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'''Wayne Douglas Barlowe''' (born January 6, 1958) is an American science fiction and [[fantasy]] writer and painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, and ''[[Newsweek]]''. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists. |
'''Wayne Douglas Barlowe''' (born January 6, 1958) is an American science fiction and [[fantasy]] writer and painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, and ''[[Newsweek]]''. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists. |
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==Career== |
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Barlowe is best known for realistic paintings of [[surrealism|surreal]] alien life, hellish landscapes as well as [[paleoart]]. His original art books ''[[Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials]]'' and ''Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy'' showcase his interpretations of specific creatures and beings from well-known science fiction and fantasy literature. ''[[Expedition (book)|Expedition]]'', adapted to television as ''[[Alien Planet]]'', is a complex look at the [[speculative evolution]] of the fictional planet [[Darwin IV]]. |
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''[[Barlowe's Inferno]]'' and ''Brushfire'' are interpretations of the demonology contained in the [[Grimoire of Honorius]]. ''God's Demon'', Barlowe's first novel inspired by these works, was released in 2007. A sequel, ''The Heart of Hell'', was released in 2019. |
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==Personal life== |
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He has two daughters, Cayley and Hillary. He was married to Laura Hansen Barlowe in 2013.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} |
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==Filmography== |
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* ''[[Babylon 5: Thirdspace]]'' (1998) |
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* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' (1999) |
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* ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' (2000) |
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* ''[[Blade II]]'' (2002) |
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* ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'' (2004) |
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (2004) |
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' (2005) |
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* ''[[Alien Planet]]'' (TV, 2005) |
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* ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' (Video game, 2009) |
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* ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009) |
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* ''[[Dante's Inferno (video game)|Dante's Inferno: Divine Edition]]'' (Video game, 2010) |
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* ''[[John Carter (film)|John Carter]]'' (2012) |
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* ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' (2012) |
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* ''[[R.I.P.D.]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'' (2013) |
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* ''[[Pete's Dragon (2016 film)]]'' |
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* ''[[Aquaman (film)]]'' (2018) |
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* ''[[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch]]'' (2018) |
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==Bibliography== |
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* ''The Pop-Up Book of Star Wars'' ([[Random House]], 1978) |
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* ''[[Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials]]'' ([[Workman Publishing]], 1979) |
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* ''[[Expedition (book)|Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV]]'' (Workman Publishing, 1990) |
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* ''An Alphabet Of Dinosaurs'' ([[Scholastic Press]], 1995) |
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* ''The Alien Life of Wayne Barlowe'' (Morpheus International, 1995) |
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* ''The Horned Dinosaurs'' ([[Princeton University Press]], 1996) |
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* ''Barlowe’s Guide to Fantasy'' ([[Harper Prism]], 1996) |
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* ''Barlowe's Inferno'' (Morpheus International, 1998) |
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* ''Brushfire: Illuminations from the Inferno'' (Morpheus International, 2001) |
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* ''The Heart of Hell: The Sequel to God's Demon'' (Tor Books, 2019) |
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* ''Psychopomp'' (Artpage, 2020) |
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* ''Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV'' (Reprint - Echo Point Books, 2020) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Wayne Barlowe | |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | Science fiction and fantasy painting |
Spouse | Laura Hansen Barlowe |
Children | 2 |
Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born January 6, 1958) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time magazine, and Newsweek. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists.
He is the author of God’s Demon (Tor Books, 2007).[1]
References
- ^ "God's Demon". Kirkus Reviews. May 20, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
External links
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American painters
- 21st-century male artists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- Cooper Union alumni
- American speculative fiction artists
- Science fiction artists
- Fantasy artists
- Writers from Glen Cove, New York
- Artists from New York (state)