Gregory Manchess


Gregory Manchess is an American illustrator from Kentucky. His illustrations have appeared in magazines, digital murals, illustrated movie posters, advertising campaigns and book covers including sixty covers for Louis L’Amour. His work has appeared on Major League Baseball World Series Programs, Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, The Smithsonian and National Geographic. His style includes broad brush strokes and excellent figure work.

Life

He earned a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1977. He spent the next two years as a studio illustrator with Hellman Design Associates which was led by Gary Kelley.
He lectures frequently at universities and colleges nationwide and gives workshops on painting at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. He leads an Illustration Master Class in Amherst, MA.
Manchess' first graphic novel, Above The Timberline, was published by Saga Press in 2017. He is represented by Richard Solomon.

Work

Nightrunners, Joe R Lansdale, Dean R. Koontz 1987
Ninja Vol III Warrior Path of Togakure by Stephen K. Hayes 1991
To Capture The Wind, Sheila MacGill-Callahan, August 1997
', Brian Heinz, 1999
Cover Her Face, Simon & Schuster, P. D. James 2001
Stories of Your Life and Others, Tor Books, Ted Chiang 2002
Death of an Expert Witness, Simon & Schuster, P. D. James 2001
The Alchemist's Door, Macmillan, Lisa Goldstein 2003
', Macmillan, Brian Herbert 2004
The Knight, Tor Books, Gene Wolfe, January 2004
Giving Thanks, Turtleback School & Library Binding, Jonathan London, September 2005
' Mikaya Press, Stuart Waldman October 2005
Glory Road, Macmillan, Robert Heinlein and Samuel Delany 2008
Cheyenne Medicine Hat, Brian Heinz, September 2006
', Morgan Llywelyn, February 20, 2007
The Vengeful Virgin, Gil Brewer, April 2007
Magellan's World Mikaya Press, Stuart Waldman October 2007
An Irish Country Doctor, Macmillan, Patrick Taylor 2011
', National Geographic Books, Barry Clifford, 2008
Zero Cool, Michael Crichton, March 2008
Lamentation Tor Books, Ken Scholes February 2009
', Dark Horse, Thomas E. Sniegoski June 2009
Canticle Tor Books, Ken Scholes October 2009
' Book Palace Books, Robert E Howard February 2010
', Macmillan, Patrick Taylor 2011
A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon, Tor Books, Ken Scholes
Looking for Truth in a Wild Blue Yonder, Tor Books, Ken Scholes and Jay Lake
The Starship Mechanic, Tor Books, Ken Scholes and Jay Lake

Awards

Nominated for a Caldecott Medal in 1977
Society of Illustrators New York
Society of Illustrators Los Angeles
Artist's Magazine
Communication Arts
Spectrum