I recently stumbled across a book on Roger Dean, a british artist who helped define the uniquely 70's prog/space rock aesthetic that is so synonymous with the era, not just his legendary album covers but also the classic 70's alien organic meets art nouveau titles, stage sets and even architecture.
Dean painted many of the classic album covers for bands such as Yes, Asia, Osibisa, Greenslade, Budgie and Uriah Heep and also designed and constructed a series of dramatic stage sets for Yes, including light shows of giant fibreglass alien crabs and crystals !
His often reoccuring theme of landscapes of floating islands are undoubtedly an influence in the floating mountains world featured in the film Avatar, along with the flying dragon like creatures and giant rock arches, of course receiving no acknowledgment despite much public outcry. There are rumours of Roger Dean directing his own feature called Floating Islands, and it would be great to see his imagination and aesthetic in cinema.
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