Ikonographica

"The images presented here are solidly original, redefining much of what passes for today's lauded fantasy art…Ikonographica makes me an admirer instead of an artist." - Michael Wm Kaluta This first comprehensive collection of Stephen Barnwell's fantasy drawings features outstanding artworks from his illustration career, spanning almost forty years. Included in this amazing book are his complete works published in the groundbreaking collectible card games, "Mythos" and "Heresy, Kingdom Come." Barnwell's work has appeared in numerous books, magazines, newspapers, and gaming products. His fine art has been in over 90 exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide, and his work is in several prestigious collections. His previous books have been named Best Books of the Year by Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, as well as garnering multiple awards. A Visionary and Symbolist artist, Barnwell creates images of angels, demons, dreams, magick, and nightmares. Rather than high fantasy, with swords and sorcery and dragons, Barnwell's fantasy reaches deeper into the collective subconscious, revealing mankind's primal visions and mythology. Overflowing with over 115 dazzling illustrations, "Ikonographica" is a feast for the eyes. A must-have book for all fans of fantasy and gaming art, it is a book that you will enjoy over and over, sharing with special friends, with each viewing of the book discovering new meaning and delight. With a special introduction by the legendary comix and fantasy artist, Michael Wm Kaluta.

"The images presented here are solidly original, redefining much of what passes for today's lauded fantasy art…Ikonographica makes me an admirer instead of an artist." - Michael Wm Kaluta This first comprehensive collection of Stephen Barnwell's fantasy drawings features outstanding artworks from his illustration career, spanning almost forty years. Included in this amazing book are his complete works published in the groundbreaking collectible card games, "Mythos" and "Heresy, Kingdom Come." Barnwell's work has appeared in numerous books, magazines, newspapers, and gaming products. His fine art has been in over 90 exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide, and his work is in several prestigious collections. His previous books have been named Best Books of the Year by Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, as well as garnering multiple awards. A Visionary and Symbolist artist, Barnwell creates images of angels, demons, dreams, magick, and nightmares. Rather than high fantasy, with swords and sorcery and dragons, Barnwell's fantasy reaches deeper into the collective subconscious, revealing mankind's primal visions and mythology. Overflowing with over 115 dazzling illustrations, "Ikonographica" is a feast for the eyes. A must-have book for all fans of fantasy and gaming art, it is a book that you will enjoy over and over, sharing with special friends, with each viewing of the book discovering new meaning and delight. With a special introduction by the legendary comix and fantasy artist, Michael Wm Kaluta.

Stephen Barnwell is a professional artist, working in printmaking, illustration, and book design. His prints have been exhibited internationally in museums including the Palais de Tokyo Contemporary Art Museum in Paris, the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in California, the Altmärkisches Museum in Stendal, Germany, and the Lahti Art Museum in Lahti, Finland. Barnwell has been in over ninety exhibitions in galleries across the country and around the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Santa Barbara, Houston, London, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Naples, Seville, Budapest, Copenhagen, Finland, Hungary, and Bulgaria. His prints and originals are in private collections in all fifty US states and in fifty-one countries around the globe, and they are in the permanent collection of the Danish National Museum, the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles, the Haupt Collection in Berlin, the Lake Eustis Art Museum in Florida, and Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. He has won numerous awards for both his artwork and his book publishing, including Best Book of the Year nods from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.