FORTITUDE (1997) by Michael Whelan Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 9” x 12” I got to thinking of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character John Carter of Mars….whenever it looked like the odds were hopeless and he had no options, his response was a defiant, “I...
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FORTITUDE (1997) by Michael Whelan

Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 9” x 12”

I got to thinking of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ character John Carter of Mars….whenever it looked like the odds were hopeless and he had no options, his response was a defiant, “I still live!” As in all of the works in this series there are ammonite fossils, though this time they represent an island in turbulent seas. I know there is some symbolic significance as to why he is holding an uprooted tree, but I’ll be damned if I can remember what it is…

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