Rodney Matthews
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Rodney Matthews (born July 6th 1945 in Paulton, North Somerset, England) is a fantasy artist and illustrator.
In 1978, he published "Yendor - The Journey of a Junior Adventurer", a hardback 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 cohearent plot structure, this whimsical book achieved cult status amongst fans of fantasy 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 are Birmingham melodic rock band Magnum for whom he designed Chase The Dragon, The Eleventh Hour, On A Storyteller's Night and Sleepwalking as well as various compilations and re-issues. He is currently working on their latest album Princess Alice And The Broken Arrow, due to be release on March 26th 2007.
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).
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