Rodney will be signing posters, prints, etc. at the 'Another Green World' gallery, Lancelot House, Fore Street, Tintagel, Cornwall, this Saturday, 11th July at 1:00PM.

Following the popularity of 2007's 'Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow', Rodney has just finished work on a new illustration for the forthcoming Magnum album 'Into the Valley of the Moon King'. The art concept is by band leader Tony Clarkin, who also writes the lyrics for all Magnum albums.

Visit the official Magnum Web site here: http://www.magnumonline.co.uk

Some recent magazine articles:

Artists & Illustrators - Issue #269 ('January 2009')

Includes a three-page feature, 'Airing the Imagination', in which Rodney outlines his 40 year association with the airbrush. There are also tips on technique.

DeathRay - Issue #16 ('Winter 2008')

Contains 'The Art of Rodney Matthews', an eight-page question & answer feature by Guy Haley.

Illustration Magazine - Issue #17 ('Autumn 2008')

Features Rodney's Alice illustration 'At the March Hare's Table' on the front cover. The magazine contains an 'Illustrating Alice' article by Selwyn Goodacre titled 'After Tenniel'. Among other Alice illustrators including Arthur Rackham, Rodney has a one-page account in his own words about his recent Alice in Wonderland book and how it came about.

Rodney's new book, 'Alice in Wonderland', was published at the end of 2008 by Templar Publishing. It contains 14 colour illustrations and 14 monotone pencil drawings.

This 95 page book from Templar's 'Timeless Classics' series comes as a hardback (ISBN: 978-1-84011-488-1), and a jeweled slip-cased edition (ISBN: 978-1-84011-483-6).

		Masaccio, Michelangelo, Manet, Monet, Matisse, Munch, Mondrian, and Matthews. All my favourite artists begin with 'M'. Except for Mantegna (I don't mean that Mantegna doesn't start with an 'M', it's just that he's not one of my favourite artists. Neither is Macke; bloody rubbish, if you ask me). And so Rodney Matthews is generally acknowledged to be among the greatest artists that have ever lived. Need I say more? Please buy this book, and all his other works, because then my immense collection of his stuff will become even more valuable. Especially when he dies. John Cleese,  2008

On Thursday 4th December 2008, Rodney will be signing copies of his new illustrated book, 'Alice in Wonderland', at the following venues:

There are two versions of the book; a hardback, selling at 14.99, and a slip-cased hardback at 19.99. Published by Templar Publishing as the latest of their 'Timeless Classics' series.

The book of 95 pages is a new and original take on the Lewis Carroll masterpiece, and is endorsed by John Cleese.