THE ARTIST
David Burroughs Mattingly was born in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1956. David began drawing and painting when he was a small child, influenced by comic books, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard and Jackson Pollack's art. After he finished high school, he went to the Colorado Institute of Art, Colorado State University and but later transferred to Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena, California. After school, he worked at Walt Disney Studios, becoming head of the matte department. He worked on "The Black Hole," "Tron," "Dick Tracy," Stephen King's "The Stand," and numerous others.
While at Walt Disney Studios, David began doing freelance art. His first published piece was the album cover for "The Commodores Greatest Hits." His first piece of art sold for a book cover was for "A Wizard in Bedlam," by Christopher Stasheff, published by DAW Books. In 1983 he moved to New York City and a year later across the Hudson River to Hoboken, New Jersey.
David has drawn over 500 covers for most major publishers of science fiction and fantasy, including Baen, Bantam, DAW, Del Rey, Dell, Marvel, Omni, Playboy, Signet, and Tor. He illustrated the popular "Honor Herrington" series for author David Weber. He painted the latest repackaging of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Pellucidar" books for Ballantine Books. He is a two-time winner of Magazine and Booksellers "Best Cover of the Year" award, and winner of the Association of Science Fiction Artists "Chesley" award. Other clients include Michael Jackson, Lucasfilm, Universal Studios, Totco Oil, Galloob Toys, R/Greenberg Associates, Click 3X and Spontaneous Combustion.
After 20 years of traditional painting, David bought a computer five years ago and has mainly worked digitally since then, preferring the powerful new tools that working digitally offers the artist. Most of his work today combines digital painting, and elements generated in 3D programs.
David is married to Cathleen Cogswell, and they share their house with four cats, Mouse, Buster, Annie and Henry.