THE WHITE COMMANDS YOU by Michael Whelan, an interior illustration for The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Oil on Panel - 28" x 18" After Michael Whelan read the DARK TOWER VII manuscript and decided to illustrate this scene, he emailed Stephen King to...
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THE WHITE COMMANDS YOU by Michael Whelan, an interior illustration for The Dark Tower by Stephen King.

Oil on Panel - 28" x 18"

After Michael Whelan read the DARK TOWER VII manuscript and decided to illustrate this scene, he emailed Stephen King to tell him that he was taking artistic license and having Callahan stand on the table. The author not only gave his OK, but also changed the scene to fit the illustration.

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THE GUNSLINGER FOLLOWED (2005) by Michael Whelan Oil on Canvas - 25” x 40” The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed. The second half of the first line in the first book. The 2 characters couldn’t be in the same painting...
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THE GUNSLINGER FOLLOWED (2005) by Michael Whelan

Oil on Canvas - 25” x 40”

The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed. The second half of the first line in the first book. The 2 characters couldn’t be in the same painting because it’s not until they are out of the desert that they come within sight of each other, so he split the sentence into 2 paintings. Michael has said that this is the closest to what he thinks Roland looks like - dogged, grim, with an indomitable sense of mission.

- 9/9/19 -

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THE GUNSLINGER: THE MAN IN BLACK (2005) Oil on Canvas - 25" x 40" The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed. Ever since Michael Whelan read that first line of the first book, he was waiting for the opportunity to paint it....
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THE GUNSLINGER: THE MAN IN BLACK (2005)

Oil on Canvas - 25" x 40"

The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed. Ever since Michael Whelan read that first line of the first book, he was waiting for the opportunity to paint it. The overcolored sky has a hallucinatory quality which is evocative of the dreamlike feeling of the story. (Michael also confessed that he wore a similar robe for much of the time he was painting this scene.)

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THE GUNSLINGER: THE WAYSTATION (1982) by Michael Whelan Acrylic on Illustration Board - 20” x 30” When asked about this painting for the endpapers of the first Dark Tower book, Michael said, “I just love painting textures.” Collectors will notice...
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THE GUNSLINGER: THE WAYSTATION (1982) by Michael Whelan

Acrylic on Illustration Board - 20” x 30”

When asked about this painting for the endpapers of the first Dark Tower book, Michael said, “I just love painting textures.” Collectors will notice that he added the ropes after the book was published.

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THE DARK TOWER: CORNERED (2003) by Michael Whelan Oil on Panel - 28” x 18” The water and the drain in the floor, Jake’s left hand, the rope, the curl of Oy’s tail, and other elements in this interior illustration from THE DARK TOWER VII intentionally...
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THE DARK TOWER: CORNERED (2003) by Michael Whelan

Oil on Panel - 28” x 18”

The water and the drain in the floor, Jake’s left hand, the rope, the curl of Oy’s tail, and other elements in this interior illustration from THE DARK TOWER VII intentionally form the number 9 backwards and forwards.

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