The Art Order - Warriors and Amazons: A Tribute to Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell Judges

Patrick & Jeannie Wilshire

Patrick Wilshire and his wife, Jeannie, have been collecting and studying imaginative realist art for 20 years. Together they run the Association of Fantastic Art, dedicated to the promotion, recognition and elevation of the art of imaginative realism. The AFA is behind the groundbreaking IX symposium, the annual celebration of imaginative realism (founded in 2008) and the IX Exchange, the online nexus for collectors of original works from this style of realist art. Wilshire is the author of Visions of Never: The Collection of Fantastic Art (2009), The Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings (2012), and the forthcoming History of Imaginative Realism. He was honored to be the guest curator of AT THE EDGE: Art of the Fantastic, the most comprehensive exhibition of imaginative realist art ever to be mounted in the US, premiering at the Allentown Art Museum in 2012. He has also curated for the gallery market, including Jonathan LeVine Gallery and Abend Gallery.