DESCENT (1989)Acrylic on Canvas - 28” x48”
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DESCENT (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 28” x48”When I was asked to do a new cover for Ray Bradbury's classic THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I reread it and found I was deeply moved by the sense of inevitable tragedy that permeates the first half of the book. 1/4
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DESCENT (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 28” x48”When I was asked to do a new cover for Ray Bradbury's classic THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I reread it and found I was deeply moved by the sense of inevitable tragedy that permeates the first half of the book. 1/4
I was also struck by the weirdness of the Martian culture and noted that the cities were said to be like bones. I liked the metaphor enough to use bone and coral-like forms for the architecture. 2/4
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I was also struck by the weirdness of the Martian culture and noted that the cities were said to be like bones. I liked the metaphor enough to use bone and coral-like forms for the architecture. 2/4
Harkening back to legends of comets being harbingers of doom, the trail of the descending craft from Earth became the chief symbolic element in the painting. 3/4
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Harkening back to legends of comets being harbingers of doom, the trail of the descending craft from Earth became the chief symbolic element in the painting. 3/4
Book cover for THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES by Ray Bradbury (Bantam Spectra) 4/4
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DESCENT (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 28” x48”When I was asked to do a new cover for Ray Bradbury's classic THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I reread it and found I was deeply moved by the sense of inevitable tragedy that permeates the first half of the book. 1/4
@MichaelWhelan I absolutely love all these behind-the-scene details about your cover art, thank you so much!
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Book cover for THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES by Ray Bradbury (Bantam Spectra) 4/4
@MichaelWhelan One of my favorite story collections growing up and I still have it in my electronic library.
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