James Gurney Original Art

Fantasy art gets a good showing in Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan, which is currently hosting "Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration" through January 8. 

One of the images blown up to wall size is Red Dragon by Tyler Jacobson, 2014. 

There are original paintings and drawings by artists such as Arthur Rackham (above), Howard Pyle, Frank Frazetta, NC Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Anna Dittmann, Gary Gianni, and Victo Ngai.

Two of my paintings are in the show, Garden of Hope and Skeleton Pirate.

Tony Diterlizzi and I demonstrate the startle reflex of the Horsfield's Tarsier.

"Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration" has closed at the Norman Rockwell Museum. 

Two of my paintings were part of the big fantasy exhibition which happened summer 2021 at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. 

"Skeleton Pirate" and "Garden of Hope" were featured among works by Arthur Rackham, Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Willcox Smith, Joseph Clement Coll, N.C. Wyeth, and many contemporary illustrators.

On March 1-2, 2020, Heritage Auctions will offer an original background painting, complete with hand painted cel overlays, from the movie Fire and Ice (Ralph Bakshi / Frank Frazetta). The auction description says: "Here's an exceptional original hand-painted cel and background setup from Fire and Ice, an epic high fantasy animated film that was a collaboration between Ralph Bakshi and one of the most important fantasy and science fiction artists of the past century, Frank Frazetta.

Three of my paintings are currently on display in Cincinnati, Ohio at a museum exhibition called "In the Audubon Tradition."

They're available Two of them are still available for purchase (The one on the left has sold). More info here.

Someone sent me an Ebay listing for this original oil landscape, closing on September 18, but I can't seem to find the listing anymore. I'm not quite sure how Ebay works so it might have sold.

Coming up in the 2019 October 15 Illustration Art Signature Auction - Dallas #5417

James Gurney (American, b. 1958)

"Bix Leapt Down from Her Perch,"Dinotopia interior illustration, 1992

Oil and pencil on board

6 x 7.25 in. (sight)

Signed lower center

A copy of the book accompanies this lot.

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

An exhibition of natural science art opens in Binghamton, New York tomorrow.

"Focus on Nature XV" will be on display at the Roberson Museum and Science Center. The show features 87 illustrations by 69 artists, including two oil paintings by me: Triceratops Hatchlings and Repenomamus.

More info from the show:

A five-member jury of artists and scientists select the artwork for each exhibition based on the illustration’s scientific accuracy and uniqueness, educational value and artistic quality.

My painting of Daffodil Hill will be on view at a show of art from the collection of Jack 

Richeson, opening May 30, 2019 in Egg Harbon, Wisconsin.