- Bruce Pennington
Bruce Pennington (born
May 10 ,1944 inSomerset From Eschatus,Paper Tiger Books , 1976] ) is a British painter, perhaps best known for hisscience fiction andfantasy novel cover art . Pennington's works have largely featured on the covers of novels of the likes ofIsaac Asimov ,Clark Ashton Smith andRobert A. Heinlein , adopting both science fiction and fantastical themes. Pennington's past of speculation and youthful wonderment lead to his current outlandish form and style.Pennington's works are largely characterised by bold, daring colours; rich pinks and blues sustaining his continuing motifs of speculation as well as precise brush strokes, harmonious pigment blending as well as the acute concentration in the detail of his depicted subjects, usually landscapes of other times or worlds.
Pennington, earlier disenchanted with traditional art methods, pursued his youthful fascination with that of the imagined and speculated.
Works include 'Impossible Possibilities' and 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'.
Pennington attended the
Ravensbourne School of Art inBromley during the early 1960s. He began working as a freelance illustrator in1967 . In1976 ,Paper Tiger Books published an LP-sized graphic album, Eschatus, featuring Pennington's paintings inspired by the prophecies ofNostradamus . They followed this, in1991 , with a graphic album, Ultraterraneum, collecting various private and commercial works.elected works
*"
Dune Messiah " byFrank Herbert
*"Children of Dune " by Frank Herbert
*"God Emperor of Dune " by Frank Herbert
*"Heretics of Dune " by Frank Herbert
*"Chapterhouse Dune " by Frank Herbert*"Tik-Tok" by
John Sladek (1983 BSFA Award)
*"The Shadow of the Torturer" byGene Wolfe (1981 BSFA Award)References
External links
* [http://www.brucepennington.co.uk/ The Art of Bruce Pennington (official site)]
* [http://www.unicorngarden.com/pennington/index.htm Gallery of his work taken from Ultraterraneum]
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