A painter of dragons, mythology, goddesses and faeries, Michelle-lee Phelan uses art to explore realms both real and imagined.

James’s passion for mythology and history has provided him with a never-ending supply of subject matter and inspiration, though he likes to use real people in his artwork as much as possible.

Would you introduce yourself and give a little personal background?
I’m Stephanie Pui-Mun Law — currently an artist/programmer. Typing away all day, and scribbling all night. My ethnic background would be Chinese, but I’ve lived in California most of my life, and I’m fully a California-girl.
How long have you been an artist?
I never really [...]

Birds-they’ve always had an ethereal quality about them, captivating the minds of many for hundreds, even thousands of years. Art has always been a significant part of my life; as a young child I had an insatiable need for artistic expression and inspiration. Bits and pieces derived from my own imagination would be, and still are, coalesced with the fantasy and animal worlds-especially the realm of birds. Every thought-provoking movement a bird would make, I would mentally record, simply enamored by its beauty. From bald eagles locking talons and plummeting back down to the earth in a nuptial dance, to the celestial song of the hermit thrush, birds are a little piece of fantasy living in the real world. Today, fantasy artwork depicting these aesthetic creatures has become noticeably more abundant.