Always feminine, often erotic, and usually tinged with irony: fantasy artist Rowena takes modern dilemmas and presents them in a fanciful and powerful fairytale world. Above all, she paints extraordinary images of women. Over 100 artworks and insightful commentary show the influences behind this artist who has done covers for--among others--Anne McCaffrey, Issac Asimov, Piers Anthony, Madeleine L'Engle, Samuel, R. Delaney, and even National Lampoon!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Vivid colors, minute details in fairy-tale scenes,
By "aioa" (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Rowena (Hardcover)
...continuing from my review title: not just fairy-tale scenes, but most of Rowena's art has a magical touch, lavishly detailed.Rowena's fantasy world is like the colors of her paintings: rich, vivid and beautiful. A harmonious and sometimes even light-hearted approach is always present even in the face of danger. It seems that this talented artist believes in the victory of good over evil, which her high quality work is a testimony of.
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Lush and seductive,
By wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Art of Rowena (Paperback)
Male artists predominate in the main stream of fantasy art - the kind you see on the paperback book covers and the like. I use the word "predominate" only in its numerical sense, that women form a small minority within that group. The female fantasy artists that come to mind, however, stand second to none in craftsmanship, wit, and artistry. That group includes Julie Bell, Olivia DiBerardinis, and Rowena Morrill.This book offers an wide-ranging and enjoyable sampling of her work. Although womanly sinews occasionally ripple here, as Bell so often depicts, Rowena also does well with the softer or more playful side of her heroines. One or two of these paintings approach Olivia's cheesecake sensuality - though present in most of Rowena's pictures, however, that sensuality rarely goes beyond the native grace of a young, strong figure. She also revels in dragons, mermaids, and the other staples of fantasy art. Much to my surprise, this book's last section presents commissioned portraits, in which the subject (Anne McCafferey, Isaac Asimov, and others) appears in some significant but fanciful setting. Although I enjoy her fantasy work, I found these pictures to be the most moving in the bunch. The unique thing about Rowena's body of work, to my way of thinking, is the fact that so many of her subjects are having fun at what they do and in themselves. Fantasy art all too often focusses on moments of combat, evil, or seduction. Instead of the painted characters seducing each other or the viewer, however, Rowena herself seduces the reader with her meticulous artwork and pervasive sense of play. -- wiredweird
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Beautiful art book!,
By Lili (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Rowena (Paperback)
This is a very beautiful art book of Rowena art works. The painting she did are seem so real and they got a fantastic atmosphere to it and the colored are great. I wish one day I can draw and paint has good has Rowena.
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