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  High Voltage Festival, London Posted July 18th, 2010  

Rodney will be signing prints, posters, and books at High Voltage, the classic rock festival taking place in Victoria Park, London, this weekend, Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th July 2010. Be sure to drop by!

Tel.: 0871 230 5582
Web: http://www.highvoltagefestival.com



  New Magnum album cover Posted January 21st, 2009  

Following the popularity of 2007's Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow, Rodney has just finished work on a new illustration for the forthcoming Magnum album Into the Valley of the Moon King. The art concept is by band leader Tony Clarkin, who also writes the lyrics for all Magnum albums.

Visit the official Magnum Web site here: http://www.magnumonline.co.uk



  Magazine articles Posted January 21st, 2009  

Some recent magazine articles:

Artists & Illustrators - Issue #269 ('January 2009')

Includes a three-page feature, 'Airing the Imagination', in which Rodney outlines his 40 year association with the airbrush. There are also tips on technique.

DeathRay - Issue #16 ('Winter 2008')

Contains 'The Art of Rodney Matthews', an eight-page question & answer feature by Guy Haley.

Illustration Magazine - Issue #17 ('Autumn 2008')

Features Rodney's Alice illustration 'At the March Hare's Table' on the front cover. The magazine contains an 'Illustrating Alice' article by Selwyn Goodacre titled 'After Tenniel'. Among other Alice illustrators including Arthur Rackham, Rodney has a one-page account in his own words about his recent Alice in Wonderland book and how it came about.



  New book: Alice in Wonderland Posted January 21st, 2009  

Rodney's new book, Alice in Wonderland, was published at the end of 2008 by Templar Publishing. It contains 14 colour illustrations and 14 monotone pencil drawings.

This 95 page book from Templar's 'Timeless Classics' series comes as a hardback (ISBN: 978-1-84011-488-1), and a jeweled slip-cased edition (ISBN: 978-1-84011-483-6).


Masaccio, Michelangelo, Manet, Monet, Matisse, Munch, Mondrian, and Matthews. All my favourite artists begin with 'M'. Except for Mantegna (I don't mean that Mantegna doesn't start with an 'M', it's just that he's not one of my favourite artists. Neither is Macke; bloody rubbish, if you ask me).

And so Rodney Matthews is generally acknowledged to be among the greatest artists that have ever lived.

Need I say more? Please buy this book, and all his other works, because then my immense collection of his stuff will become even more valuable. Especially when he dies.


John Cleese,  2008



  London book signings - Alice in Wonderland Posted December 2nd, 2008  

On Thursday 4th December 2008, Rodney will be signing copies of his new illustrated book, 'Alice in Wonderland', at the following venues:

11:00AM The British Library
96 Euston Road,
London, NW1 2DB

Tel.: 0207 412 7735
Web: http://www.bl.uk
12:30PM Daunt Books
158-164 Fulham Road,
Chelsea,
London, SW10 9PR

Tel.: 0207 373 4997
Web: http://www.dauntbooks.co.uk/Daunts_chelsea.html
3:30PM Harrods
87-135 Brompton Road,
Knightsbridge,
London, SW1X 7XL

Tel.: 0207 730 1234
Web: http://www.harrods.com
6:00PM Biblion Mayfair Bookshop
1-7 Davies Mews,
London, W1K

Tel.: 0207 629 1374
Web: http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/biblion.html, http://www.biblionmayfair.co.uk

There are two versions of the book; a hardback, selling at £14.99, and a slip-cased hardback at £19.99. Published by Templar Publishing as the latest of their 'Timeless Classics' series.

The book of 95 pages is a new and original take on the Lewis Carroll masterpiece, and is endorsed by John Cleese.



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