sean counley : sexy gothic faeries : fantasy : sci-fi

 

Sean Counley was born and raised in the Midlands, spending his younger nights copying favourite sci-fi book covers by the light of a calor gas heater. He trained at Stourbridge College of Art & Design in the late 80s, leading him to a career in Graphic Design that has continued for over two decades.

As primarily a fantasy & science fiction digital artist, Sean can be found wondering around the online forums of CGSociety and Imagine FX amongst others, pondering competition options and critiquing fellow artist’s work. He strives to raise the credibility of digital media as an art form: “I paint with a brush in exactly the same manner as an oil painter would but the paint strokes are on a screen, not a canvas”.

Sean is a successfully published fairy artist with international companies Pyramid Posters and ImagineFX. He has also been courted by some of the largest fantasy & fairy figurine producers, such as Nemesis Now. Although he has spent a good many years polishing his dark fairy digital style, Sean is now revisiting traditional techniques in acrylics, oils, pencil and mixed media to compliment his digital fairy works.

As well as running a successful gallery Sean also works freelance for most industries and not exclusively within the sci-fi and fantasy art field. He runs one-on-one and group workshops and teaches several aspects of both digital and traditional art including a regular life drawing session at his local pub.