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A review by tobin_elliott
The Fantastic Art of Rowena by Rowena Morrill
4.25
Growing up in the 70s, if you were a genre book reader, there were just certain artists that were on your radar. Frank Frazetta. Boris Vallejo. Chris Foss. Michael Whelan. The Brothers Hildebrandt...and Rowena.
Each one carved out their own niche, and each did it well. Rowena was not one that perhaps consistently grabbed me, possibly because I found her figures, while gorgeously rendered, always felt a bit stiff (compare them to the fluidity of a Frazetta or a Vallejo), but the color palette and the imagination was always top notch.
This is a short, yet illuminating overview of her earlier work. She would produce much greater paintings later, and absolutely earned her spot as one of the top tier fantasy/SF illustrators of her time.
I really do miss the paperback covers of the 70s and 80s. They just don't do them like that anymore.
Each one carved out their own niche, and each did it well. Rowena was not one that perhaps consistently grabbed me, possibly because I found her figures, while gorgeously rendered, always felt a bit stiff (compare them to the fluidity of a Frazetta or a Vallejo), but the color palette and the imagination was always top notch.
This is a short, yet illuminating overview of her earlier work. She would produce much greater paintings later, and absolutely earned her spot as one of the top tier fantasy/SF illustrators of her time.
I really do miss the paperback covers of the 70s and 80s. They just don't do them like that anymore.