Stephen Burns, author of Photoshop CS Trickery and FX, began as a photographer 25 years ago and then moved toward the digital medium. His influences include the great Abstractionists and Surrealists.

He has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in digital art and design for 8 years, and has exhibited digital fine art internationally (Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico, etc.).

He won first place in the prestigious Seybold International Digital Arts contest. In addition, he works in 3D animation and digital video special effects editing, and is the current president of the San Diego Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com).

"I like to challenge the viewer's psyche through presenting the unknown. I combine the animate with the inanimate because we are inseparable from our environment and the energies that impact upon us..." - Stephen Burns

See more of Stephen's work at www.chromeallusion.com.