Robert E. Wood (painter)
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Robert E. Wood is a Canadian fine artist and author. He specializes in representational landscape paintings, which focus on the Rocky Mountains, lakes, rivers and forests of Alberta
and British Columbia
. Wood's diverse subject matter also includes street scenes, still life
and floral subjects, among others. He has been painting full-time since 1989. Wood's career follows over 70 years of professional art in his family.
Wood is co-author, with Barry Morse
and Anthony Wynn
, of the books Pulling Faces, Making Noises: A Life on Stage, Screen and Radio and Merely Players - The Scripts
. His next work, Stories of the Theatre (1996), co-written with Anthony Wynn, combines the drama, tragedy and comedy of theatrical history with tales of actors, actresses, playwrights and critics. Wood is also co-author of Remember With Advantages: Chasing 'The Fugitive' and Other Stories from an Actor's Life (2007), the theatrical memoir of Barry Morse.
In 2010, Destination: Moonbase Alpha - The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to SPACE: 1999, was published in the UK by Telos Publishing. This book is the largest and most comprehensive work to-date documenting the classic cult science fiction series Space: 1999
. Also featured are a colour photo section featuring the model spacecraft built for the series by Martin Bower
, as well as a Foreword by Zienia Merton
and an Afterword by Barry Morse.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
and British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. Wood's diverse subject matter also includes street scenes, still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
and floral subjects, among others. He has been painting full-time since 1989. Wood's career follows over 70 years of professional art in his family.
Wood is co-author, with Barry Morse
Barry Morse
Herbert "Barry" Morse was an Anglo-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999...
and Anthony Wynn
Anthony Wynn
Anthony Wynn is an American author and playwright.-Playwright:Wynn's two-act, two-actor drama Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship, explores the complex relationship between playwright George Bernard Shaw and poet Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. It is based on correspondence exchanged...
, of the books Pulling Faces, Making Noises: A Life on Stage, Screen and Radio and Merely Players - The Scripts
Merely Players
Merely Players was a one man stage show written and performed by Barry Morse. It examined the lives of a series of actors and others from Elizabethan times up to present day...
. His next work, Stories of the Theatre (1996), co-written with Anthony Wynn, combines the drama, tragedy and comedy of theatrical history with tales of actors, actresses, playwrights and critics. Wood is also co-author of Remember With Advantages: Chasing 'The Fugitive' and Other Stories from an Actor's Life (2007), the theatrical memoir of Barry Morse.
In 2010, Destination: Moonbase Alpha - The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to SPACE: 1999, was published in the UK by Telos Publishing. This book is the largest and most comprehensive work to-date documenting the classic cult science fiction series Space: 1999
Space: 1999
Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and...
. Also featured are a colour photo section featuring the model spacecraft built for the series by Martin Bower
Martin Bower
Martin Bower is a model maker and designer of special effects miniatures for both film and television. His credits include the television series Space: 1999 and the films Alien , Flash Gordon and Outland...
, as well as a Foreword by Zienia Merton
Zienia Merton
Zienia Merton is a British actress born in Burma. Her mother was Burmese, and her father half English, half French. She was raised in Singapore, Borneo, Portugal, and England....
and an Afterword by Barry Morse.
External links
- Website of Robert E. Wood
- Destination: Moonbase Alpha - The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to "Space: 1999", by Robert E. Wood
- Robert E. Wood at the Gainsborough Galleries website