- Wayne Barlowe
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birthdate = 1958
location =Glen Cove, New York
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nationality = American
field =Science fiction andFantasy painting
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awards =Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born
January 6 ,1958 inGlen Cove, New York ) is ascience fiction andfantasy painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as "Life magazine ", "Time", and "Newsweek ". His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists.He 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 .He is married to
fantasy andscience fiction editorShawna McCarthy and has two daughters, Cayley and Hillary.Movie work
*Design work for the "
Babylon 5 " TV movie, "" (1998).
*Contributed alien creature and character designs for "Titan A.E. ".
*Designed creatures for "Galaxy Quest ".
*Preproduction drawings for "Blade II ".
*Creature/character designs for "Hellboy", "" and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".
*Created concept art for the sequel, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".
*In 2004, his book "Expedition" was sold to theDiscovery Channel for development into a two hour presentation. It was retitled "Alien Planet " and premieredMay 14 2005 .Bibliography
* "
Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials " (1979)
* "" (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)
* "" (2001)
* "God's Demon " (2007)External links
* [http://www.waynebarlowe.com/ Official site]
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* [http://discovery.com/alienplanet Alien Planet at DiscoveryChannel.com]
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