theartofmichaelwhelan: “ THE DARK TOWER: KA-TET (2003) by Michael Whelan Oil on Panel - 28” x 18” Throughout the Dark Tower series, Stephen King portrayed Roland’s group of fighters known as the Ka-Tet as a circle. Taking this as a cue, Michael built...
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THE DARK TOWER: KA-TET (2003) by Michael Whelan

Oil on Panel - 28” x 18”

Throughout the Dark Tower series, Stephen King portrayed Roland’s group of fighters known as the Ka-Tet as a circle. Taking this as a cue, Michael built many circles into his composition and this became one of the author’s most favorite illustrations.

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theartofmichaelwhelan: “ THE LEAVETAKING (1992) by Michael Whelan Oil on Canvas - 18” x 48” Michael planned for this piece to be a large “preliminary” to a new work in his Passage series that he would paint in oils. He doesn’t usually use models (he...
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THE LEAVETAKING (1992) by Michael Whelan

Oil on Canvas - 18” x 48”

Michael planned for this piece to be a large “preliminary” to a new work in his Passage series that he would paint in oils. He doesn’t usually use models (he prefers to create a person who fits exactly into his scene) and he always paints alone, but he wanted the design of the robe on the sand to suggest the drawing of water back into the sea. To get the correct fall of the fabric, he had a model pose in his studio while he painted and the “preliminary” became the finished work.

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Michael Whelan’s covers for The Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman:

  • TARRANT’S REALM (1990)
    Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 32” x 20”
  • EMPEROR OF THE WASTELANDS (1993)
    Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 32” x 20”
  • CROWN OF SHADOWS (1995)
    Acrylic on Panel - 28” x 22”

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LANDING (2002) by Michael Whelan

Acrylic on Panel - 24” x 30”

This piece was born of a digital image from PASSAGE TO SANCTUARY, a series of three limited edition prints produced by Mithril Publishing in 1994. Created entirely on the computer, the prints were an experiment in new media. To maintain the integrity of the print run, the source files were destroyed after the images went to press, leaving no original art only fine reproductions of the images.

Unfortunately Mithril Publishing went out of business before the prints were fully distributed. Far less than the original print run of 555 ever made it to collectors.

Michael came back to the idea in 2002, producing a new painting of LANDING in more traditional media (acrylic on panel). Most notably he changed the figure in the foreground, which can be seen here in detail.

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