Patrick James Woodroffe était un artiste et dessinateur anglais dont l'œuvre explorait les royaumes de la fantasy et de la science-fiction, s'aventurant souvent dans le surréel. Son style distinctif crée des atmosphères oniriques et des mondes imaginatifs, abordant fréquemment des thèmes psychologiques plus profonds. L'héritage artistique de Woodroffe s'étend au-delà de son art visuel, englobant des collaborations avec des musiciens et la publication de ses créations visionnaires.
The art of acclaimed imaginary realist Patrick Woodroffe is collected in this wonderful volume, revealing the artist as a true master of fantasy. It demonstrates how his paintings are inspired by the mysteries of life and nature. Woodroffe’s immense creativity is displayed through a fantastic array of art, and commentary on context and inspiration is also included. Highlighting an artist who is renowned for his book and album covers, a biography covering his life and times is also included.
From the "...This is not a 'how to do it' book; it is a 'how I did it' book. It does not pretend to be a comprehensive technical guide. No doubt real artists - people trained at art schools, people who know what they are talking about - will tell you that much of the information in this book is not only out of date, but also out of touch with the methods and materials mainly in use today. I admit to being a little old-fashioined, a bit of an old woman in fact, obsessively tidy, painstakingly neat. I am certainly in no position to set myself up as any kind of authority, being taught only by reference books and bitter experience, but there are certain processes and tips which I am sure are completely my own and therefore worth passing on. Anyway, I hope this book will succeed in conveying at least some useful information, and also - through the illustrations themselves - perhaps I may communicate something of my own vision of how things should be, so that this book, like all my others, may be seen to tell it not 'how it is' but 'how it could be'."
The paintings, book-jacket illustrations and record-sleeve designs of Patrick Woodroffe.