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Rowena A. Morrill (born in 1944) is an American artist known for her science-fiction and fantasy illustration, and is credited as one of the first female artists to impact paperback cover illustration. Her notable artist monographs included ''The Fantastic Art of Rowena'', ''Imagine'' (in France), ''Imagination'' (in Germany), and ''The Art of Rowena'' and her work has also been included in a variety of anthologies including ''Tomorrow and Beyond'' and ''Infinite Worlds''. ==Career== Morrill received a BA from the University of Delaware in 1971 and then studied at the Tyler School of Arts.〔 in Philadelphia. After dropping out of the Tyler program, she worked for an advertising agency in New York City. After showing her portfolio to Charles Volpe at Ace Books, she was commissioned by Vlope to illustrate a romance cover.〔 Morrill's first design for a horror novel was Jane Parkhurst's ''Isobel'' (1977).〔 Morrill continued to work in horror, producing cover art for H.P. Lovecraft collections before turning her attention to science fiction and fantasy. To create these illustrations, Morrill uses oil on illustration board, coating the image with a high-gloss glaze and thin coats of paint.〔 Morrill has created several covers for books by such authors as Anne McCaffrey, Isaac Asimov, Samuel R. Delany, Piers Anthony and Madeleine L'Engle.〔Morrill, Rowena; Vallejo, Doris. "The Art of Rowena" .Paper Tiger, 2000, ISBN 1855857782〕 As well, her paintings have appeared on hundreds of calendars, portfolios and in magazines such as ''Playboy'', ''Heavy Metal'', ''Omni'', ''Art Scene International'', and ''Print Magazine''. She has been nominated for the Hugo Award five times, four times in the Best Artist category.〔(Rowena Morrill ), ''Locus'' Index to SF Awards.〕 In 1984, she received the British Fantasy Award.〔 She was named Artist Guest of Honor for Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, held in 2012.〔(Rowena Morrill ), Chicon 7.〕 Following the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Morrill's paintings ''King Dragon'' and ''Shadows Out of Hell'' were discovered hanging in one of his houses. She is credited under multiple names, including Rowena, Rowena Morrill, and Rowina Morril.〔"Rowina Morril" may be a typo, but has been used in multiple works even where the signature on the cover artwork is clearly "Rowena". The 22nd printing of ''Dragonsong'' by Anne McCaffrey is an example of this alternate name credit.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowena Morrill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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