RENEGADES OF PERN (1988) by Michael Whelan for the book by Anne McCaffrey. Finished painting plus preliminary concepts.

Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 20” X 30”

Michael was in a frenzied state trying to finish up his jobs before the impending birth of his son, when he had a dream about this cover. The trees came to him exactly as you see here and he worked the rest of the cover design around them. Luckily Anne McCaffrey liked them too and she bought the original.

(via theartofmichaelwhelan)

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ELRIC & THE COLD DRAKE (2018) by Michael Whelan The eighth installment in his 2018 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project I had a quantity of the pigment left on my palette while working on an HP Lovecraft painting in Payne’s Grey and white, so...
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ELRIC & THE COLD DRAKE (2018) by Michael Whelan

The eighth installment in his 2018 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project

I had a quantity of the pigment left on my palette while working on an HP Lovecraft painting in Payne’s Grey and white, so I fished a canvas scrap out of the wastebasket in our print room and sketched this scene. Painted mostly this past Spring then finished off yesterday.

Source: michaelwhelan.com

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