Worlds Of Wonder Art Catalogs

Know that Worlds Of Wonder Art focuses exclusively on sci-fi & fantasy pieces and their catalogs reflected that. You can't really call them auction catalogs, but rather periodic displays of what was being featured through their gallery. The paintings are most often captioned with the painter, title, medium, size and where the piece had appeared - with author & publisher if illustrating a story. The first listed, Catalog 21, seems to be the only one to have actually made up onto The List, because its larger volume led it to having a square-bound spine, where all the remaining ones (then presented here in order) were only 'saddle stitched', robbing them of a true bookshelf-friendly spine. In rare instances, you'll find a work that did not sell from a previous catalog re-appearing in a later one. Note that their earlier soliciations were by distributed videotapes, so Catalog 7 was the first published volume. You usually can't find these publications at bookseller sites, so our links are simply an Ebay search (that's where we found ours).

Catalog 21 (2005) As mentioned above, this is the only volume here to meet our particular criteria of worthy 'artbook'. 76 pages display 208 exhibits. Four of those pages feature dimensional art and photo-collages and another one has its long full-page painting turned sideways. 11 pages have the largest of reproductions dominating them, leaving 55 pages to each pull together multiple smaller images. With this issue, they discontinued running the bibliographic & biographical materials, leaving only 2 non-art pages. 'Well-presented' are: Richard Bober, Jim Burns (4)**, Richard Clifton-Dey (2), Bob Eggleton**, Donato Giancola, Richard Powers**, Larry Schwinger, and Michael Whelan (2)*.

* - Note that that 'well-presented' pieces here by Whelan can additionally be found so in his own collections on The List.

** - Note that the 'well-presented' pieces here by Burns, Eggleton, and Powers, cannot additionally be found so in their own collections on The List.

Catalog 8 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (1996) This catalog is 40 pages. This earlier edition sports a format where all the images of the art are concentrated on 16 pages (one of those is Jeff Coleman's dimensional dragons) on which you'll find 122 colorful & dynamic paintings (eight to nine on a page), from 35 artists. The rest of the pages are full of text with both brief artist biographies and individual comentary about the works.

Catalog 13 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (1999) This catalog is 40 pages. The cover is a wraparound of a long Bob Eggleton piece** which is then the only large display that meets our particular definition of 'well-presented'. In addition to a page of Lisa Snellings dimensional art photos, you'll find 124 colorful & dynamic images, from 35 artists, all spread through the 27 pages here that gather them, all vying for your attention amid their neighbors. There's also 12 text pages, nine of which are brief biographies of the artists.

** - Note that that 'well-presented' piece here by Eggleton cannot additionally be found so in his own collections on The List.

Catalog 14 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2000) Another catalog of 40 pages. The cover is fully given to a piece from Donato Giancola which is then the only large display that meets our particular definition of 'well-presented'. You'll find 142 paintings, from 40 artists, on 28 pages that pull multiple images together. There's also 12 text pages, nine of which are brief biographies of the artists.

Catalog 15 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2000) Another catalog of 40 pages. The cover is a wraparound of a long Jim Burns piece which is then the only large display that meets our particular definition of 'well-presented'. In addition to a page of Lisa Snellings dimensional art photos, you'll find 138 paintings, from 34 artists, on 27 pages that pull multiple images together. There's also 12 text pages, nine of which are brief biographies of the artists.

** - Note that that 'well-presented' piece here by Burns cannot additionally be found so in his own collections on The List.

Catalog 16 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2001) Another catalog of 40 pages. You'll find here 162 paintings, from 42 artists, on 32 pages that pull multiple images together. There's also eight text pages, five of which are brief biographies of the artists.

Catalog 17 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2002) Another catalog of 40 pages. The cover is a wraparound of a long Michael Whelan piece* which is then the only large display that meets our particular definition of 'well-presented'. In addition to a page of Lisa Snellings dimensional art photos, you'll find 166 paintings, from 38 artists, on 31 pages that pull multiple images together. There's also eight text pages, five of which are brief biographies of the artists.

* - Note that that 'well-presented' piece here by Whelan can additionally be found so in his own collections on The List.

Catalog 18 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2002) Another catalog of 40 pages. This time, to accomodate one of the longer pieces by Richard Powers, they turned their cover sideways on the book. Inside, you'll find 157 paintings, from 32 artists, on 30 pages that pull multiple images together. There's also ten text pages, seven of which are brief biographies of the artists.

Catalog 19 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2004) Another catalog of 40 pages. The front and back covers are fully given to John Berkey pieces and they're the only large displays then that meet our particular definition of 'well-presented'. You'll find here another page of Lisa Snellings Clark's dimensional art photos and then 155 works, from 29 artists, spread through the 31 multi-image pages. There's also nine text pages, six of which are brief biographies of the artists.

Catalog 20 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2004) This catalog is slightly smaller, having 36 pages. The cover is fully given to a piece from Don Maitz** which is then the only large display that meets our particular definition of 'well-presented'. You'll find another page of Lisa Snellings Clark's dimensional art photos and then 131 works, from 27 artists, spread through the 25 multi-image pages. There's also 10 text pages, seven of which are brief biographies of the artists.

** - Note that that 'well-presented' piece here by Maitz cannot additionally be found so in his own collections on The List.

Catalog 24 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2008) Another catalog of 40 pages. The front and back covers are fully given to Paul Alexander pieces and then inside there are three more pieces that meet our particular definition of 'well-presented', by Fred Gambino (2) and Romas Kukalis. Otherwise, you'll find here 187 paintings, from 21 artists, spread through the 35 multi-image pages. By this time, they were including only an artist list and a letter from agent Jane Frank as non-art pages.

Catalog 25 [-BELOW THE LINE-] (2009) Another catalog of 40 pages. The cover is fully given to a piece from Steve Hickman** and there's only one other work, by John Harris**, whose large display meets our particular definition of 'well-presented'. (There's also another page of Lisa Snellings dimensional art photos). Otherwise, you'll find the rest of the 168 paintings, from 22 artists, spread through the 36 multi-image pages.