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David Vargo has an intense love of the mysterious. From an early age his art sought to transcend realism to the realms of the imaginary. After service to his country in the US Marine Corps as an Infantryman, David enrolled in art school. He earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Laguna College of Art and Design. Soon after he decided to take his education further and earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Illustration from California State University at Long Beach. His Illustration medium of choice is Oil, Acrylic and sometimes digital paint. David has painted Illustrations for companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Lucasfilm, Lord of the Rings and Wizards of the Coast. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Illustration at the Laguna College of Art and Design. David’s love of the mysterious, combined with his passion for the figure has led to a long term art affair with Imaginative Realism.