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HECATE’S CAULDRON (1981) Acrylic on Illustration Board - 27” x 15” What is the goddess of all witches tossing into her brew on a cover for this horror anthology? 1/3 #horror #illustration #anthology #dawbooks

CROWN OF SHADOWS (1995) Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22" There's something in the complexity of an anti-hero that grabs the attention of readers. Such rich characters naturally provide an illustrator with opportunity to revel in the shadows. 1/4 #fantasy #illustration #csfriedman #coldfiretrilogy #geraldtarrant #dawbooks

KING OF THE DEAD (1977) Gouache on illustration board - 24” x 14” I had the good fortune of working on Elric early in my career. The books written by Michael Moorcock have proven to be enduring classics in fantasy. 1/4 #fantasy #illustration #michaelmoorcock #elric #dawbooks

EXILE'S GATE (1987) Acrylic on Illustration Board - 32" x 20" My fourth and final Morgaine cover for C.J. Cherryh. The first was for her debut novel Gate of Ivrel, and this last assignment came over a decade later. 1/3 #fantasy #illustration #cjcherryh #morgaine #dawbooks

EMPEROR OF THE WASTELANDS (1993) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 32" x 20" For the Coldfire Trilogy, I set all the main characters within a framework of strange and exotic trees. 1/3 #fantasy #illustration #csfriedman #coldfiretrilogy #dawbooks

CHANUR'S VENTURE (1984) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" x 18" The idea is that in the space behind the door there’s a firefight or some sort of trouble going on, and the heroine is trying to “keep a door closed” to the tumult, so to speak. 1/4 #sciencefiction #illustration #cjcherryh #chanur #hani #dawbooks

HATANI (1984) Acrylic on Board - 28” x 18” An inverted tale of first contact told from the perspective of an alien race. 1/3 #illustration #sciencefiction #cjcherryh #dawbooks

AMAZONS 2 (1981) Acrylic on Crescent Illustration Board - 24” x 16” Cover for a DAW anthology featuring women characters written (mostly) by female writers. 1/3 #fantasy #illustration #dawbooks #anthology