Chris Achilleos

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Chris Achilleos on Polcon 2007

Chris Achilleos (born 1947) is a painter and illustrator who specialises in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he currently resides.^{[citation needed]}

His work has appeared in Heavy Metal and Radio Times magazines, on book covers (including series based on the Conan the Barbarian character, TV's Doctor Who and the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series), and in collections of his own work. He has also worked on various film projects as a conceptual artist. His work has also included fetish art.^{[citation needed]}

Achilleos created the controversial cover for Whitesnake's 1979 album, Lovehunter, which featured a naked woman straddling a giant serpent. In an interview with MelodicRock, Gary Hughes stated that Achilleos thereafter "had a policy of not working with bands".^[1] The original artwork, along with several other pieces, were stolen from him in the 1980s and sold to a private collector.^[2]

In 2003, Achilleos created the covers and artwork for the two-album-wide rock opera by Gary Hughes, The Once And Future King.^{[citation needed]}

Collections

Several book collections of Achilleos works have been published, including:^{[citation needed]}

• Beauty and the Beast (1978)
• Medusa (1988)
• Sirens (1986)
• Amazona (2004)

References

1. ^ "Interviews: Gary Hughes - Once And Future King". Melodicrock.com. http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/garyhughes-oafk.html. Retrieved 2010-10-31. "He had a bad experience after his Lovehunter cover and for years he has had a policy of not working with bands anymore." 
2. ^ "Piracy". Chris Achilleos. http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/piracy/index.html. Retrieved 2010-10-31. 

External links

• Official website
• Chris Achilleos at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Biography on Chris Achilleos' website
• Chris Achilleos at the Internet Movie Database

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