Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning visual effects artist, died at age 62 in his home in Malibu, California after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma.
Stan won four visual effects Oscars and earned multiple nominations. His first Oscar was for James Cameron's "Aliens" (1986). Winston later won two Oscars for "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1992) (visual effects and makeup) and 1993's "Jurassic Park." (See Stan Winston's Creature Features, by LAT's Patrick Kevin Day.)
Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us Stan, you will be missed.
Here is a poem in memory of Stan's incredible imagination and talent. I had the pleasure of meeting Stan many years ago, how fortunate for us all to have had this precious time with him.
This poem was written by my mother Joyce Colvard, another amazing soul, before she herself passed away in 2001. I miss you dearly Mom!
In my dreams, I am a shadow dancing to and fro.
Going through dimensions where mortals cannot go.
I visit many mansions god has built for me.
I live my time in another place and fulfill my destiny.
I'll weave myself a golden web reflecting in the night.
I'll walk up stairways to the moon and exalt in it's glorious light.
There are no boundaries in my dreams, I go where none have seen.
I wake up in my daytime life, then sleep and go home again.
There I am a youthful soul, time has ceased to be.
The structure of the nether world molds itself to me.
I will build myself a marble hall with fountains flowing free.
I will move through different realms in time, there are no boundaries.
~Joyce Colvard
1938-2001
The wise words of my mother before she left this world:
"Don't cry for me, I am waking up...you are still sleeping.
Stan say hello to my mother for me.
