A Portfolio
by John Stewart· 2012
British fantasy, horror and science fiction artist John Stewart’s intricate black & white drawings and color paintings have embellished publications in the modern fantasy field, such as Nyctalops, Shayol, and Whispers, as well as Arkham House. Hundreds of Stewart’s drawings have graced the pages of works by Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, and Clark Ashton Smith. Many of the originals of Stewart’s drawings and paintings are currently in private collections. No book has been written about him, nor has there been any attempt to collect and preserve the best of his work. This publication is a representative collection of his best and rarest work. This volume includes the complete illustrations for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Fritz Leiber’s Our Lady of Darkness, and Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, as well as the suite of illustrations from Robert E. Howard’s “The Palace of Bast,” previously issued in an edition of only one copy. In addition, this collection contains a preface by Ramsey Campbell and a biographical introduction by artist Andrew Smith, one of Stewart’s long-term friends, in which Stewart’s work is discussed from the vantage point of another artist, focusing on the inner demons which haunted his work.
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British fantasy, horror and science fiction artist John Stewart’s intricate black & white drawings and color paintings have embellished publications in the modern fantasy field, such as Nyctalops, Shayol, and Whispers, as well as Arkham House. Hundreds of Stewart’s drawings have graced the pages of works by Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, and Clark Ashton Smith. Many of the originals of Stewart’s drawings and paintings are currently in private collections. No book has been written about him, nor has there been any attempt to collect and preserve the best of his work. This publication is a representative collection of his best and rarest work. This volume includes the complete illustrations for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Fritz Leiber’s Our Lady of Darkness, and Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, as well as the suite of illustrations from Robert E. Howard’s “The Palace of Bast,” previously issued in an edition of only one copy. In addition, this collection contains a preface by Ramsey Campbell and a biographical introduction by artist Andrew Smith, one of Stewart’s long-term friends, in which Stewart’s work is discussed from the vantage point of another artist, focusing on the inner demons which haunted his work.