Doug Chaffee
Doug Chaffee (1936 - 26 April 2011) is one of a handful of artists farsighted enough to realize the future of the human race is in the stars. A product of Cold-War science fiction, Chaffee turned his energies to the technological. He became the head of IBM’s Art Department during the early years of the space race. His career quickly skyrocketed as one of the leading artists not only in his genre, but of his generation.
Career
Chaffee began illustrating space related subjects during a time when the space program was young and at a time when few artists knew how the Earth looked from space. While the "Space Age" was in its infancy, his work was winning national awards in shows relating to the space program and in the aerospace field. Several years before the Viking probes reached Mars, he illustrated a National Geographic article about the Red Planet, authored by Carl Sagan.
Doug Chaffee’s artworks range from paintings for NASA, the military, the book and the gaming industry. His paintings are owned by top ranking military officers, corporate executives and famous authors including Tom Clancy as well as a shuttle astronaut. Chaffee did the official program painting for the Trident submarine and his work has hung in the Smithsonian, the JFK bldg., the American Airlines museum and has been featured in Air Force, Think, Newsweek, and US News as well as several military and science magazines.
The US Vice President’s airplane, A World’s Fair poster, a calendar painting for a major aerospace client, a painting for the Air Force’s Special Tactics Group and paintings for government leaders outside the US are also part of his portfolio. Doug has won many awards with his art including Bests of Show from the National Association of Industrial Artists and the World Military Gaming convention. He won the Frank R. Paul award for science fiction and received a nomination for a Chesley.
Best-selling author Tom Clancy (Hunt for Red October) is an enthusiastic collector of Chaffee’s submarine art. Clancy autographed fifty artist-proofs of Above Top Secret, after he purchased the original.
Chaffee has worked for computer game companies and He has illustrated BattleTech and Magic and other CCG games. Chaffee’s paintings have appeared in Inquest, Duelist, Scrye and on covers for Strategy & Tactics magazines, as well as many game box and module game covers. Doug Chaffee was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention as well as Artist Guest of Honor at several other major conventions.
Bibliography
Doug Chaffee illustrated the covers for the following BattleTech products:
Technical Readouts
1986 Technical Readout: 3025
1995 Technical Readout: 3058
1998 Technical Readout: 3060
2006 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
2006 Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex
2007 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
2008 Technical Readout: 3039
Field Manuals
1996 Field Manual: Draconis Combine
1997 Field Manual: Free Worlds League
1998 Field Manual: Warden Clans
1999 Field Manual: ComStar
2000 Field Manual: Federated Suns
2000 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
2000 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
2001 Field Manual: Periphery
2003 Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised
2003 Field Manual: Update
Handbooks
1994 Invading Clans
1994 Tukayyid
1994 Tactical Handbook
1996 The Fall of Terra
1996 Record Sheets: 3055/3058
1998 BattlePack: Fourth Succession War
1999 Operation: Stiletto
2000 Aerotech 2
2002 AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
2004 Mappack: Solaris VII
2004 Mercenaries Supplemental
Box Sets
1994 CityTech, 2nd Edition
1997 Battleforce 2
Novels
1999 Ghost of Winter
1999 Falcon Rising
2000 Measure of a Hero
2001 Initiation to War
2001 Test of Vengeance
2002 Operation Audacity
BattleTech CCG
Over forty five (45) paintings.
Black & White
Doug Chaffee has illustrated many BattleTech products, including various House sourcebooks, with black and white line art in the above and also the following:
1997 Northwind Highlanders
2002 Technical Readout: 3067
2003 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
2004 Technical Readout: 3057 Revised
2005 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade
http://www.chaffeestudios.com/
Doug Chaffee (1936 - 26 April 2011) is one of a handful of artists farsighted enough to realize the future of the human race is in the stars. A product of Cold-War science fiction, Chaffee turned his energies to the technological. He became the head of IBM’s Art Department during the early years of the space race. His career quickly skyrocketed as one of the leading artists not only in his genre, but of his generation.
Career
Chaffee began illustrating space related subjects during a time when the space program was young and at a time when few artists knew how the Earth looked from space. While the "Space Age" was in its infancy, his work was winning national awards in shows relating to the space program and in the aerospace field. Several years before the Viking probes reached Mars, he illustrated a National Geographic article about the Red Planet, authored by Carl Sagan.
Doug Chaffee’s artworks range from paintings for NASA, the military, the book and the gaming industry. His paintings are owned by top ranking military officers, corporate executives and famous authors including Tom Clancy as well as a shuttle astronaut. Chaffee did the official program painting for the Trident submarine and his work has hung in the Smithsonian, the JFK bldg., the American Airlines museum and has been featured in Air Force, Think, Newsweek, and US News as well as several military and science magazines.
The US Vice President’s airplane, A World’s Fair poster, a calendar painting for a major aerospace client, a painting for the Air Force’s Special Tactics Group and paintings for government leaders outside the US are also part of his portfolio. Doug has won many awards with his art including Bests of Show from the National Association of Industrial Artists and the World Military Gaming convention. He won the Frank R. Paul award for science fiction and received a nomination for a Chesley.
Best-selling author Tom Clancy (Hunt for Red October) is an enthusiastic collector of Chaffee’s submarine art. Clancy autographed fifty artist-proofs of Above Top Secret, after he purchased the original.
Chaffee has worked for computer game companies and He has illustrated BattleTech and Magic and other CCG games. Chaffee’s paintings have appeared in Inquest, Duelist, Scrye and on covers for Strategy & Tactics magazines, as well as many game box and module game covers. Doug Chaffee was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention as well as Artist Guest of Honor at several other major conventions.
Bibliography
Doug Chaffee illustrated the covers for the following BattleTech products:
Technical Readouts
1986 Technical Readout: 3025
1995 Technical Readout: 3058
1998 Technical Readout: 3060
2006 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
2006 Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex
2007 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
2008 Technical Readout: 3039
Field Manuals
1996 Field Manual: Draconis Combine
1997 Field Manual: Free Worlds League
1998 Field Manual: Warden Clans
1999 Field Manual: ComStar
2000 Field Manual: Federated Suns
2000 Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
2000 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
2001 Field Manual: Periphery
2003 Field Manual: Mercenaries Revised
2003 Field Manual: Update
Handbooks
1994 Invading Clans
1994 Tukayyid
1994 Tactical Handbook
1996 The Fall of Terra
1996 Record Sheets: 3055/3058
1998 BattlePack: Fourth Succession War
1999 Operation: Stiletto
2000 Aerotech 2
2002 AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
2004 Mappack: Solaris VII
2004 Mercenaries Supplemental
Box Sets
1994 CityTech, 2nd Edition
1997 Battleforce 2
Novels
1999 Ghost of Winter
1999 Falcon Rising
2000 Measure of a Hero
2001 Initiation to War
2001 Test of Vengeance
2002 Operation Audacity
BattleTech CCG
Over forty five (45) paintings.
Black & White
Doug Chaffee has illustrated many BattleTech products, including various House sourcebooks, with black and white line art in the above and also the following:
1997 Northwind Highlanders
2002 Technical Readout: 3067
2003 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
2004 Technical Readout: 3057 Revised
2005 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade
http://www.chaffeestudios.com/
