Artist Showcase

Participating Artists - Bob Eggleton

Bob Eggleton is a successful science fiction, fantasy, horror, and landscape artist, encompassing twenty years of putting brush to canvas or board. Winner of 9 Hugo Awards, 12 Chesley Awards, as well as various magazine awards, his art can be seen on the covers of magazines, books, posters and prints, and of late, trading cards, stationery, drink coasters, journals, and jigsaw puzzles. He is considered the most "commercially successful" artist in SF & Fantasy.

He also works as a conceptual illustrator for movies and thrill rides conceptualizing environments on Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas and did concept work for the 1998 film Sphere. The most recent movie work includes concept and character design for the John A Davis animated feature The Ant Bully for DNA Productions/Playtone Co./Warner Bros. Previous to that, Bob did conceptual art for Davis' Academy Award nominated animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. He also recently worked on the independent short film The Idol from director/writer Norman England.

Between demanding deadlines for book covers and movies, Bob has managed to squeeze in time to illustrate two books of experimental artwork about dragons. Dragonhenge (2002) and The Stardragons (2005) allowed Bob to stretch his talents in a range of mediums and also to indulge in exercising his beloved pencil work. Both are narrated dragon-myth original stories conceived and written by the award winning author John Grant.

Other books of Bob's artwork include: Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton, Greetings From Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton, and The Book of Sea Monsters. Primal Darkness: The Gothic and Horror Artwork of Bob Eggleton is currently available from Cartouche Press.

He recently had work published in the artbooks L'Universe de Dragons volume 1 and 2 from Galerie Daniel Mahgden in France, and the mammoth, history-making tome An H.P. Lovecraft Retrospective from Centipede Press in Colorado. He cites H.P. Lovecraft as his single most influential SF/Fantasy writer and Brian Lumley has his most collaborated-with SF/Horror author.

And in amongst all of this, Bob still manages to sneak away sometimes and watch his beloved Japanese monster films, buy toys, fit in travel to strange and wondrous places, and do the odd bit of landscape painting.

Bob is a Fellow of The New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA). His work has appeared on professional publications and books in the world of SF, Fantasy & Horror across the world. He lives near Providence RI which was also the home of H.P. Lovecraft. He's currently working an HP Lovecraft related book, a graphic novel with writer John A. Davis and a book about mammoths. In 2010 he completed Dragon's Domain: The Ultimate Dragon Painting Book out from Impact Books and 2012 will see Bob Eggleton's Ice Age America published by Impossible Dreams Press.