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.