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THE PUZZLE: Feats of the Imagination – The Return of the Fablemaker.
THE ARTIST: James C Christensen is one of the few people lucky enough to create worlds of their own and make you wish you could live in them. Inspired by the world’s myths, fables and tales of imagination, Christensen fills his paintings with wonderful people, places and things as real and as beloved as your fondest childhood memories.
Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California. He studied painting at Brigham Young University and, for a while, the University of California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU. He has been successful in both illustration and gallery art and has had one man shows in California Utah, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
He’s been commissioned by both Time/Life Books and Omni to create illustrations for their publications. In addition to his fine art limited editions, Christensen’s work can be found in five acclaimed books, a series of interactive journals, porcelain figurines and bronze sculptures.
Christensen has won all of the professional art honours the World Science Convention can bestow He has been part of the Greenwich Workshop family of artists since 1985, and continues to delight old and young alike as a Professor of the Imagination whose philosophy is “Believing IS Seeing”.
ABOUT HOLDSON: Holdson are very passionate about their business and have been for the last 75 years. They are based in Auckland and they manufacture, import and distribute products for the Jigsaw Puzzle Industry throughout New Zealand and the rest of the world.
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Feats of the Imagination, The Return of the Fablemaker 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle made by Holdson New Zealand uses specially formulated 100% recycled puzzle board. The Jigsaw Puzzle is made with non toxic inks which have passed through rigid safety standards. The Jigsaw Puzzle is printed on high quality glass art paper which is free of all toxic substances.