Rodney Matthews is a fantasy artist and illustrator. In 1978, he published "Yendor - The Journey of a Junior Adventurer", a hard-back picture book featuring his distinctive paintings of "The Wild Country", a fantasy world seen through the eyes of young Yendor, named after his son (Yendor is, of course, Rodney backwards). These paintings were accompanied by irreverent and light-hearted text written by Graham Smith, forming an episodic story about Yendor's journey.

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  • Rodney Matthews is a fantasy artist and illustrator. In 1978, he published "Yendor - The Journey of a Junior Adventurer", a hard-back picture book featuring his distinctive paintings of "The Wild Country", a fantasy world seen through the eyes of young Yendor, named after his son (Yendor is, of course, Rodney backwards). These paintings were accompanied by irreverent and light-hearted text written by Graham Smith, forming an episodic story about Yendor's journey. Despite not featuring any coherent plot structure, this whimsical book achieved cult status amongst fanatics of fantastic art due to Matthew's striking and surreal paintings. Rodney has worked with a number of bands on album covers, the most notable of which is Birmingham melodic rock band Magnum for whom he designed the art-work for Chase The Dragon, The Eleventh Hour, On A Storyteller's Night and Sleepwalking as well as various compilations and reissues. He also designed album covers for Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, Praying Mantis, Nazareth, Scorpions, and Eloy. More recently he worked on Magnum's latest album, Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow, which was released in March 2007; this is the first Magnum studio album since 1992 to feature his art-work. He has also worked with the rock group Asia. His most recent work to date is on The Immortal, a solo album by Magnum lead singer Bob Catley, released in September 2008. Alongside his album cover work, he has illustrated a number of books and magazines, primarily fantasy and science fiction. He worked on the covers for the Witch World novels by Andre Norton and many of the novels by Michael Moorcock who introduces a section in "In Search of Forever". He also designed the logo for the video game studio Traveller's Tales. Paper Tiger Books have published several art books of Matthews' work, including In Search of Forever (1985), Last Ship Home (1989) and Countdown to Millennium (1997).
  • Rodney Matthews on englantilainen fantasiataiteilija ja kuvittaja. Hänet tunnetaan etenkin useista tekemistään musiikkialbumien kansikuvista. Matthews on tehnyt kansitaidetta mm. Magnumin, Asian, Thin Lizzyn ja Scorpionsin albumeihin. Hänen teoksiaan on julkaistu mm. kirjoissa "Yendor – The Journey of a Junior Adventurer" (1978), "In Search of Forever" (1985), "Last Ship Home" (1989) ja "Countdown to Millennium" (1997).
  • Rodney Matthews is een Engels kunstschilder en illustrator. Zijn inspiratie is veelal op natuurlijke elementen gebaseerd, zoals uitvergrootte insecten. Zijn stijl is sciencefiction/fantasy in een rijke kleurschakering. Hierin zijn wezens en onderwerpen regelmatig van vorm veranderd en verdraaid, doch steeds herkenbaar. In 1974 verliet Matthews de vaak wisselende rockband waarin hij als drummer heeft gespeeld. Hierna wijdde hij zich volledig aan het schilderen. Heeft onder andere covers voor de albums van rock-groep Magnum, Eloy en Nazareth gemaakt. Tevens is hij een begaafd letterontwerper in fantasiestijl.
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  • Rodney Matthews is a fantasy artist and illustrator. In 1978, he published "Yendor - The Journey of a Junior Adventurer", a hard-back picture book featuring his distinctive paintings of "The Wild Country", a fantasy world seen through the eyes of young Yendor, named after his son (Yendor is, of course, Rodney backwards). These paintings were accompanied by irreverent and light-hearted text written by Graham Smith, forming an episodic story about Yendor's journey.
  • Rodney Matthews on englantilainen fantasiataiteilija ja kuvittaja. Hänet tunnetaan etenkin useista tekemistään musiikkialbumien kansikuvista. Matthews on tehnyt kansitaidetta mm. Magnumin, Asian, Thin Lizzyn ja Scorpionsin albumeihin. Hänen teoksiaan on julkaistu mm. kirjoissa "Yendor – The Journey of a Junior Adventurer" (1978), "In Search of Forever" (1985), "Last Ship Home" (1989) ja "Countdown to Millennium" (1997).
  • Rodney Matthews is een Engels kunstschilder en illustrator. Zijn inspiratie is veelal op natuurlijke elementen gebaseerd, zoals uitvergrootte insecten. Zijn stijl is sciencefiction/fantasy in een rijke kleurschakering. Hierin zijn wezens en onderwerpen regelmatig van vorm veranderd en verdraaid, doch steeds herkenbaar. In 1974 verliet Matthews de vaak wisselende rockband waarin hij als drummer heeft gespeeld. Hierna wijdde hij zich volledig aan het schilderen.
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