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- Molly Barr
- 280 Stageline Dr.
- Vallejo, CA 94591-8440
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- Phone: (707) 557-0911
- E-mail: barr@dragon-tree.com
- Web Site: www.dragon-tree.com/dragontree
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- Born in 1949, I was raised in Northern California. My background is in engineering and aviation. In
- 1972 I graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California with a B.S. degree in Aeronautical
- Engineering. I worked in that arena for a number of years, then returned to a previous interest -- which
- was flying. I obtained my first job as an airline pilot for a small commuter airline in 1979, and was hired
- in 1986 by a major U.S. airline. I enjoyed that position until I was forced to retire for medical reasons ten
- years later.
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- With time on my hands, and wondering which direction to take my life, I channeled my energies into my
- computer -- a hobby and passion of long standing. I've always loved science fiction and fantasy, and
- began my struggle to create science fiction and surrealistic scenes with the computer. In late 1996, I
- displayed my first creations on the World Wide Web. The general response to my work was extremely
- favorable, and I soon made my first sale -- a magazine cover illustration. Early 1997, I began printing
- and selling some of my images as fine art, and in July of 1997, my image "Lonely Orbit" took first place at
- the Planetfest97 art show in Pasadena, Califorinia. I have no formal training in art; the computer fills in
- what I lack in artistic talent. I enjoy "hard" science fiction art as well as art that simply has an "other-
- worldly" flavor. I generally start out with the vaguest of ideas -- or no idea at all -- and let the creation
- reveal itself to me. I'm almost always pleasantly surprised.
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- I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my three cats, who often complain that they are
- computer orphans.
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