His work has been featured in one-man exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution, the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, and the U.S. (Karen Haber, Locus) About the Author James Gurney s unique blending of fact and fantasy has won Hugo, Chesley, Spectrum, and World Fantasy Awards.

(Mark Schulz, Publishers Weekly) This is a terrific book, highly recommended not only for young artists but anyone with an interest in traditional art technique. Still it was no surprise to the author-artist-blogger and his long-time publisher Andrews McMeel when his recently released second volume of art instruction, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter, became a bestseller for AMP immediately upon its release in December 2010, selling out its 10,000-copy run in just two months. (Chronogram Magazine) James Gurneys series of illustrated fantasy adventure stories, beginning with 1992s Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, produced a generation raised on Gurneys highly realistic paintings of an entirely unreal subject.

Armand Cabrera, Artist Review Quotes Dinotopia author and plein-air painter Gurney offers a practical, well-organized, and informative handbook for artists of all levels. Not only does he eloquently describe all the effects of color and light an artist might encounter, but he thrills us with his striking paintings in the process. James Gurneys new book, Color and Light, cleverly bridges the gap between artistic observation and scientific explanation. A glossary, pigment index, and bibliography complete what will ultimately become an indispensible tool for any artist. Gurney cuts though the confusing and contradictory dogma about color, testing it in the light of science and observation. Beginning with a survey of underappreciated masters who perfected the use of color and light, the book examines how light reveals form, the properties of color and pigments, and the wide variety of atmospheric effects. A researched study on two of arts most fundamental themes, Color and Light bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge. James Gurney, New York Times best-selling author and artist of the Dinotopia series, follows Imaginative Realism with his second art-instruction book, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter. This art instruction book is the follow up to the acclaimed Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesnt Exist. Book Synopsis From New York Times best-selling author of the Dinotopia series, James Gurney, comes a carefully crafted and researched study on color and light in paintings.

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