Spectrum Award for Grand Master

Spectrum Grand Master Award
Awarded for The best in contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and horror artwork.
Presented by Spectrum Fantastic Art
First awarded 1995
Official website Spectrum Fantastic Art

The Spectrum Award for Grand Master has been awarded annually since 1995 by the Spectrum Fantastic Art Advisory Board.[1]

A Grand Master, as Arnie Fenner (SFA Advisory Board member) has explained, is an artist who has worked for at least twenty years at a consistently high level of quality; who has influenced and inspired other artists; and who has left his or her mark on the field as a whole. "Craft alone" he writes, " is not sufficient to receive the honor: There are many painters who produce solid professional work. But (and this is the key) it fails to resonate. It is admired in the moment and immediately forgotten. A Grand Master's art, on the other hand, gets stuck in the viewer's heart and memory. [2]

Arnie Fenner also states "At the time of the designation is given the artist must be living. Recently, two GM honorees died prior to the announcement --Al Williamson and Ralph McQuarrie-- which confused a few people, but...both were still with us when the Board bestowed the honor."[3]

Winners

Year Grand Master Spectrum Volume Ref Awarded At
2014 Iain McCaig Spectrum 21 [4] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 3 - Kansas City, MO
2013 Gerald Brom Spectrum 20 [5] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live 2 - Kansas City, MO
2012 James Gurney Spectrum 19 [6] Spectrum Fantastic Art Live - Kansas City, MO
2011 Ralph McQuarrie Spectrum 18 [7]
2010 Al Williamson Spectrum 17 [8]
2009 Richard Corben Spectrum 16 [9]
2008 John Jude Palencar Spectrum 15 [10]
2007 Syd Mead Spectrum 14 [11]
2006 Jeffrey Jones Spectrum 13 [12]
2005 H. R. Giger Spectrum 12 [13]
2004 Michael Whelan Spectrum 11 [14]
2003 Michael William Kaluta Spectrum 10 [15]
2002 Kinuko Y. Craft Spectrum 9 [16]
2001 Jean Giraud Spectrum 8 [17]
2000 Alan Lee Spectrum 7 [18]
1999 John Berkey Spectrum 6 [19]
1998 James Bama Spectrum 5 [20]
1997 Diane Dillon & Leo Dillon Spectrum 4 [21]
1996 Don Ivan Punchatz Spectrum 3 [22]
1995 Frank Frazetta Spectrum 2 [23]
1994 No Award Spectrum 1

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