A preview of the original art offering coming with our Cyber Monday Newsletter at MichaelWhelan.com:

ME GENERATION
6" x 12"
Acrylic on Panel

DESERT DREAM
8" x 10"
Acrylic on Canvas

HEAVY HEART
12" x 16"
Charcoal

CAN I GET A WITNESS
12" x 5"
Acrylic on Panel

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A preview of the complete original art offering for our Halloween Newsletter at MichaelWhelan.com:

SISTER COQUINA (2008) - Interior Illustration from LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA by Stephen King
Oil on Canvas - 24" x 18"

GHOUL WITH A PEARL EARRING (2011)
Oil on Panel
12" X 16"

TEMPUS FUGIT (2009) - Color Study for CD Cover for INFECTED NATIONS by Evile
Acrylic on Panel - 6" x 6"

THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE (2008) - Interior Illustration from LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA by Stephen King
Mixed Media - 10 ¼" x 8 ¾"

SUN STEPS (2015)
Acrylic on Canvas - 8" x 10"

EYE OF THE NEEDLE (2015)
Acrylic on Canvas - 8" x 10"

theartofmichaelwhelan: “ THE GHOUL WITH THE PEARL EARRING by Michael Whelan Oils - 20” x 16” This began life as a drawing in one of my sketchbooks while reading MUTANT HUNTER: THE SLICKS. I was trying to get the feel of one of the mutant characters...
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theartofmichaelwhelan:

THE GHOUL WITH THE PEARL EARRING by Michael Whelan

Oils - 20” x 16”

This began life as a drawing in one of my sketchbooks while reading MUTANT HUNTER: THE SLICKS. I was trying to get the feel of one of the mutant characters in the book, but it fell short of the mark. I liked the thing’s grin enough to want to try to paint it, however, so I devoted a little time one morning sketching the head out in oils. Later I came into my studio and noticed for the first time how similar the head position was to that of the girl in the famous painting by Vermeer…so I put some more time into it and brought it up to a full color rendering.

The original art for GHOUL WITH THE PEARL EARRING will be featured in our next email newsletter. Stay tuned for more images as we’ll be posting previews here and on Facebook.

(via theartofmichaelwhelan)

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Alternate cover concepts for DRAGONBONE CHAIR and DRAGONSBANE by Michael Whelan. These will be added to our shop this morning with the release of our last holiday newsletter.

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Sketch and B&W spot illustrations by Michael Whelan

This is the second half of our recent email featuring original art from THE DARK TOWER and LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA. There are still a few pieces available in our shop:

http://www.michaelwhelan.com/shop/original-art/

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Sneak preview of Michael Whelan original art that will be added to our shop with the release of our next email newsletter (coming this week!).

In addition to these pieces from THE DARK TOWER and LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA, we will also be offering a new DARK TOWER print that we’ll preview separately.

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Michael Whelan’s original painting FIRESTARTER goes to live auction with Heritage, an online auctioneer of collectibles, on October 17-18.

In 1980, Phantasia Press commissioned Whelan to illustrate the cover of their slip-cased, limited edition of the novel, which would be Whelan’s first work for Stephen King.

The author and artist had met a few months earlier at the World Fantasy Convention where they were both Guests of Honor. The cover assignment soon followed and logically so did the first of Whelan’s unprecedented three World Fantasy awards.

Based on the strength of this darkly fantastic work—notice the charred corpses at the feet of Charlie McGee—King named Michael Whelan as the illustrator for THE GUNSLINGER, the first in his paramount series THE DARK TOWER.

Both King and Whelan have reigned atop their respective fields for decades. Understandably this painting stands as a rare treasure for both Michael Whelan and Stephen King fans alike.

Heritage Auctions - Lot 72327

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