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THE MIST BEYOND (2017) by Michael Whelan, the 11th installment in his 2017 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project.

Acrylic on Mat Board - 8" x 8"

I was listening to Frank Muller’s excellent reading of THE MIST when I saw one of the scenes in the marks on this palette board.

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Sepultura covers (albums and singles) by Michael Whelan. Michael’s comments are in italics.

NIGHTMARE IN RED (1981) - Cover for Beneath the Remains, the band’s third studio album. The image was originally the cover illustration for Tales from the Nightside by Charles L. Grant.

ARISE (1990) - Original painting for the band’s fourth studio album. The single “Dead Embryonic Cells” and “Under Siege” use a detail from the painting for their covers.

CACOPHONY (1992) - Original painting for Chaos A.D., the fifth studio album. The cover of the single “Territory” was an early digital piece.

I took a class in NYC to learn how to use Photoshop way back when [I think it was Photoshop 4 we were using!]. While I waited for some of the newbies to learn how to press cntl/alt/click or whatever, I stayed in the back and worked on this piece, which ended up being used for the “Territory” cover. I had painted the “S” logo and the rocks but then I scanned them in and fiddled around with filters and cloning and stuff to make the firey background.

ROOTS (1996) - A digital painting for the band’s sixth studio album.

The concept for ROOTS was largely Max Cavalera’s idea. He wanted me to paint the face off of a denomination of Brazilian paper money [I don’t remember what bill it was] and just put in some kind of background. I tried to digitally paint the face off the bill, then fooled around with some photos I had taken of tree branches and stuff till I came up with a background I thought might work.

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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...
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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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JORDU’S GOBLIN by Michael Whelan

The third installment in his 2019 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project.

I keep making pronouncements like, “I’m through doing fantasy painting” or “No more horror paintings. I’m done with that.” Then after a little while, boom! I find myself sketching some ugly little troll or painting a vampire. I guess it’s time to admit that it’s just a part of me and beyond my will to control.

This started as a 3" x 3" doodle on my drawing table left by Jordu Schell. I don’t know if it really qualifies as a Palette Gremlin, but I started out using leftover Raw Umber oil paint to sketch it. Then I got a little crazy and added some color to liven it up.

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