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Here's some free fairy wallpaper for your PC to download ~ & free dragon wallpaper for your PC desktop is after the fairies! ~Enjoy! Keep scrolling down for free art gallery links and banners. Newly updated!

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"The Good Ladies of Nature"

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The Faerie Grove (... detail)

Here's some free fairy wallpaper  for your PC to download ~ &  free dragon wallpaper  for your PC desktop too ~Enjoy! INSTRUCTIONS: Right click image to download to file. To install, right click your desktop and select active desktop, then customize my desktop, then appearance to select black background color, then go to background, browse, and select the file and click OK

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Gorgeous Professional Poster Size Reprints of many of Howard David Johnson's Traditional Drawings, Paintings, and Contemporary Digital Realistic Art are available: Click on 'The Faerie Grove' above for simple ordering instructions

Here's some free dragon wallpaper  for your PC to download ~ &  free fairy wallpaper  for your PC desktop too ~Enjoy! INSTRUCTIONS: Right click image to download to file. To install, right click your desktop and select active desktop, then customize my desktop, then appearance to select black background color, then go to background, browse, and select the file and click OK

* Permission for non-commercial private home wallpaper use only- no web use without permission- ( which is easy enough to get)*

Copyright 1999-2005 Howard David Johnson All Rights Reserved

Here's some More free dragon wallpaper  for your PC to download ~ &  free fairy wallpaper  for your PC desktop too ~Enjoy! INSTRUCTIONS: Right click image to download to file. To install, right click your desktop and select active desktop, then customize my desktop, then appearance to select black background color, then go to background, browse, and select the file and click OK

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Copyright 1999-2008 Howard David Johnson All Rights Reserved

CHECK BACK SOON FOR NEW FREE FAIRY, DRAGON and ANGEL ART WALLPAPERS FOR 2008

"The Archangel Michael" 2008 Mixed Media

"Kissed by an Angel" 2008 Mixed Media

Votes for new wallpaper choices for the upcoming expanded and revised version of this page are being accepted now at

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LIMITED EDITION [of a maximum 1,000 prints per image] PRINT-ON-DEMAND Each inspected, hand signed and numbered by the artist! Gorgeous Quality Printing! For a LIMITED time and a LIMITED print run most of the illustrations in Johnson's vast portfolio are now available! Free Shipping and Handling on all orders! A numbered certificate of authenticity is included. CHECK OUT WITH thejohnsongalleries@gmail.com Sized to fit standard frames! 20x16 inches [508x406mm] & 14x11 inches [356x280 mm]

Poster Size Art Reprints! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS   The Johnson Galleries now prints these "in-house" with our new state of the art Epson 7890 oversize printer on Epson 200 year premium photo paper and canvas with Epson inks!

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Enter a world of Beauty and Imagination...  Howard David Johnson works in a wide variety of media * Oil paintings * Acrylic Paintings * Prismacolor Paintings * Drawings * Chalk & Oil Pastel Paintings * Photography * and last but not least: Digital Artistry & Mixed Media *  Click on the Icons to visit the  Fun & Educational Art Galleries : Including Realistic Art of Greek Mythology, Mythic art of Rome, Asia, The Celts, The Norsemen, and more ...Fairy and Dragon legends, The King Arthur Legends, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Paintings of Ancient Egypt and Babylon, Illustrations of Ancient Mystic Religious texts, War and Civilization from The Ancient Spartans and the Trojan Horse to World War Two, The World's Great Religions, free lessons in Realistic Art Technique and Essays on Realistic Art and Technology. These Realistic Art Galleries and those they link to are suitable for General Audiences...

King Arthur Greek Mythology Angel Art Gallery The Great  Religions Norse Mythology Home Page Celtic Mythology Symbolist Art Legends of History Surreal Fantasy Art On Realistic Art Spartan Warriors Graphite Drawings Studio Photography Pencil Portraits I Colored Pencils II Art Instruction Lady of Shallot Digital Media Asian Mythology History of Dragons More Fantasy Art Classic Fairy Tales Realistic Paintings Pin up Art Gallery Commercial Art Art NuVeau About the Artist Business Center Book Cover Art The Seven Wonders Mermaid Art  Paintings in Oils Legendary Women Beautiful Women Pre-Raphaelite Art Fairy Paintings The Art of War   Art of the Bible Catholic Art  Goddess Art  Art Link Exchange

All Realistic Art - paintings, pictures, & text  (c) 1982- 2011 Howard David Johnson  All rights reserved

ON SALE NOW from BRANDYWINE PRESS!                       These beautifully printed 11" x 8.5" 64 page hardcover and trade paperback versions feature 48 full page interior plates in full color starting at only $14.99 USD. Less than the price of a single poster! Featuring Realistic Mythological and Fairy Art created in a style inspired by Classic Illustrators by American Artist & Photographer Howard David Johnson. And check out our New 2012 edition GIANT sized 48 x 35 cm 12 month Calendars!                     Click on the covers to order the books and Calendars from Lulu.com e-mail for more details at info@howarddavidjohnson.com Thank you for Visiting... Your  business, letters, & links are always welcome. ***** NEW REPRINTS!   LICENSES    CUSTOM BOOK COVERS    ORIGINAL ART    ART INSTRUCTION   ART BOOKS and CALENDARS

Who is Artist and Photographer Howard David Johnson? In David's invitation to the Florence Biennale Contemporary Art Exhibition, (a partner in the United Nations' Dialog among Nations), UN Secretary General Kofi Anon wrote: "Artists have a special role to play in the global struggle for peace. At their best, artists speak not only to people; they speak for them. Art is a weapon against ignorance and hatred and an agent of public awareness... Art opens new doors for learning, understanding, and peace among nations." A portrait of the artist in his painting studio as he is today. This September 2009 photo was taken by his youngest son Erich.     Howard David Johnson is a contemporary illustrator and scholar with a background in the natural sciences, mythology, and history. His illustrations have appeared in every major bookstore and game shop chain in America as well as magazines and educational texts around the world. H D Johnson, or David as he is called, works in a wide variety of media ranging from traditional oils,  pastels and others to today's cutting edge digital media. After a lifetime of drawing and painting, Johnson's Traditional Realistic Art was exhibited in the British Museum in London in 1996, ( 3 years before he got his first computer ) as well as numerous American ones since, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art.     Some of David's more prestigious clients have included the National Geographic Society, the  University of Texas, the University of Cambridge in England, Universal Studios, Paramount Studios, PBS TV, The History Channel, Adobe Photoshop Auto FX, Doubleday, the History Book of the Month Club and J Walter Thompson Advertising.    Licenses to print his existing work are available at surprisingly affordable prices. Realistic Oil Paintings, Colored pencils, Pastels, Mixed media, and Digital art can also be commissioned for select projects - Working in a variety of traditional and cutting edge digital media he offers his customers a variety of options and more than thirty years of experience. As an illustrator David has not only used the computer but has been involved in the development of filter imaging software for Adobe Photoshop.    He delivers custom made copyright free illustrations and offers old fashioned courtesy and customer service when he does commissions starting at $500.USD. On his existing works license offers start at $100.00.   This website has been honored by more than 25,000,000 Unique Visitors from the Four Corners of the Earth: My Friends from around the world thus far : England,    Scotland,   Wales,    Ireland,  Germany,   France,   Greece,  Cyprus,   Turkey,  Italy,   Belgium,   Denmark,   Yugoslavia,  Macedonia,  Croatia,  The Czech Republic,   Bosnia,   Herzegovina,   Slovakia,    Slovenia,  Luxembourg,   Latvia,   Estonia,   Hungary,    Bulgaria,   Lithuania,   Poland,   Austria,   Romania,    Spain,    Russia,    Ukraine,    Moldova,    Malta,   Iceland,   Finland,   Norway,   Netherlands,   Switzerland,   Sweden,   Portugal,    Israel,   Egypt,   Saudi Arabia,   Yemen,   The United Arab Emirates,  Qatar,   Iran,   Lebanon,    Morocco,  The Republic of Congo,  The Ivory Coast,  Angola,   Zambia,     Zimbabwe,    Nigeria,   Namibia,   South Africa,   Mauritius,   Japan,   South Korea,   China,   Macau,    Taiwan,   Nuie,   New Zealand,   Australia,   The Philippines,   Palau,   Cocos Island,  The Kingdom of Tonga,    Singapore,   Thailand,   Brunei Darussalem,    Malaysia,   India,   Sri Lanka,     Pakistan,    Indonesia,    Chile,   Argentina,   Uruguay,   Brazil,   Peru,   Venezuela,   The Dominican Republic,    Guatemala,   Costa Rica,    Colombia,   Trinidad   and  Tobago,    Panama,    Ecuador,   Belize,    Puerto Rico,     Mexico,   Canada,   and my home,   The United States of America ... If your home is not listed here please e-mail us and tell us where you're from.. info@howarddavidjohnson.com *****    2011 Artist's Statement: "Did you know that many of the breathtaking works Pre-Raphaelites were doing in oils in the 1800’s were declared not to be Art? In London the Royal Academy had a very narrow view as to what qualified. No wonder Rossetti led a rebellion against them. Today, no educated person would say Pre-Raphaelite Art was not just Art, but Exquisite Fine Art. How about Styles? Impressionism is a great example; It was not enough that these institutions rejected the work, but they felt the need to destroy the person’s reputation and livelihood. Of course collectors pay millions for these Impressionistic paintings now, and Curators, Historians and Professional Art Critics all hail them as sensitive works of fine art. When Monet submitted his work to the Salon in Paris, they said" A monkey has gotten a hold of a set of paints" and would paint huge "R"s for "rejected on the back canvas. Rejecting him was not enough for them. They wanted to be sure he never sold another picture. They wanted to hurt him and his family for sick sadistic pleasure. He got really good at re-stretching his canvas with a double layer to cover up their hateful defacement of his original art. They saw themselves as powerful as the deadly committee for public safety in the French Revolution as far as the Art World went and delighted in "sending artists to the guillotine", so to speak. These hateful little petty tyrants were unable to keep his name out of the history books or to keep his paintings for selling for millions of dollars. This is the treatment someone who creates a new style gets, but developments in applied technology like manufactured tube paints as opposed to hand mixed paints were violently rejected by these types as well and they forcefully proclaimed anyone who used paints from a tube was not a "real artist". Well, tube paints are pretty well accepted now. So will photography and digital media in time. You probably  know how bad Photographers were treated, but now it is a respected Art Form. I Remember the hateful things they said about Pastels and Mary Cassat, and now Pastel Paintings are considered Fine Art and Mary Cassat’s works are regarded as masterpieces. Now that snobs have Digital Artists to look down on, Colored Pencils are starting to get some respect. Our day will come." ~ Howard David Johnson

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