Baron Barrymore Halpenny

Baron Barrymore Halpenny is a commercial artist, illustrator and cartoonist who was born in Lincolnshire, England, however he was raised in Abruzzo, Italy. He is mostly known for his book cover illustrations for the series Ghost Stations which was written by his father. He is also known for creating the art form “shaftism”. While in the Mediterranean he was inspired by the hypnotic effects of the shafts of light that danced across the night sky. It was then that he came up with this new art form where he took black canvases and painted with shafts of color, hence “shaftism” was born.