Inspired by nature, mythology and classic Disney films, Justin Gerard has made a career out of painting imaginative creatures, malevolent dragons, terrible monsters, and the brave heroes that battle them. His narrative-driven work have taken him through classics like Beowulf, King Arthur, St. George, and the Hobbit, and off into the modern fantasy worlds of Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons.

Owing the majority of his technical expertise to the 2001 theft of a Step-by-Step Graphics Guide on the illustration methods of Peter De Seve, Justin has spent his life obsessively collecting and studying the works of classical and contemporary masters. Of these, he has a specific love for the Golden Age Illustrators like Arthur Rackham, Edumnd Dulac, and John Bauer. He even attempted to distill their collective genius down into a potion that he might sell for millions. And while that particular alchemic endeavor ended in disaster, (and may have caused the financial crisis, the extinction 3 rare species of moth, and the fall of 2 small countries,) his experience studying these great artists has left a powerful impression upon his own illustrations.

Justin loves the outdoors and back country hiking, particularly in the American Pacific Northwest. The raw wilderness of these places have been a constant inspiration for him and often end up as the settings and backgrounds of his paintings.

Justin was never caught. He gave up his life of gambling, piracy and horse-thieving in 2013 to marry Annie Stegg and start a new adventure with her.