Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Jeff Sturgeon

MisCon 40 Artist

Jeff Sturgeon is a northwest artist known for his beautiful, award-winning metal paintings. His career spans over thirty years, coming up through the ranks as a young fan artist in the 80s to being hired in the first wave of computer game artists in the late 80s and early 90s. A long career in the 90s as an artist, animator, concept artist, lead artist, game designer, and art director followed most notably for Electronic Arts. He continued to paint and display his work at science fiction conventions around the country and created new cover and interior work for clients such as Harper Collins Publishing and NASA JPL.
Jeff left the game business behind and went to painting full time with aluminum as his new canvas though he did not give up traditional canvas completely. Through the new millennium, Jeff’s work became nationally known with book cover assignments, with increased appearances as an exhibitor, guest, panelist, and Guest of Honor at conventions around the country.
Jeff’s world-sharing anthology Jeff Sturgeon’s Last Cities of Earth was released in Jan. 2022 by Word Fire Press. His continued work in the Last Cities of Earth universe now takes up most of his time as he creates new art and stories and works towards releasing a new collectable card game and board game to follow from the Last Cities of Earth world with a kick starter launch this October. A second anthology will follow next year.

Scheduled Panels and Games:

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(Tentative)

• Thu 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Jeff Sturgeon Art Demo, Artist's Corner
  Panelists: Jeff Sturgeon

  Watch artist Jeff Sturgeon work on a painting.

• Break Thu 4:50 - Thu 7:00
• Thu 7:00 - 7:50 PM, Meet the Artists: Speedfriending Edition, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: John Barba, Justin Barba, Bruce Brenneise, Michael Brugger, Echo Chernik, Jayel Draco, Dragon Dronet, Brian Grinnell (Belsac), Cheyenna Krone, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Randy Pepprock, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props), Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Lacy Zee (Vox Moxxi)

  If you want to get to know some of MisCon 40's artists, this is the place for you! It's like speed dating, but without the romance. We'll provide lists of question prompts to help break the ice (though you can ask whatever you want), split everyone into pairs, and run quick 3 to 5-minute rounds before rotating to a new conversation partner. Come swap stories, talk art, movies, anime, pop culture, and make a new connection.

• Break Thu 7:50 - Fri 11:00
• Fri 11:00 - 12:50 PM, Artist's Corner, Artist's Corner
  Panelists: Lizzy D. Hill, Todd Lockwood, Randy Pepprock, Jeff Sturgeon, Andy VanOverberghe

  Hang out with some of MisCon's artists as they draw, paint, or play around with whatever catches their interest. Want to bring your own art materials and make your own stuff? Please do. Want to ask questions about anything art-related? Now is your chance. Just want to eat a sandwich, get something signed, and chat? Come have a seat. This is an informal hangout session--come and go as you like, or drop in for a few minutes between panels.

• Fri 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Informal Author Meet & Greet: Speedfriending Edition, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, Jessica Brawner, C E Chester, Stoney Compton, Katie Cross, Laramie Dean, Jayel Draco, Manny Frishberg, James Glass, Lynsey Griswold (Lynsey G), Rhiannon Held, GS Jennsen, Esther Jones, Frog Jones, Sanan Kolva, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Joseph Malik, Tod McCoy, Danith McPherson, Theresa Miller, Gwendolyn Nix, AM Scott, Steven L Sears, D.L. Solum, Jeff Sturgeon, Patrick Swenson: Fairwood Press, Hunter Kay Wallace, Dean Wells, Danica Winters, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Matthew Yetter

  If you want to get to know some of MisCon 40's writers/editors, this is the place for you! It's like speed dating, but without the romance. We'll provide lists of question prompts to help break the ice (though you can ask whatever you want), split everyone into pairs, and run quick 3 to 5-minute rounds before rotating to a new conversation partner. Come swap stories, talk art, movies, anime, pop culture, and make a new connection.

• Fri 2:00 - 2:50 PM, Satanic Panic, Monster Tent
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, MaryAlice Jones (Mistress Azira), Randy Pepprock, Jeff Sturgeon

  Let's discuss the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and today.

• Break Fri 2:50 - Fri 6:00
• Fri 6:00 - 6:50 PM, Opening Ceremonies, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, Bruce Brenneise, Becky Cass, Dragon Dronet, Todd Lockwood, Steven L Sears, Steven K Smith (SKS Props), Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Lacy Zee (Vox Moxxi)

  Join our Guests of Honor and Featured Pros at MisCon 40's Opening Ceremonies and find out what's going on throughout the weekend. We'll talk about the 40 years of MisCon, the Upside Down theme, will give Golden Squid Awards to a few convention committee members who worked especially hard this year to make MisCon happen, and will highlight some fun things happening at the con. 

• Break Fri 6:50 - Sat 11:00
• Sat 11:00 - 11:50 AM, The Art of Moonlighting, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Andy VanOverberghe; Panelists: Michael Brugger, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Jeff Sturgeon, Andy VanOverberghe

  Yes, we had first job, but what about second job?” Many artists and creatives work fulltime jobs as well as a regiment of creative pursuits. Join us to discuss maintaining balance and sanity while multi-classing life,

   

• Break Sat 11:50 - Sat 3:00
• Sat 3:00 - 3:50 PM, Jeff Sturgeon Painting Demo, Artist's Corner
  Panelists: Jeff Sturgeon

  Watch artist Jeff Sturgeon work on a painting. You can ask him questions while you watch him work.

• Break Sat 3:50 - Sun 1:00
• Sun 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Sci-fi and Fantasy Landscape Art, Dungeon
  Moderator: Bruce Brenneise; Panelists: Bruce Brenneise, Todd Lockwood, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Jeff Sturgeon

  Let's discuss methods and best practices for genre landscape illustration/painting.

• overbooked
• Sun 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Sasquatch Tale: Not For the Faint of Heart, Great Hall 1
  Panelists: Jeff Fennel, Jeff Sturgeon, Andy VanOverberghe

  Artist Jeff Sturgeon will share some of his experiences in the remote wilderness of Northern California. Check out evidence and hear the terrifying encounters over a ten day period in summer and fall of 2023 and in the summer of 2025.