Art by Randall Klopping
Sci-Fi, Space & More
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." - Albert Einstein
About the Artist
I have no education in art save a couple of summer courses in photography. Growing up with mental illness caused me many problems and I’ve never really been comfortable in a classroom or most social settings. But I love to create! In my younger years it was primarily sketching, painting (acrylic, oil & airbrush). In an accident in 1992 I was crushed by a pickup and car, which left me able to spend less and less time standing or sitting. I thought art was lost to me until computers broke the pentium2 barrier and started exploring digital art.
I have spent years adapting my techniques as a painter and to work with the tools I have. Trust me, it takes a great deal of practice to change from painting with brushes and airbrush, to painting with a trackball (see below). I literally have to paint with my right thumb controlling a one inch ball, not the easiest thing and yet I have achieved the ability to paint at near photo quality. Having a mind that already obsesses with patterns, I soon came to discover the world of fractal art and it didn't take long till I was exploring just how far I can take such a passion. I have taken fractals beyond the normal genre of abstract geometric works and created a new genre, Fractal Illusions!
As a digital artist I have come to think of my work as weaving light and illusion. Combine that with a good healthy imagination, influences such as astronomy, theoretical physics and more than a few science fiction books, movies and shows, and I am able to offer truly unique works of art to brring life to your walls.
I have spent years adapting my techniques as a painter and to work with the tools I have. Trust me, it takes a great deal of practice to change from painting with brushes and airbrush, to painting with a trackball (see below). I literally have to paint with my right thumb controlling a one inch ball, not the easiest thing and yet I have achieved the ability to paint at near photo quality. Having a mind that already obsesses with patterns, I soon came to discover the world of fractal art and it didn't take long till I was exploring just how far I can take such a passion. I have taken fractals beyond the normal genre of abstract geometric works and created a new genre, Fractal Illusions!
As a digital artist I have come to think of my work as weaving light and illusion. Combine that with a good healthy imagination, influences such as astronomy, theoretical physics and more than a few science fiction books, movies and shows, and I am able to offer truly unique works of art to brring life to your walls.SPECIAL NOTE FOR ANYONE THAT THINKS THEY WANT TO SPAM OR SCAM ME
- I live with mental illness, one of the things that includes is a
condition known as Hyper-vigilance, which means I check everything for
potential danger. I cooperate fully with the Anti-spam and scam/fraud
organizations. Send it to me at your own risk!!!
