Jael

(1937 -- November 17, 2020)

Jael [Ashton] was an American artist and illustrator specializing in SF and fantasy art. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Utah, completing her Secondary Certification in 1973. Afterwards she taught at several Utah high schools, teaching fine-arts at Clarke College in Nevada between 1974 and 1980 while publishing and completing private commissions in her spare time.

She did art for covers and provided on-line art instruction. Having been an artist for close to 50 years, she created more than 38,000 paintings and images, many housed in collections.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1995 -- Tropicon XIII, Arisia '95
• 1998 -- Albacon 1998
• 2002 -- JerseyDevilCon 2
• 2004 -- WindyCon 31, Trinoc*coN 2004, Baycon 2004
• 2005 -- ICON 30
• 2007 -- LepreCon 33
• 2012 -- Apollocon 2012
• 8 Chesley Award nominations

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Person

1937—2020

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