Prints
Artwork matched, each of these images have been faithfully reproduced to the highest standard. Whether lithograph or giclée printed, only top quality archival lightfast inks are used and the best papers are carefully selected. Before dispatch, each print is individually examined by Rodney Matthews, and only when he gives it his seal of approval, will he hand-sign it.
A Caucus Race (Alice in Wonderland)
£120.00
'A Caucus Race' depicts the Dodo standing upon a rock watching Alice and the many strange and wonderful creatures trying to “race” themselves dry after a...
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A Study of Smaug (The Hobbit)
£20.00
'A Study of Smaug' is Matthews' interpretation of the ever popular villain from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Full Title: 'A Study of Smaug' Edition: open edition giclée...
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A View Over Isengard (The Lord of the Rings/Bo Hansson)
£55.00
'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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A View to Septo City (The Fantastic Intergalactic Adventures of Stanley & Livingston)
£55.00
'A View to Septo City' is the cover art for the book The Fantastic Intergalactic Adventures of Stanley & Livingston: Volume One ~ The Starflush. This children’s...
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Ambush (Tygers of Pan Tang)
£38.00
A vinyl-sized print of 'Ambush' from the Tygers of Pan Tang album by the same name. Matthews' previous Tygers of Pan Tang album cover artwork, Crazy...
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An Unlikely Hero (The Hobbit)
£75.00
From J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins confronts a Mirkwood spider. Title: 'An Unlikely Hero' (Bilbo confronts a Mirkwood spider) Edition: limited to only 350 giclée prints,...
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Another Time, Another Place (The Rolling Stones)
£55.00
Printed to actual artwork size. This is the classic 1976 interpretation of The Rolling Stones in their long-standing line-up, but in "another time" and "another...
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Another Time, Another Place II (The Rolling Stones)
£150.00
In 2015 Coda Publishing licensed Matthews' artwork 'Another Time, Another Place' for use on the cover of a limited edition bronze vinyl - a collector's anthology of...
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Aqua (Asia)
£55.00
Asia approached Matthews requesting suggestions for an album, which at the time had no title. In true Asia tradition, this title had to have an “a” at each...
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Arena (Asia)
£55.00
Matthews' second Asia commission. Keyboardist Geoff Downes gave Rodney a fairly good idea of what was required – a confrontational scene of positive versus negative, or good...
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Arioch - Lord of Chaos (Elric at the End of Time)
£60.00
Commissioned by Big O, UK, Germany and USA in 1980 and published by Paper Tiger Books, UK in Michael Moorcock’s short story Elric at the End...
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Aslan and the Dwarf (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
£60.00
C.S. Lewis’ great lion Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian playfully tosses a dwarf into the air. Painted in 1991 as part of Matthews’...
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At the Pterodactyl's Roost (The Lost World)
£75.00
A scene from The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Painted for Matthews' 1988 calendar ‘Wondrous Tales’. The company of explorers have climbed to...
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Bard's Last Arrow (The Hobbit)
£15.00
Matthews' interpretation of a pivotal scene from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Full Title: 'Bard's Last Arrow' Edition: open edition giclée print, hand-signed by Rodney Matthews Size (height x...
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Belvedere (Rick Wakeman)
£38.00
Commissioned in 2004 by a collector from the Netherlands and then licensed in 2014 for use on the official remastered edition of Fields of Green,...
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Beorn at the Battle of the Five Armies (The Hobbit)
£20.00
An image that Rodney had wanted to illustrate ever since reading The Hobbit in the late 1960s. Full Title: 'Beorn at the Battle of the Five...
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Chase the Dragon (Magnum)
£48.00
An actual-artwork sized print of Matthews' first album cover designs for the British rock band Magnum. Full Title: 'Chase the Dragon' Edition: open edition giclée print, hand-signed...
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Crazy Nights (Tygers of Pan Tang)
£38.00
A vinyl-sized image of 'Crazy Nights' from the 1981 Tygers of Pan Tang album by the same name. Extra features include elements from the original pencil sketch as...
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Electric Rock
£25.00
A commemorative print to coincide with the release of the 2019 calendar and exhibition of the same title. Full Title: 'Electric Rock' Edition: limited to only 50 giclée prints,...
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Embarkation (Starquake)
£38.00
Commissioned by a US fan and art collector, this child on winged-horse is one of Matthews' more gentle images. The image was later licensed for...
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Encore at the End of Time (Elric at the End of Time/Hawkwind)
£375.00
This image was painted in 1981 as one of twenty-one colour pieces and eleven pencil drawings for the book Elric at the End of Time,...
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Escape from the Shadow Garden (Magnum)
£55.00
From the 2014 album of the same title by Magnum. Another collaboration between Matthews and Tony Clarkin. Printed to actual artwork size. Full Title: 'Escape From the...
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Flying V (Rock Anthems)
£38.00
Obviously a take on the famous Gibson guitar, this image was originally commissioned by Classic Rock Legends for a DVD by Wishbone Ash, but was...
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For a Year and a Day (The Owl and the Pussy-cat/The Progressive Rock Anthology DVD)
£120.00
Painted in 1988, this image appears in Matthews' 1990 calendar, 'Storybook Collection', published by Picture Sales; it is Matthews' rock interpretation of Edward Lear's nonsense poem The...
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Gollum in the Dead Marshes (The Lord of the Rings)
£120.00
This depiction of Gollum, the double-minded character from JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, is a re-working of an earlier test piece Matthews painted in...
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Gravity (Praying Mantis)
£55.00
Illustrated for the band's 2018 album, 'Gravity' features a mantis machine in the process of destroying planet Earth. Simultaneously, a rogue planet of Jupiter-proportions, with immense...
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I Saw Three Ships (Rodney Matthews, Jeff Scheetz and Friends)
£55.00
A fantasy vision inspired by the traditional Christmas Carol ‘I Saw Three Ships’. Matthews had this image in my mind for some thirty years, but never...
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I'm Late! (Alice in Wonderland)
£38.00
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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Immortal (Bob Catley)
£55.00
This image is featured on the solo album by Bob Catley (Magnum). Full Title: 'Immortal!' Edition: open edition giclée print, hand-signed by Rodney Matthews Size (height x...
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In Search of Forever (II)
£48.00
This stunning image, replicated from his earlier artwork 'In Search of Forever', was created for the cover of Matthews' first anthology book in 1985. Full Title: 'In...
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In the Bleak Midwinter (Matthews and Wakeman)
£55.00
Matthews painted this image as the cover art for a collaborative music project - a new arrangement of the much loved Christmas carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter'...
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Intelligent Design (V-Rats)
£38.00
Commissioned by V-Rats for their debut album in 2008. A vinyl-sized image with embellishment - the rat skull that features on the inner artwork. Full Title: 'Intelligent Design' ...
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Into the Valley of the Moonking (Magnum)
£48.00
Magnum fans will not be surprised to know that 'Into the Valley of the Moonking' is another Tony Clarkin idea. His brief to Matthews was: 'I...
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Ionawr
£75.00
'Ionawr' was a private commission for a lady with a fondness for ducks. Being fascinated by wildlife himself, Matthews took to this subject like a...
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It's Been a Hard Night's Day
£55.00
Commissioned by a Matthews collector, who is both a vet and runs a music magazine. Full Title: 'It's Been a Hard Night's Day' Edition: open edition giclée...
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Jabberwocky (Through the Looking-Glass/Oliver Wakeman and Clive Nolan)
£120.00
This image from Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' is Matthews' response to a request from Wizard & Genius Posters, Zurich, for something along the lines...
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Jim's Last Ride (Gethsemane Rose)
£38.00
Cover art commissioned by Gethsemane Rose for their album Tattered 'n' Torn. The image is derived from the track 'Jimmy's Luck'. The band described the scene to Matthews in...
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Lament for the Weary (Seventh Angel)
£38.00
Commissioned by Seventh Angel for their second studio album in 1992. A gloomy scene, but with a ray of hope, inspired by the Bible verse: 'Come to...
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Legacy (Praying Mantis)
£55.00
One of Matthews' more recent album cover artworks for UK rock band Praying Mantis. Matthews has had a long-standing relationship with this band, going back...
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Living on Borrowed Time (Diamond Head)
£55.00
Commissioned by Diamond Head for their second studio album released in 1982. The observant will notice Michael Moorcock’s albino warrior Elric making an appearance in...
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Lost in Limbo (Elric at the End of Time)
£60.00
Commissioned by Big O, UK, Germany and USA in 1980 and published by Paper Tiger Books, UK in Michael Moorcock’s short story Elric at the End...
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Lost on the Road to Eternity (Magnum)
£55.00
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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Meanwhile, Back at the Battle ... (Elric at the End of Time)
£60.00
Commissioned by Big O, UK, Germany and USA in 1980 and published by Paper Tiger Books, UK in Michael Moorcock’s short story Elric at the End...
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Mirador (Magnum)
£55.00
Designed for Pace-Minerva as poster in 1981. Matthews was influenced by one of his father's paintings of a stag and alsoby some spectacular photos of the Himalayas in a...
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New Day (Thin Lizzy)
£500.00
Matthews’ first official record cover commission: Thin Lizzy’s 'New Day' EP. He discussed the design with Phil Lynott, Brian Downey and Eric Bell over a pint at...
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No Mean City (Nazareth)
£55.00
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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No Means of Escape (Nazareth)
£55.00
In 2014 Matthews was asked to design a DVD cover for Scottish rock band Nazareth. The brief was to create something similar to the 'No Mean...
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Nothing But a Pack of Cards (Alice in Wonderland)
£20.00
The final pencil illustration from Matthews' illustrated book of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, published by Templar in 2008; his interpretation of the grand finale. Full...
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November Wedding (Rodney Matthews, Jeff Scheetz and Friends)
£150.00
"November 12th 2016 was a wonderful day for Sarah and I - it was the day we married! As some may know, Oliver Wakeman played keyboards...
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Obsidian Castle (Elric at the End of Time)
£60.00
Commissioned by Big O, UK, Germany and USA in 1980 and published by Paper Tiger Books, UK in Michael Moorcock’s short story Elric at the End...
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