Welcome

Thank you for visiting the official website for science fiction and fantasy illustrator David Lee Anderson. I hope you enjoy the galleries of art and will consider giving me feedback on the paintings you see here. I started showing art at science fiction conventions in July 1980 and have met many wonderful fans, artists, writers, editors and publishers over the years. My work has been published nationally and internationally since 1985 and has been purchased by hundreds of art collectors from around the country. I am thankful for you visiting my site, and hope that you enjoy the artwork.

News

After a year-long deliberation, I've decided to take some time off from doing convention art shows for now. I'm dedicating this year to learning computer art programs. I keep spending time making originals for art shows and am not learning as much as I'd like in the realm of digital art. Although I will keep doing original paintings, I'm reducing the stress it takes to keep producing material for each new art show. Among other things, I will vary my subject matter to do some landscapes and a variety of other painting genres. Although I do not intend to diminish science fiction and fantasy illustration, I'm interested in exploring other areas of interest. I may eventually add a gallery of my other art to this website, thanks to my website designer Robert Brown, who has done a phenomenal job for me for over six years.

My good friend Bradley Denton is having a movie made of his novel "Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede" this year, called ALIVE & WELL starring Jon Heder, who is best known for his first movie, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE. I will attend a few conventions this coming year to play music with my band Starcruisers, and my friends Bradley Denton, Caroline Spector and Bob Yeager in "Bland Lemon Denton and the Lemon-Aides". I will attend ConQuesT, http://www.conquestkc.org/ which will be Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29, 2011 and SoonerCon, http://www.soonercon.com/ the next weekend in Oklahoma City, June 3-5.

My cover A GLIMPSE OF SPLENDOR AND OTHER STORIES by Dave Creek for Yard Dog Press, has been available since last April. It is a story collection originally published in ANALOG magazine, except for one new story in the same world. It has a novel-like complexity, because the tales are all linked to events concerning the planet Splendor. Some of the same characters recur in the various stories, and it's really hard science fiction with great aliens, space stations, habitats and complex social issues. Please check out my other covers for ALMOST HUMAN by Gary Moreau, ALL THE MARBLES by Dusty Rainbolt and OF STARS AND SHADOWS by Mark W. Tiedemann (www.yarddogpress.com).

Be sure to take advantage of the prints and originals I have for sale online using PayPal. If there is a piece you are interested in that does not have a price listed, be sure to email me your request. I send art to many convention art shows as well, listing many of those conventions on the Resources page.

I also accept commissions for science fiction or fantasy ideas that you would like to have realized. You may have an idea for a customized space art piece, or a gaming character that you would like to have illustrated. I have done portraits of individuals in science fiction or fantasy settings. I've painted space art concepts many times for individual collectors, some which are shown in the science fiction and space art galleries.