Larry Blamire
Larry Blamire is a painter, illustrator, filmmaker, playwright and actor known for the cult hit The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and for his epic steampunk project Steam Wars. From an early age, Larry was influenced by a variety of artists, including Dali, Frazetta, N.C.Wyeth, Magritte, James Bama, Howard Pyle, Basil Gogos and numerous comic book artists, leading him to create art in several multiple disciplines. After graduating the Art Institute of Boston where he majored in illustration under Norman Baer (a second generation student of Howard Pyle), Larry created his own underground comic Blazing Violence featuring his vigilante character the Predator. Science fiction illustration quickly followed, working prolifically for Galileo Magazine and Aboriginal Science Fiction where his evocative acrylic paintings garnered a following. Around this time he began developing his ambitious Steam Wars project, an epic of world-building steampunk before the latter term was even coined, launching it in the final issue of Galaxy Magazine, sporting one of his cover paintings. More recently Steam Wars has appeared as a graphic novel and an upcoming role-playing game (in collaboration with Onyx Path Publishing), as he continues to turn out new Steam Wars paintings. He has also become a regular illustrator for Onyx Path RPGs, and continues to freelance book cover assignments.
Larry’s lifelong love of surrealism began with a high school art class mural (inspired by Hieronymus Bosch) and continues to this day. Though he began oil painting at age six when his father gave him his set of oils, art school encouraged the use of faster-drying acrylic for deadlines. Discovering Golden Open Acrylic in recent years was a game-changer, as the slower-drying medium allowed for an oil-like manipulation that opened things up. It was around this time that Larry began branching into pop-surrealism.
Larry acquired a Wacom tablet for work purposes in 1998 and has mastered digital painting, which he incorporates in his film-making, including completely story-boarding his movies like Trail of the Screaming Forehead and Dark and Stormy Night, as well as creating monster and production concept art. However, while appropriate for certain jobs, Larry much prefers the feel of physical paint on canvas and always will.
Larry is also a prolific writer, including his stage adaptation of Robin Hood which has been performed all over the world, various articles and DVD/Blu-ray commentary tracks for horror/scifi movies and two volumes of western horror short stories.
Larry’s lifelong love of surrealism began with a high school art class mural (inspired by Hieronymus Bosch) and continues to this day. Though he began oil painting at age six when his father gave him his set of oils, art school encouraged the use of faster-drying acrylic for deadlines. Discovering Golden Open Acrylic in recent years was a game-changer, as the slower-drying medium allowed for an oil-like manipulation that opened things up. It was around this time that Larry began branching into pop-surrealism.
Larry acquired a Wacom tablet for work purposes in 1998 and has mastered digital painting, which he incorporates in his film-making, including completely story-boarding his movies like Trail of the Screaming Forehead and Dark and Stormy Night, as well as creating monster and production concept art. However, while appropriate for certain jobs, Larry much prefers the feel of physical paint on canvas and always will.
Larry is also a prolific writer, including his stage adaptation of Robin Hood which has been performed all over the world, various articles and DVD/Blu-ray commentary tracks for horror/scifi movies and two volumes of western horror short stories.
