. Christensen began his studies at Santa Monica City College. He later went on to attend UCLA. He then moved to Utah to finish his higher education at Brigham Young University (BYU). Christensen only started oil painting after he began studying at BYU. He would eventually earn a master of arts degree from BYU.
After college Christensen began his career as a free-lance illustrator. He was also a junior high school art instuctor in California for a time.
Christensen taught art for over BYU from 1976 until 1997.
He has had numerous showings of his work throughout the US and has been commissioned by 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. 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.
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