Tim White (artist)

Time White (born 4 April 1952 in Erith, Kent[1]) is a British painter, best known for his science fiction and fantasy book covers, record covers and magazine illustrations.[2]

White studied at the Medway College of Art between 1968 and 1972.[2] Following this, he spent two years working for various advertising studios, until he received his first book cover commission in 1974, for Arthur C Clarke's The Other Side of the Sky.[2] He has since provided covers for authors including Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert, August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft, Piers Anthony and Bruce Sterling.[3]

Style

In A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, Robert Weinberg says, 'White combines superlative detail with a largely figurative approach to his work and creates a totally realistic image of his landscape of the imagination.'[2] The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says, 'White has been celebrated as a representative of a new school of super-realists that began shaping British sf art in the mid-1970s,'[1] but notes that he has been 'relatively inactive since the year 2000'.

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists by Robert E. Weinberg, p. 293-294, Greenwood Press 1988.
  3. ↑ Internet Speculative Fiction Database entry for Tim White

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