THE WITCHING TREE (2019) by Michael Whelan The seventh installment in his 2019 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project An accidental shape on a scrap of illustration board evoked a sort of Lovecraftian tree. The board originally had a figure...
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THE WITCHING TREE (2019) by Michael Whelan

The seventh installment in his 2019 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project

An accidental shape on a scrap of illustration board evoked a sort of Lovecraftian tree.

The board originally had a figure sketch on it from the work I did for Lucca Comics & Games. When I saw it turned 90 degrees sideways I was struck by the shapes and one thing lead to another…the figures turned into a “tree”.

Executed with leftover acrylics from an underpainting on a gallery piece that I’m currently working on.

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THE LOST CITY (2017) by Michael Whelan, the 8th installment in his 2017 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project.

A board used as a palette which became a scene reminiscent of a Lovecraft story…but not so much of a palette gremlin as a palette snowscape.

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OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS (2017) by Michael Whelan, the first installment of his LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project for 2017. That’s right, back at it again for the new year!

I recently bought some slanted brushes that I find fun to play with when I want straight edges in a picture. While applying random brushstrokes to a piece of illustration board, they began to look more and more like little cubes to me. This brought to mind H.P. Lovecraft’s descriptions of strange shapes seen on the mountain range his explorers fly over when traveling to the Plain of Leng. With the addition of windblown ice crystals and a little ‘aeroplane’ for scale, these random brushstrokes became a scene from AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS.

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