Whelan still painting?
GrapeApe
I sure would like to see a Michael Whelan cover again, but those are probably
the most recent books for which I have seen him do a painting.
Is he still actively illustrating SF book covers?
Hop
GrapeApe wrote:
The October 2001 issue of "Realms of Fantasy" carried an article on Whelan. Here
are a couple paragraphs from it:
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Michael Whelan, illustrator, has become Michael Whelan, artist, These days he's
painting for himself, himself alone, and nobody else. It's a journey that began
a decade ago.
"I'd illustrated for nearly 24 years," Whelan says, "and really, toward the end,
I felt like I was just rehashing things I'd thought before. I became aware of a
feeling of disconnection with what I was painting, Constantly experiencing
thoughts and feelings which could find no expression in my illustration work. I
was growing less and less satisfied with devoting all my time to illustrating.
The artwork I was putting so much effort into was beginning to seem less
important to me than doing work which more fully expressed my own thoughts and
feelings."
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The paintings ran with the article were surreal and dreamlike.
I like the stuff he's doing for himself better than his illustration work.
Unfortunately it was much easier to get his illustrations in the form of
inexpensive paperbacks.
I am hoping he will publish a coffee table book.
GrapeApe
I know I should have checked the web.
Too bad you have to log in to his gallery, and I can't seem to get the new user
log in to function....
I'd love to see what the new stuff looks like.
Hop
GrapeApe wrote:
>
>
> I know I should have checked the web.
>
> http://www.michaelwhelan.com/
>
> Too bad you have to log in to his gallery, and I can't seem to get the new user
> log in to function....
>
> I'd love to see what the new stuff looks like.
I went there and don't see how to log in There's just the page title and an image.
No hyperlinks. However the image changes each time I hit reload.
It's nice but I've seen much better gallery interfaces. I wish I could find a way
to order prints.
GrapeApe
>>
>> http://www.michaelwhelan.com/
>>
>> Too bad you have to log in to his gallery, and I can't seem to get the
>new user
>> log in to function....
>>
>> I'd love to see what the new stuff looks like.
>
>I went there and don't see how to log in There's just the page title and
>an image.
>No hyperlinks. However the image changes each time I hit reload.
>
>It's nice but I've seen much better gallery interfaces. I wish I could find
>a way
>to order prints.
The real world gallery he uses for sales has four images.