THE GUNSLINGER FOLLOWED (2005)
Oil on Canvas - 25" x 40"
The second painting based on the famous opening line of The Dark Tower books by Stephen King: "The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed." 1/3
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Roland and the Man in Black don't come in sight of each other until they're out of the desert, so I split the line into two paintings.
This is the closest I've come to what I think Roland looks like—dogged, grim, with an indomitable sense of mission. 2/3
A composite of the two paintings were used for the cover of THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA, an updated edition of THE GUNSLINGER published by Donald M. Grant.
https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/gunslinger-followed/
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