OTHERLAND: CITY OF GOLDEN SHADOWS (1996)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 24” x 18”
A sophisticated blend of science fiction and fantasy that followed the groundbreaking epic Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams. 1/4
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OTHERLAND: RIVER OF BLUE FIRE (1997)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 24" x 18"
In his Otherland series, Tad Williams has transported readers to a perilous "virtual world" of the imagination where anyone's fantasy can be made real. 1/6
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Born this day: 03/14/1957
Tad Williams is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose Otherland tetralogy explored virtual reality in a near-future world. His epic Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series helped inspire George R. R. Martin to write A Song of Ice and Fire. Williams has sold over seventeen million copies worldwide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Williams
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STONE OF FAREWELL (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 21” X 46”
The main problem in doing what is called a wraparound cover—art that wraps around from the front to the back of the book—is in trying to avoid pieces that look like two different paintings stuck together. 1/4
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IN DAI CHIKIZA (1988)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 18" x 46"
Creating the cover for the first book in a proposed epic trilogy can be a daunting task for an illustrator. They have to help the author gain an audience for a new fantasy world with a whole new cast of characters. 1/8
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EMPIRE OF GRASS (2018)
Acrylic on Gessobord - 20” x 32”
Over three decades, I spent countless hours exploring Osten Ard, the epic fantasy world of Tad Williams that began with THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR. 1/4
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DARKNESS OVER HAYHOLT (2016)
Acrylic on Gessobord - 24” x 36”
When DAW contacted me 35 years ago about illustrating the cover for a high fantasy novel by Tad Williams, an amazing relationship began with THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR. 1/5
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