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Patrick James Woodroffe (b. 1940 Halifax, West Yorkshire) is an English artist, etcher and drawer, who specialises in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that border on the surreal. His achievements include several collaborations with well-known musicians, two bronze sculptures displayed in Switzerland and numerous books.
Chronology
Woodroffe was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1940, the son of an electrical engineer.
In 1964 he graduated in French and German at the University of Leeds, before going on to exhibit his first showing of pen and ink drawings, Conflict, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. However he did not become a full time artist until 1972, the year in which he gave an exhibit of his paintings, etchings and related works at the Covent Garden Gallery in London.
His career took off when he was asked to produce approximately 90 book cover paintings between 1973 and 1976 for Corgi, including Peter Valentine Timlett's The Seedbearers (1975) and Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber (1974). During this early period he was also commissioned to provide art for record album cover sleeves, including heavy metal band Judas Priest's album Sad Wings of Destiny (1976). This was followed by an exhibition of book-jacket and record-sleeve paintings in 1976, which appeared at Mel Calman's Workshop Gallery in London. That year the children's book Micky's New Home was published with illustrations by Woodroffe. In 1978 he mounted an exhibition of more than two hundred works at the historic Piece Hall in Halifax.
In 1979, Woodroffe then went on to create illustrations for The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony: The Birth and Death of a World (later shortened to 'The Pentateuch'), a joint project the symphonic rock musician Dave Greenslade. The Pentateuch purports to be the first five chapters of an alien Book of Genesis. The album consisted of two-discs by Greenslade, and a 47-page book of Woodroffe's illustrations. The record sold over 50,000 copies between 1979 and 1984. The illustrations were shown at the World Science Fiction Convention, at Brighton's Metropole Hotel in 1979. In 1976, his illustrated book The Adventures of Tinker the Hole Eating Duck was published by Dragon's World.
In 1983 he created an album sleeve for the rock band Pallas, as well as related logos for merchandise. The same year saw Woodroffe creating art (including representations of a Snark - a subject traditionally taboo for an artist to do) for composer Mike Batt's 1984 musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark. The 1980s also saw another Patrick Woodroffeexhibition, Catching the Myth, at Folkestone's Metropole Arts Centre (1986), which featured 122 pieces selected from twenty years of work. In 1989 he prepared for conceptual art used in the film The NeverEnding Story II.
Through the 1990s and 2000s he continued to work on numerous other projects including a sculpture at Gruyeres Castle in Switzerland, based on his earlier picture The Vicious Circle (1979). The project is designed to show war as a closed circle of absurd, self-destructive futility. He continues to hold exhibitions, his latest work including a recent exhibition at Sainte Barbe, in Switzerland.
He resides with his family in Cornwall, where he has lived since 1964.
Technique
His work has included drawings, copper etching, painting and sculpture. Woodroffe has developed a variety of resourceful techniques to produce natural-media artwork over the years, including a method for colouring etchings and Indian ink drawings using oil paint. The method requires applying a barrier layer of liquin to the drawing or etching. This layer must be allowed to dry thoroughly before the oil colour is applied in thin glazes.
Tomographs
Woodroffe's work also includes Tomographs (not to be confused with the medical scan - according to his book A Closer Look Woodroffe believed he had 'invented' the word in the seventies from the Greek words for 'cut' and 'drawing', until he found out about the medical usage). These are photographs that combine actual objects with cut-outs of his paintings (for example in one Tomograph Patrick is seen 'feeding' a cut-out picture of an anthropomorphic bird peanuts from his hand).
The picture on the front of his project The Forget-me-not-Gardener is a Tomograph.
Selected works
Musical sleeve art
Strawbs, Burning for You (1974)
Beethoven, Emperor Concerto (1974)
Ross, RSO Records (1974)
Greenslade, Time and Tide (1975)
Greenslade, Greenslade 2 (1975) - preliminary artwork only, the album was never recorded.
Budgie, Bandolier (1975) - a take on Planet of the Apes with horse riders with budgie heads
Judas Priest, Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Dave Greenslade, The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony (1979)
Pallas, The Sentinel (1983)
Mike Batt, The Hunting of the Snark (1984)
Stratovarius. Fright Night (1989)
The sleeves from the first copies of the following albums were replaced because of unauthorized use of Patrick Woodroffe's artwork.[1]
DJ Tiësto, Magik One: First Flight (1997)
DJ Tiësto, Magik Two: Story of the Fall (1997)
DJ Tiësto, Magik Three: Far from Earth (1998)
DJ Tiësto, Magik Four: A New Adventure (1999)
Sculptures
Le Bouclier de Mars (1993)- Gruyeres Castle
Le Bouclier de Vénus (1996)- Gruyeres Castle
Film
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter conceptual art (1988–89)
Art projects
Mythopœikon (Dragon's World, 1977), a collection of Woodroffe's work from 1965 to 1976 (the title is his own coinage, meaning myth-making images)
The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony (1978/9), art work to accompany Dave Greenslade's album of the same name. This was originally published in an LP-sized hardcover book, with the vinyl records inside the covers.
Pallas: The Sentinel (1983), art work for Pallas's album of the same name, merchandise, logos and follow up work
Hunting of the Snark (1983/4), art work and models to accompany Mike Batt's musical version of Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poem
Hallelujah Anyway (Paper Tiger, 1984), a collection of original art (including many tomographs) and poetry.
During the summer 1984 Woodroffe produced a series of pictures of farmyard life and farm animals.
The Forget-Me-Not-Gardener (2005), a recent collection of art
Books
As well as providing cover-art for numerous authors, Woodroffe has also produced books on his art techniques (such as A Closer Look at the art and techniques of Patrick Woodroffe, 1986) and Mythopoeikon, published by Paper Tiger Books (1976)(ISBN 978-0905895222).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Woodroffe
Chronology
Woodroffe was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1940, the son of an electrical engineer.
In 1964 he graduated in French and German at the University of Leeds, before going on to exhibit his first showing of pen and ink drawings, Conflict, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. However he did not become a full time artist until 1972, the year in which he gave an exhibit of his paintings, etchings and related works at the Covent Garden Gallery in London.
His career took off when he was asked to produce approximately 90 book cover paintings between 1973 and 1976 for Corgi, including Peter Valentine Timlett's The Seedbearers (1975) and Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber (1974). During this early period he was also commissioned to provide art for record album cover sleeves, including heavy metal band Judas Priest's album Sad Wings of Destiny (1976). This was followed by an exhibition of book-jacket and record-sleeve paintings in 1976, which appeared at Mel Calman's Workshop Gallery in London. That year the children's book Micky's New Home was published with illustrations by Woodroffe. In 1978 he mounted an exhibition of more than two hundred works at the historic Piece Hall in Halifax.
In 1979, Woodroffe then went on to create illustrations for The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony: The Birth and Death of a World (later shortened to 'The Pentateuch'), a joint project the symphonic rock musician Dave Greenslade. The Pentateuch purports to be the first five chapters of an alien Book of Genesis. The album consisted of two-discs by Greenslade, and a 47-page book of Woodroffe's illustrations. The record sold over 50,000 copies between 1979 and 1984. The illustrations were shown at the World Science Fiction Convention, at Brighton's Metropole Hotel in 1979. In 1976, his illustrated book The Adventures of Tinker the Hole Eating Duck was published by Dragon's World.
In 1983 he created an album sleeve for the rock band Pallas, as well as related logos for merchandise. The same year saw Woodroffe creating art (including representations of a Snark - a subject traditionally taboo for an artist to do) for composer Mike Batt's 1984 musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark. The 1980s also saw another Patrick Woodroffeexhibition, Catching the Myth, at Folkestone's Metropole Arts Centre (1986), which featured 122 pieces selected from twenty years of work. In 1989 he prepared for conceptual art used in the film The NeverEnding Story II.
Through the 1990s and 2000s he continued to work on numerous other projects including a sculpture at Gruyeres Castle in Switzerland, based on his earlier picture The Vicious Circle (1979). The project is designed to show war as a closed circle of absurd, self-destructive futility. He continues to hold exhibitions, his latest work including a recent exhibition at Sainte Barbe, in Switzerland.
He resides with his family in Cornwall, where he has lived since 1964.
Technique
His work has included drawings, copper etching, painting and sculpture. Woodroffe has developed a variety of resourceful techniques to produce natural-media artwork over the years, including a method for colouring etchings and Indian ink drawings using oil paint. The method requires applying a barrier layer of liquin to the drawing or etching. This layer must be allowed to dry thoroughly before the oil colour is applied in thin glazes.
Tomographs
Woodroffe's work also includes Tomographs (not to be confused with the medical scan - according to his book A Closer Look Woodroffe believed he had 'invented' the word in the seventies from the Greek words for 'cut' and 'drawing', until he found out about the medical usage). These are photographs that combine actual objects with cut-outs of his paintings (for example in one Tomograph Patrick is seen 'feeding' a cut-out picture of an anthropomorphic bird peanuts from his hand).
The picture on the front of his project The Forget-me-not-Gardener is a Tomograph.
Selected works
Musical sleeve art
Strawbs, Burning for You (1974)
Beethoven, Emperor Concerto (1974)
Ross, RSO Records (1974)
Greenslade, Time and Tide (1975)
Greenslade, Greenslade 2 (1975) - preliminary artwork only, the album was never recorded.
Budgie, Bandolier (1975) - a take on Planet of the Apes with horse riders with budgie heads
Judas Priest, Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
Dave Greenslade, The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony (1979)
Pallas, The Sentinel (1983)
Mike Batt, The Hunting of the Snark (1984)
Stratovarius. Fright Night (1989)
The sleeves from the first copies of the following albums were replaced because of unauthorized use of Patrick Woodroffe's artwork.[1]
DJ Tiësto, Magik One: First Flight (1997)
DJ Tiësto, Magik Two: Story of the Fall (1997)
DJ Tiësto, Magik Three: Far from Earth (1998)
DJ Tiësto, Magik Four: A New Adventure (1999)
Sculptures
Le Bouclier de Mars (1993)- Gruyeres Castle
Le Bouclier de Vénus (1996)- Gruyeres Castle
Film
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter conceptual art (1988–89)
Art projects
Mythopœikon (Dragon's World, 1977), a collection of Woodroffe's work from 1965 to 1976 (the title is his own coinage, meaning myth-making images)
The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony (1978/9), art work to accompany Dave Greenslade's album of the same name. This was originally published in an LP-sized hardcover book, with the vinyl records inside the covers.
Pallas: The Sentinel (1983), art work for Pallas's album of the same name, merchandise, logos and follow up work
Hunting of the Snark (1983/4), art work and models to accompany Mike Batt's musical version of Lewis Carroll's famous nonsense poem
Hallelujah Anyway (Paper Tiger, 1984), a collection of original art (including many tomographs) and poetry.
During the summer 1984 Woodroffe produced a series of pictures of farmyard life and farm animals.
The Forget-Me-Not-Gardener (2005), a recent collection of art
Books
As well as providing cover-art for numerous authors, Woodroffe has also produced books on his art techniques (such as A Closer Look at the art and techniques of Patrick Woodroffe, 1986) and Mythopoeikon, published by Paper Tiger Books (1976)(ISBN 978-0905895222).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Woodroffe
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