Wayne Barlowe
Wayne Barlowe | |
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| Born | January 6, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Science fiction and fantasy painting |
| Awards | Locus |
Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born January 6, 1958 in Glen Cove, New York) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time magazine, and Newsweek. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists.
Career
Wayne Barlowe 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. His Expedition is a complex look of the speculative evolution of the fictional planet Darwin IV.
Personal life
He has two daughters, Cayley and Hillary. He was married to Laura Hansen Barlowe in 2013.[citation needed]
Filmography
- Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Blade II (2002)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Alien Planet (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
- Avatar (2009)
- Dante's Inferno (2010)
- John Carter (2012)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Pete's Dragon (2016)
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, a novel (2007)
- The Art of Avatar: James Cameron's Epic Adventure (2009)
External links
- Official website
- Wayne Douglas Barlowe at IMDb
- Alien Planet at IMDb
- Wayne Barlowe at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Wayne Barlowe – Surreal Art Collective
- Alien Planet at DiscoveryChannel.com
References
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- American painters
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American painters
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- Cooper Union alumni
- American speculative fiction artists
- Science fiction artists
- Fantasy artists
- People from Glen Cove, New York
- Artists from New York (state)