Richard Clifton-Dey

Richard Clifton-Dey (29 May 1930 – 5 April 1997)^[1] was a British artist. Born in Yorkshire,^[1] he was known mostly for Western and science fiction subjects. As in many cases of artwork produced for book covers, most of Clifton-Dey's artwork is not signed. Provenance for all works not signed by the artist is attested by his widow.^{[citation needed]} His most famous work of art may be Behemoth's World, which appeared on the sleeve of the album Cultösaurus Erectus by Blue Öyster Cult.

He started painting in the 1960s and was one of the most highly respected of British illustrators during the 1970s and into the 1980s. Much of his work was for book covers, either for science fiction, fantasy, action-adventure war books, romances, or gothic horror (with some interesting forays into advertising). His cover artwork was used for the novel