Jim Burns

[2] In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force, but soon thereafter he left and signed up at the Newport School of Art for a year's foundation course.

When he left Saint Martin's in 1972 he had already joined the recently established illustration agency Young Artists.

His paintings are generally intricate photo-realistic works of beautiful women set against advanced machines and spaceships.

While his preparatory sketches are more erotically focused, his final works and published book covers have a more academic tone portraying far off and imaginary worlds.

He has also had books of his own works published, including Lightship, Planet Story (written by Harry Harrison), Transluminal, and Imago.

Jim Burns with a Hugo Award at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow