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On a Storyteller's Night (Magnum)
£46.08 GBP £57.60 GBP
Perhaps one of Matthews' best-loved images? Commissioned in 1985 by FM Records on behalf of Magnum. The content suggestion came from Magnum’s Tony Clarkin. The Tavern’s...
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Lost on the Road to Eternity (Magnum)
£52.80 GBP £66.00 GBP
On the 15th of May 2017, Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley came to our studio to drink tea and eat Jaffa cakes. Tony also had a...
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I'm Late! (Alice in Wonderland)
£36.48 GBP £45.60 GBP
This image of the somewhat frenzied white rabbit appears on the front cover of Matthews' illustrated version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, printed by Templar...
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Rivendell ~ The Last Homely House (The Lord of the Rings/Steve Hackett)
£115.20 GBP £144.00 GBP
Painted in 1987 for inclusion in Matthews' calendar 'Wondrous Tales' for the following year; it is of course inspired by JRR Tolkien’s description from The Lord...
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A View Over Isengard (The Lord of the Rings/Bo Hansson)
£52.80 GBP £66.00 GBP
'A View Over Isengard' adorned Bo Hansson’s The Lord of the Rings album on Charisma Records in 1979. John Howe, one of the principal concept designers...
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No Mean City (Nazareth)
£52.80 GBP £66.00 GBP
Perhaps one of Matthews' best-known images? Commissioned by the band Nazareth in 1978 for the cover of their album titled 'No Mean City'. Over the years...
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Testimonials
Michelangelo, Manet, Monet, Matisse, Munch, Mondrain, and Matthews. All my favourite artists begin with an 'M'. And so, Rodney Matthews is generally acknowledged to be among the greatest artists that have ever lived. Need I say more?
— John Cleese, Actor and Writer
Like only a few artists, Rodney Matthews frequently has the knack of exactly capturing not only the described detail of my scenes, but (much harder to accomplish) also of catching the exact mood of a piece.
— Michael Moorcock, Writer
Rodney's work spans much of the latter half of the last century, but despite the passage of time, his uniquely crafted visions remain as fresh and idiosyncratic as they were when he first burst into the collective consciousness in the early 1970s.
— Geoff West, The Illustration Art Gallery and The Book Palace
In the world of illustration there are few artists who are immediately recognisable. One of them is British artist Rodney Matthews who doesn't even sign his paintings. He doesn't need to, as we can all distinguish him from any other artist.
— Diego Cordoba, Deputy Editor, illustrators
