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.
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PERIWINKLE (1988) by Michael Whelan with concepts and studies for the cover of The Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip
Acrylics on canvas - 34" x 21"
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A preliminary concept by Michael Whelan for Paradise by Mike Resnick.
The figure was later used in NALATHNI DRAGON, a special Magic: The Gathering promo card that Wizards of the Coast gave away at DragonCon in 1994. A copy of the card was later included in The Duelistmagazine.
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WEYRWORLD (1990) by Michael Whelan. Cover and preliminary concept for All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey.
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 27" x 36"
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SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH (1986) by Michael Whelan. Cover for the book by Arthur C. Clarke.
Acrylics - 20" x 31"
Final painting and a preliminary concept.
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A preliminary concept by Michael Whelan for Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb.
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STUDY FOR RETROSPECTION by Michael Whelan
Acrylic on Canvas - 7" x 5"
Another small color original offered in our second holiday email, which went out earlier this morning.
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A preliminary concept by Michael Whelan for Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams
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GOLDEN DRAGON (figure study, color study, and final painting) by Michael Whelan, the cover illustration for The Girl Who Heard Dragons by Anne McCaffrey
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A preliminary concept by Michael Whelan for Tangled Up In Blue by Joan Vinge.
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