An award-winning fantasy artist, C.J. Randall, born in Philadelphia, PA, started showing artistic inclinations before he even fully learned to walk. Having achieved recognition for his drawing skills as early as the first grade for a poster-drawing contest, he grew up a product of '80s fantasy films such as the Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, which would later shape the direction of his career. Deciding to pursue art as his chosen profession and earning himself a scholarship to attend art college, he came under the tutelage of a critically acclaimed watercolor professor from the New York art scene.
It was while attending college that he was exposed to the writings of Charles de Lint, the music of Tori Amos, and the paintings of Brian Froud's and Alan Lee's book "Faeries," all of which would contribute to his chosen profession. Over the years C.J. has won numerous awards for his photorealistic watercolors, travelled with his art across the country showing his work in the United States and Canada, and can currently be found drifting through the streets of the artistic community of Asheville, NC with his ever-present sketch pad at his side, filling its pages with gossamer visions of the fey realm.
