Rodney Matthews

Rodney Matthews

(6 Июля 1945 - ) современный английский художник-фантаст, живет и работает в Англии. Книги Толкиена, "Алиса в стране чудес" Льюиса Кэрролла, обложка альбома The Scorpions и многое другое оживает благодаря его иллюстрациям.

Rodney Matthews has worked as a freelance designer and illustrator of fantasy, science fiction and fairy tale as applied to record covers, book jackets and books (adult and children's), TV series and video games for 30 years, and is acknowledged world-wide as being one of the top practitioners in these genres.

His originals have been exhibited at Britain's foremost illustrators gallery, the Chris Beetles Gallery in London's West End, while he has held one-man shows at the Langton Gallery, London, in Sierre, Switzerland, in Cardiff and Machynlleth, Wales, with participation in many joint shows and signing sessions in the UK and Europe. Matthews' originals are owned by celebrities including Pythons John Cleese and Terry Jones who have 5 between them. Rodney has been in great demand for record cover design, having done more than 70 for artists including Thin Lizzy, Nazareth, Asia, The Scorpions, Barclay James Harvest, Magnum (10), and Rick Wakeman.

Over 80 of his designs have been published as poster prints, selling in millions world-wide. There have also been postcards, notecards, collector's cards, jigsaw puzzles (UK and US), limited edition prints, and of course his well known anthology books: 'In Search of Forever', 'Last Ship Home', and 'Countdown to Millennium', not forgetting the illustrated Michael Moorcock book 'Elric at the End of Time', and portfolios for 1990 and 1993. Some of his books have been published in French, German, and Japanese.

Other items include calendars of which there have been a total of 15, an interactive CD-ROM 'Between Earth and the End of Time', a biographic video 'A House on the Rock', and work on video games. In 1998 a major children's animation series 'Lavender Castle' was completed. The original concept and all design was by Matthews and the 26 x 10 minute episodes were produced by Gerry Anderson. It has subsequently become a favourite with British audiences, having received excellent reviews and ratings equalling Rugrats while in direct competition (more details can be found in the Showreel section).//oficial site

Работы -обложки:
20th CENTURY STEEL BAND Yellow Bird Is Dead
Al JONES Jonesville
AMON DUUL II Live In London
Art ROSENBAUM Five String Guitar
ASIA Aqua
ASIA Arena
ASIA Different Worlds Live
ASIA Who Will Stop The Rain (single)
BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST Caught In The Light
BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST 25th Anniversary Concert (DVD)
BITCHES SIN Predator
BOLA SETE Ocean
BRINSLEY SCHWARZ Golden Greats
CAPTAIN LOCKHEED/STARFIGHTERS Ejection (EP)
DARLINGTON STRING QUARTET Shostakovich
Dave CARLSEN Pale Horse
Dave EVANS Elephantasia
David STONE / Allan SCHILLER Delius
DETRITUS Perpetual Defiance
DIAMOND HEAD Am I Evil
DIAMOND HEAD Living On Borrowed Time
ELOY Metromania
ELOY Planets
ELOY Time To Turn
FULL MOON Full Moon
Geoffrey WOODRUFF Live
GETHSEMANE ROSE Tattered ‘n’Torn
HALFBREED Halfbreed
Hamish IMLACH All Round Entertainer
HAWKWIND Welcome To The Future (2CD/DVD box)
HUNT & TURNER Magic Landscape
Ian A ANDERSON A Vulture Is Not A Bird You Can Trust
Ian A ANDERSON Singer Sleeps On As Blaze Rages
MAGNUM A Winter’s Tale (DVD)
MAGNUM Archive
MAGNUM Chase The Dragon
MAGNUM Foundation
MAGNUM Kingdom Of Madness (1988 FM reissue)
MAGNUM Magnum II (1988 FM reissue)
MAGNUM Mirador
MAGNUM On A Story Teller’s Night
MAGNUM Sleepwalking
MAGNUM Stronghold
MAGNUM The Eleventh Hour
MOTHERLODE The Sanctuary
NAZARETH No Mean City
OLD PETE Christmas Story (6” LP)
OLD PETE Old Pete (6” LP)
PIGSTY HILL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Piggery Jokery
PRAYING MANTIS Predator In Disguise
PRAYING MANTIS Time Tells No Lies
RODD & MARCO Jurassic Church
Rudie DOBSON The House On The Rock
SCORPIONS Lonesome Crow (FM reissue)
SEVENTH ANGEL Lament For The Weary
SEVENTH ANGEL The Torment
STAIRWAY No Rest No Mercy
Stefan GROSSMAN Aunt Molly’s Murray Farm
Steve HACKETT Horizons (DVD)
TIGERMOTH Howling Moth
TIGERMOTH Tigermoth
TRADIA Welcome To Paradise
TYGERS OF PAN TANG Crazy Nights
Various Contemporary Ragtime Guitar
Various Guitar Wizards (DVD)
Various Hard Rock Anthology (DVD)
Various Hillbilly Jazz Vol 1
Various International Classic Rock Festival (DVD)
Various Progressive Rock – The Ultimate Collection (DVD)
Various Progressive Rock Anthology (DVD)
Various Some People Play Guitar A Lot Of People Don’t
Various The Great White Dap (7”)
Various This Is How It All Began Vol II
VENI DOMINE Fall Babylon Fall
VENI DOMINE Material Sanctuary
WAKEMAN, Rick 2000AD Into The Future
WAKEMAN, Rick Son-Rise
WHITE METAL WARRIORS/Various - Last Ship Home

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