Wayne Barlowe
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Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born January 6, 1958 in Glen Cove, New York) is a science fiction and fantasy painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time, and Newsweek. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists.
He is well known for his realistic paintings of surreal alien (or fantastic) life. His Barlowe's Guides to extraterrestrials and to fantasy are his interpretations of specific creatures and beings from well-known science fiction and fantasy literature. His Inferno is an interpretation of the demonology contained in the Grimoire of Honorius.
He is married to fantasy and science fiction editor Shawna McCarthy and has two daughters, Cayley and Hillary.
[edit] Movie work
- Design work for the Babylon 5 TV movie, Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998).
- Contributed alien creature and character designs for Titan A.E..
- Designed creatures for Galaxy Quest.
- Preproduction drawings for Blade 2. (2000)
- Creature/character designs for Hellboy and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2002)
- Created concept art for the sequel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2003)
- In 2004, his book Expedition was sold to the Discovery Channel for development into a two hour presentation. It was retitled Alien Planet and premiered May 14, 2005.
[edit] Bibliography
- Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials (1979)
- Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV (1990)
- An Alphabet of Dinosaurs written by Dr. Peter Dodson, illustrated by Barlowe (1995)
- The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe (1995)
- Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy (1996)
- Barlowe's Inferno (1998)
- Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno (2001)
- God's Demon (2007)
