Stephen Hickman, fantasy and science fiction illustrator, sculptor, and writer, brought fantastical worlds to life through paint, clay, and the written word. He is best known for his richly painted scenes of Tolkien’s classics, Robin Hood, Camelot, and H.P. Lovecraft’s dark worlds. Hickman created Pharazar, a land of enchantment somewhere in the ocean of the South Pacific, floating cityscapes in the heavens, and a spellbinding undersea world of mermaids. All of these visions brought to life with his love of light, color and the use of his signature gold.
For almost 50 years, he illustrated over 450 book covers. Hickman was also fascinated with sculpture and modeled busts of H.P. Lovecraft and his creature, Cthulhu. Many of Hickman's additional sculptures were never cast for commercial distribution, but range from a bust of Sherlock Holmes, creatures of his imagination or inspired by one his favorite fantasy and science fiction authors. Hickman wrote and published a book based on his paintings, The Lemurian Stone, as well as additional unpublished manuscripts spanning numerous genres.
