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

This is my 30th year showing art at science fiction conventions! I have been fortunate to be featured at many science fiction conventions as the Artist Guest of Honor, which is wonderful and humbling. I am the Artist Guest of Honor for AggieCon 41 http://aggiecon.tamu.edu/, at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on February 5-7, 2010. It will be my 23rd AGOH spot. The weekend after that, February 12-14, I will attend ConDFW as a guest, and am bringing my band Starcruisers http://myspace.com/starcruisers to play at 9PM Friday night. Then I will attend Conestoga http://www.sftulsa.org/ April 23-25, where my friend Bob Eggleton will be the Artist Guest of Honor. Next will be ConQuest http://www.conquestkc.org/ where I will be playing music with my good friend Bradley Denton in his persona as "Bland Lemon Denton" for RoomCon, the con within a con. Brad 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. Next I will attend SoonerCon http://www.soonercon.com/ in Oklahoma City, where my friend John E. Kaufmann from St Louis will be the Artist Guest of Honor on June 4-6. And that will feature "Bland Lemon Denton and the Lemon-Aides" at the Yard Dog party and during the convention.

Last year one of my paintings, SHEPARD PILOT, which you can see in the SF gallery, was used in the opening credits sequence in a Fox Searchlight film called Gentlemen Broncos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_Broncos, directed by Jared Hess. My family went with me to see it on the big screen at the Angelika Theater in Dallas, and it was the first time I've paid full price for a movie in decades. My painting was used crediting Sam Rockwell, who plays the character Bronco in the film. It is not as successful as other Jared Hess films, who directed NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and NACHO LIBRE, but it does have some very funny moments. The DVD will likely come out later this year, but it is certainly worth renting for fans of "bad" science fiction. It makes fun of writers, artists, fans and filmmakers, and every character is fabulously weird. Jemaine Clement is amazing as a pompous SF writer.

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.