The painting was more adroit than most she had seen, rife with detail that lent the image an unsettling veracity.
Using the door, which was centrally placed in the wall like a mouth, the artists had sprayed a single, vast head onto the stripped plaster. His neo-expressionist paintings have been showcased in two large format books, Clive Barker, Illustrator, volumes I & II. As an artist, Barker frequently turns to the canvas to fuel his imagination with hugely successful exhibitions across America. The first of his quintet of children’s books, Abarat, was published in October 2002 to resounding critical acclaim, followed by Abarat II: Days of Magic, Nights of War and Arabat III: Absolute Midnight Barker is currently completing the fourth in the series. Two years later, Barker executive produced the housing-project story “ Candyman,” as well as the 1995 sequel, “ Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh.” Also that year, he directed Scott Bakula and Famke Janssen in the noir-esque detective tale, “ Lord of Illusions.”īarker’s literary works include such best-selling fantasies as Weaveworld, Imajica, and Everville, the children’s novel The Thief of Always, Sacrament, Galilee and Coldheart Canyon. In 1990, he adapted and directed “ Nightbreed” from his short story Cabal. The following year, Barker joined the ranks of such illustrious authors as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Annie Dillard and Aldous Huxley when his collection of literary works was inducted into the Perennial line at HarperCollins, who then published The Essential Clive Barker, a 700-page anthology with an introduction by Armistead Maupin.īarker began his odyssey in the London theatre, scripting original plays for his group The Dog Company, including “ The History of the Devil,” “ Frankenstein in Love” and “ Crazyface.”. Soon, Barker began publishing his The Books of Blood short fiction collections but it was his debut novel, The Damnation Game that widened his already growing international audience.īarker shifted gears in 1987 when he directed “ Hellraiser,” based on his novella The Hellbound Heart, which became a veritable cult classic spawning a slew of sequels, several lines of comic books, and an array of merchandising. His 1998 “ Gods and Monsters,” which he executive produced, garnered three Academy Award nominations and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. An inveterate seeker who traverses between myriad styles with ease, Barker has left his indelible artistic mark on a range of projects that reflect his creative grasp of contemporary media - from familiar literary terrain to the progressive vision of his Seraphim production company. A visionary, fantasist, poet and painter, Clive Barker has expanded the reaches of human imagination as a novelist, director, screenwriter and dramatist.
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