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THE PRISONERS OF TIME(From the book "Heroes & Villains")By : Deborah Susan Jones : Editor "I Prigioneri Del
Tempo" - (Prisoners of Time). I well remember Peter
painting this picture and he greatly enjoyed doing it.
It is unusual because it is on canvas textured panel.
Edizioni E. Elle commissioned this artwork but Joe Dever
did not really communicate with Peter until the Beaver
Books art director took over and began working closely
with Peter in the UK.RATS! All "Prisoners
of, or in, Time", actually - Villains of the piece,
storming down the narrow stone steps, "eyes on fire"
(The Artist's own name for the painting) teeth bared. A
sconce flares to one side of the image. Both sides of
the narrow stairway are lined with a favourite feature
of Peter's - a stone wall. He has a thing about walls. .
. . . . . he's carried the the stone wall throughout his
career path and his most recent work for the cover of
the "HEROES & VILLAINS" book discloses yet another.This painting I find slightly spooky but full
of energy and momentum. It was one that helped book
sales rise to unprecedented numbers. we still have a
good following in Italy and elsewhere and the artwork is
the main reason. Another different feature is that it is
primarily an acrylic piece - very little oil. Not tat
acrylic allows the use of flecks of "local" colour to
produce spots to catch the ye better than does oil
paint. Prisoner of Time is the eleventh book in the
series of Joe Dever authored Role play games books
titled Lone Wolf and by the time this art was created
Peter wall on the way to having a name in the world of
Role play Fantasy - something that never would have
occurred to him in his previous existence as a "Sci Fi"
illustrator. He is still well known in that role despite
having moved to Shropshire where he also creates Urban
and Rural Artwork and Aviation to a slightly lesser
degree..I say "commissioned”
because the covers in the USA differ from other
territories due to copyright considerations: Berkley
wanted to buy rights in the British covers but an
exclusivity/copyright clash would have occurred as North
American book cover rights overlapped into the UK and
Commonwealth rights territories in Canada. So Peter
suggested he should paint a second version exclusively
for the North American market, and this subsequently
proved to be the case in three other instancesPeter made the ‘Lone
Wolf’ images his own worldwide. I think it was because
he resisted becoming completely immersed in the roleplay
market, remaining detached and influenced by outside
sources. He is someone who is very particular and
detective-like in character, interested in any number of
things (and people) so able to evoke an interest in
almost anything he takes an interest in, particularly
creating a character. Peter enjoyed doing the ‘Lone
Wolf’ covers and sold many of the originals to
collectors around the world. I really enjoy
re-establishing relationships with them and now realise
that so many fans around the world have wonderful
memories of their youth spent reading the books with
Peter’s cover art on them. I hope they bring pleasure
here too.Deborah Susan Jones
