From StarWars.com:
"Artist Christian Waggoner is a relative newcomer to the world of Star Wars illustration, although he's been a fan since first seeing A New Hope as a first-grader back in 1977. Growing up a third-generation portrait artist on his father's side, Waggoner was raised in a household that fostered his artistic skill, having two parents who were accomplished artists themselves and who encouraged their son to develop his own creative skills.

Though trained as a portrait artist growing up, Waggoner found himself gravitating toward still life portraits containing objects with reflective surfaces -- wine bottles, silver vases, brass instruments, and other similar items. Somehow, among these rather traditional and refined objets d'art, an unexpected portrait of Darth Vader emerged..."

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See also:
Artist Spotlight: Nicole Falk
Artist Spotlight: Denise Vasquez
Artist Spotlight: Paul Allan Ballard