I am an English freelance illustrator, working primarily in the field of Fantasy and Science Fiction. My professional art career started in 1983, when I initially accepted all aspects of commercial advertising, from local brochures to national advertising campaigns, and I began to paint book-covers, including internationally distinguished authors such as Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Arthur C. Clarke, among many others. Over the last decade I have produced hundreds of paintings for the collectible trading card game “Magic The Gathering” in co-operation with Wizards Of The Coast who have gone on to become my longest client.

I have had the good fortune to appear at many  events and conventions in countries like Japan, Australia, South Africa,
Russia, Malaysia, all over Europe and the USA.

I am currently working on- Magic The Gathering / Book covers / Web design / Advertising / Private Commissions

My next signings will be:

San Juan / Puerto Rico, May 27th-30th 2010

Gothenburg / Sweden, August 28th-29th 2010

I am now on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/realJohnAvon

This site gets around 4,000 individual visitors every month!