I blogged the Art Show Award winners over on SFAW. Here are some personal comments about the art show, as informed by a short tour I have taken under the expert guidance of John Picacio.

Most of the awards I definitely agree with, but there are a few things the judges missed. Bob Eggleton’s winner is by no means the best piece in his collection. I particularly like “Dagon Rising”, but “Cthulhu’s Domain” is also very good. Also, while Todd Lockwood’s winning piece is very good, his “War of Angels” is awesome.

Bodies of work that are particularly impressive include Vincent Villafranca’s sculptures and Heidi Hooper’s art made entirely from dryer lint. Goodness only knows how Heidi manages to get those colors. My drier lint is always dirty gray and, as she says, you can’t dye dust.

You may have noticed that Moebius didn’t get a major award despite being a Guest of Honor. That’s because what he has here isn’t by any means his best work. He has done loads of really good stuff. John introduced him to me, which was a real honor as I’ve been a Moebius fan since reading The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius in Heavy Metal.

There is much happiness here about Derek Ford getting an award. He’s very young still, and looks set to become a major talent. You can expect more proud blogging about his career here.

Oh, and I bought a Picacio! (Not, sadly, one of the Elric-related sketches for which John won the award, but those will all appear in books fairly soon, along with lots more like them. Yay!)