Sharing the world of Hell, the demons and Abyssals co-exist in an uneasy relationship with both sides preying upon each other. Hell’s First Born – (from Barlowe’s Inferno, acrylic on panel) – A giant Abyssal stands upon a scalding field outside the walls of Adamantinarx. To me the most difficult part of this painting’s concepting was whether or not to add a question mark after the title. This serves both to recharge my batteries and to force me to make more concise statements. After spending months completing very complex, detailed paintings I tend to gravitate towards simpler, more iconic compositions. What else could a being once of Heaven feel than sadness finding itself in such an environment? And what more poignant, precious reminder of its former existence could it possess after its Fall than one of its own charred feathers?Įxecuting Hell paintings can be an exercise in pacing. What Remains – (unpublished – acrylic on Gessoboard) – As much as Hell is a place of unrelenting horror and savagery it is, too, a place of sadness. The Beast has found an architect.” ~ Guillermo Del Toro, director

Here every breath burns your insides and light flickers in perpetual agony. Human nightmares rear out of scale in this sulphurous landscape. “Wayne Barlowe’s Inferno is a dangerous book. This is a unique volume by an extraordinary artist.” ~ Clive Barker, author “Wayne Barlowe conjures the Inferno with Boschian particularity. “Wayne Barlowe’s Inferno is an awesome visual work, taking us into a contorted landscape of the damned which Dante himself could never have imagined.” ~ James Cameron, director

Expedition by Wayne Barlowe