THE MANY-COLORED LAND (1982)
Acrylic

I loved Julian May’s “Pliocene Exile” series, but I never felt like I did the books justice. I remember struggling to come up with dramatic concepts for this, but Del Rey didn’t go for them. 1/3

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THE NONBORN KING (1983)
Mixed Media on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”

Once or twice a year, for a change of pace, I work in watercolors as I did in this painting. 1/4

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THE ADVERSARY (1984)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" x 18"

One of the rare instances when I placed real people into a cover illustration. 1/3

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THE NONBORN KING (1983)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" x 18"

Once or twice a year, for a change of pace, I work in watercolors as I did in this painting. 1/4

#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #julianmay #plioceneexile

THE ADVERSARY (1985)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 20"

Cover illustration for THE ADVERSARY by Julian May

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