A Journey of the Imagination: The Art of James Christensen

Journey of the Imagination is a wonderful table top book. It is a beautiful discussion peice. James Christensen's art is filled with passion that is vibrant and thrilling. Every piece of art is amazingly detailed and done with brilliant colors that thrill the eye. This book has a mixture of his fantasy art and his allegorical artwork. I prefer his fantasy art, but both are great and done equally well. This book is a must have for any art lover, especaially those who love fantasy art. My only complaint about this book is that it does not include "Sisters of the Sea"--Christensen's mermaid painting. However, you can get that one in Voyage of the Basset by Christensen. While the two books do double up on a few art pieces, each stands on its own merit and anyone who loves his art must have both.

I teach Illustration to Graphic Design students. Part of the job is analising the work of different authors, styles, techniques, purposes, achievements. One day I saw Christensen's "A Journey of the Imagination", brought to Chile by a friend of mine. I have never seen a better book (I've seen a lot). My students were as amazed as I was. Now I bought the book and it has become one of my most valuable treasures. I urge every Graphic Design student to get this work, because it resumes a wonderful technique, a unique style, and will always be a fountain of inspiration.

I have followed this artist for quite some time and loved his pictures. When I found out there was a book of his art I literaly ran to purchase it. You cannot go wrong with this one, every picture is surpurb, the coloring, the charecters everything. All his drawings make you think, make you smile and ooh and auh. All of them make you take a second and third look, each time seeing a little more, with your eyes,mind and heart. Get this book, leave it out for visitors to see and watch their faces a they look through it. What a joy of a book to have for everyone. Lets all hope another one is made with more of Mr Christensens work.

I first saw this book when working in an upscale toy store while in graduate school. I could look at it for hours. I lent out my copy and recently bought another because I couldn't bear to not have a copy on my shelf. Christensen's artwork mizes fantasy with reality, morality, and ethics, and fun - each picture makes you think - there's a hidden theme, a hidden message - sometimes it's just a nice picture, but othertimes there is more. A Must Have.