Biography

Adrian Buckley has spent the last four years perfecting the imagery of a universe both beautiful and frightening.

His interest in the infinite variations and possibilities of science fiction began in childhood when he read the stories of H.G.Wells, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury. The golden age of the sci-fi and fantasy pulp magazines with their lurid covers and startling stories were all grist to the mill. He thinks it started after reading H.G.Wells’ “The Invisible Man”. Which reminds me of the story of the Managing Director’s secretary entering his office to tell him, “The Invisible Man’s outside”. The Managing Director says, “Tell him I can’t see him”. But I digress.

Art school trained, he has earned his living teaching, designing exhibitions and latterly as a painting conservator. But his work is now devoted to his continuing enthusiasm for creating the seemingly abstract but possibly representational depictions of the far corners of the universe.

He sees his work being used for book cover illustration, CD covers or as accompaniments to technical or science articles, advertising campaigns including T.V. and magazines, or anywhere a mind boggling image would be a helpful addition.

Looking at examples of his work says more than words can describe. How he does it is a mystery, even though he has tried to explain it to me in simple language, probably because it comes from that part of the brain that goes beyond logic and is perhaps spiritually inspired.

Harvey Sklair