Featured Artist: Michael Cohen
About the Artist:
After studying art at Cal State Northridge and U.C. Berkeley, Michael
moved to Bellingham, Washington, and began doing scrimshaw for the
Alaska Silver and Ivory Company. Since 1976 he has been marketing his
scrimshaw independently to Alaska, Hawaii, and New England. In 2002
and 2003 he won awards at the Mystic Scrimshanders Competition. He
specializes in nautical scenes, fantasy scenes, and Native American
portraits.
His other chosen medium is colored pencil, and his fantasy art has graced the covers of various anthologies such as The Forbidden Book and Mythography, as well as the book Kinsmen of the Grail. One piece was included in the book Spectrum 1994 The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art.
