My name is Derek Brown. Welcome to my online vision, and home,
FantasyArtist.net.
I am
a 41 year old artist and musician living in Rome, GA • USA. Rome
is home to the World's Largest Campus Berry College, and contains a large
creative community (you would be amazed at the amount of musicians here).
I was raised in the Morrison Campground / Dykes Creek Community. I started
drawing at an early age. Art has always been in my blood and is at the
very core of who and what I am. At the age of 5 my parents sent me to
an evening class at Floyd Junior College, where I had my first real art
lessons. In my school career I won numerous awards from art shows, local
businesses, organizations, and contests. In high school I was the first
student in the long history of my school to be nominated for Governor's
Honors in the State of Georgia. High school is also where I started playing
guitar and writing music, which I have been doing avidly for 20+ years
now. I am constantly recording music for many projects. After leaving
High School in '86 I started doing art professionally. I have been doing
it on and off on a local or national scale ever since then. It has been
a career that has been very rewarding and full of drastic changes since
the the computer revolution. I live with my long time girfriend Becky
Williams who is also an artist in her own right. I have 4 grown stepchildren,
Donna, JoeAnn,
Johnny and Mary. In addition I have a brother, sister and a great family.
Most of my long time and current friends are either musicians or artists.
I am currently working as a freelance artist.
I am also trying to include a few new fantasy artworks
as they come between commisions. I have always enjoyed doing art in the
fantasy genre, it allows one's imagination free reign into the obscure,
fantastic, and the frivolous, with no confines or limits. It is the one
genre that allows you total freedom, something that is hard to come by
in the modern era. This site includes some works that were created by
me and my former collaborator. J Morrow during the
1990's. I will include information on him later in the page.
I am a 39 yr old artist and singer/songwriter living in the small town of Valley, AL where I was born and raised before relocating to Rome, GA in 1985. Art along with music have always been a huge part of my life. Ever since I could pick up a pencil I have always had something driving me to be creative. I took my first art lesson at the tender age of 9 and quickly discovered I had a "knack" for art. I won numerous awards from art shows and local businesses and was constantly called on in school by students and faculty alike to completed various tasks that required an artistic touch. My gift often got me out of a lot of home work....lol.
I met Mr. Brown around 1985 and discovered we had a lot in common as far as art and we started toying with sketches and eventually wound up collaborating on a lot of pieces you will find on this site. We both share a love of fantasy and sci-fi themed art and it came apparent very quickly that our styles were a perfect match...plus it was just plain fun to sit down and collaborate with another artist. Since then I have gone on to do a children's book entitled "One Can Never Have Too Many Cats" who I collaborated on with my mother and author Beverly Lashley. I am also currently learning the art of tattoo.
Some of my interests include singing and writing songs, drawing (of course), and hanging out with my girlfriend Heather and our 4 boys - Jacob (14), Caleb (12), Zach (10), and Conner (7).