Education
Avon completed an art foundation course near to where he grew up in Cardiff, and gained a Bachelor in graphic design in Brighton.
Avon completed an art foundation course near to where he grew up in Cardiff, and gained a Bachelor in graphic design in Brighton.
Avon has published a book of his work and his work has been used for book covers, Civil Defense covers, games, toys and advertising campaigns. He is best known for his artworks for the collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering, of which he has produced over 200 paintings. He began his art career in 1983 with commercial advertising.
He has painted book covers for authors Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Arthur C. Clark and Harry Harrison.
Avon is one of the most prolific Magic: The Gathering artists, having painted over 280 unique cards, mostly landscapes on "Basic Land" cards. Foreign the online card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, he created the image for the Water Elemental card.
In 2014 he successfully used the Kickstarter crowd funding website to raise funds for an illustrated book of his work, Journeys to Somewhere Else (2015). Avon is married to the illustrator Patricia MacCarthy, with whom he has two sons and lives in Saltdean, near Brighton and Hove, England.
He also composes, plays and records music on the guitar and piano.
