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Gallery/Portfolios » Edwards
www.lesedwards.com
les.edwards7@btopenworld.com
Les Edwards began his illustration career immediately on leaving the
notorious Hornsey College of Art in 1972. In the years that followed he
became a stalwart of the UK illustration scene. He has worked for all
the major UK publishing houses and for many in the US and his work has
also encompassed advertising, gaming, record and CD covers and movie
posters. He has also produced two fully painted graphic novels based on
the stories of Clive Barker and created work for Penthouse comics.
Although best known for his fantasy and horror images he has in fact worked
in a variety of genres and still seeks to do as wide a variety of work
as possible. His paintings are to be found in private collections in
both Europe and the US.
In 1995 he was Artist Guest of Honour at the World Science Fiction
Convention. He has been voted Best Artist by the British Fantasy Society
on five occasions and has been nominated in that category every year
since 1994. He has twice been nominated for the World Fantasy Award for
Best Artist. In 2004 he was nominated for a Chesley Award for his
painting "The Snow Witch ".
While he began his career working in Gouache, Edwards swiftly abandoned
this medium in favour of Oil Paint which he found to be both more
flexible and more subtle. He applies the paint to a smooth, gessoed board
and uses various media to aid rapid drying. He does not use an airbrush,
an instrument which he describes as "The work of the Devil.” There is a
good deal of preparatory work involved in the form of drawing, not only
to establish a composition but, also to define character, if that is
necessary. His fascination with the human figure and portraiture clearly
permeates all his work and he pursues this interest with regular
attendance at a life class. Edwards seeks to create pictures with an
immediate eye catching impact, often eschewing the ever more elaborate style
of some of his contemporaries in favour of simpler, more direct images.
This is an approach emphasised by his formal compositional sense.
His spare time is divided between playing the guitar very badly and
fencing, a sport at which his lack of ability is beyond belief.
He occasionally half builds plastic model kits.
He also works under the name Edward Miller
Edwards lives with his wife Valerie just outside London, England.
See also Edward Miller
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