Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Christensen co-chaired the Mormon Arts Foundation. In the Church, he served as a ward bishop among other callings. He resided in Orem, Utah in a house he designed filled with secret passages and sculptures inspired by his paintings. Christensen died of cancer on January 8, 2017. Bibliography A Journey of the Imagination: The Art of James Christensen by James C. Christensen (The Greenwich Workshop Press, January 1, 1994, ) Voyage of the Basset by James C. Christensen (Artisan, January 10, 1996, ) Rhymes & Reasons: An Annotated Collection of Mother Goose Rhymes by James C. Christensen (The Greenwich Workshop Press, January 6, 1997, ) James Christensen: The Greenwich Workshop's New Century Artists Series by James C. Christensen (The Greenwich Workshop Press, January 9, 2001, ) Passage By Faith: Exploring the Inspirational Art by James C. Christensen (Deseret Book, October 29, 2012) Awards Christensen was named a Utah Art Treasure, one of Utah’s Top 100 Artists by the Springville Museum of Art, and received the Governor’s Award for Art from the Utah Arts Council. He served as president of the National Academy of Fantastic Art. His artwork has been featured on the cover of Leading Edge issue #41, winning him the Chesley Award for cover artwork in 2002. Christensen's work has appeared in the American Illustration Annual and Japan's Outstanding American Illustrators. He also won all the professional art honors the World Science Fiction Convention offers, and multiple Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. See also References External links James C. Christensen Greenwich Workshop Biography 1942 births 2017 deaths American Latter Day Saint artists American speculative fiction artists 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters Artists from Utah Brigham Young University alumni Brigham Young University faculty Fantasy artists Latter Day Saints from California Latter Day Saints from Utah