Rick Wayne's Blog, page 53
March 10, 2019
(Art) The Peaceful Hour
Some peaceful art for those of us starting an hour early today.
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“Chinle Wash” by Ed Mell (American, b.1942)
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Pierre de Clausade (French, 1910-1976)
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Manuel Garcia y Rodriguez (1863-1925)
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Hiroshi Yoshida
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“Buttercup Ridge” by Phil Greenwood (Wales, b 1943)
March 9, 2019
How every person on the internet sees themselves. “Battl...
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How every person on the internet sees themselves. “Battle against the Arch Troll” by Symbaroum.
March 8, 2019
(Art) The Bestial Ruminations of Kevin Sloan
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Artist Kevin Sloan contemplates the often strange and precarious intersection of man and nature in his series of animals portraits, whose subjects are often trapped or confused by fantastic predicaments.
March 7, 2019
March 6, 2019
words by Bukowski
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words by Bukowski
March 4, 2019
(Art) The Eternal Wonderment of Jack Gaughan
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John Brian Francis “Jack” Gaughan (September 24, 1930 – July 21, 1985) was an American science fiction artist and illustrator who won the Hugo Award several times. Working primarily with Donald A. Wollheim at Ace Books, and DAW Books from 1971, his simple linear style brought to life images of such works as Andre Norton’s Witch World novels and E. E. Smith’s Lensmen and Skylark novels (for which he did two related sets of Pyramid Books covers). His broad visual vocabulary enabled him to render the objects, spaceships and scenes in whatever was presented to him as they were described in the books and stories he illustrated. That was especially an accomplishment as many of these authors drew on their knowledge of esoteric subjects for their imagery. This ability made him very popular among people with an engineering background.
During most of Ejler Jakobsson’s tenure as editor of Galaxy Science Fiction from 1969 to 1974, Gaughan did all the illustration and much of the design that went on in the magazine. In addition, many of the books he did for Ace featured hand-lettered titled pages, frontispieces, or maps with Gaughan’s distinctive calligraphy. One example is its 1966 edition of Alan Garner’s The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. (Ace replaced the Gaughan cover illustration in its second printing, 1978.) L. Sprague de Camp’s 1967 anthology, The Fantastic Swordsmen, included a Gaughan map before each of the eight collected stories. His maps also grace the Ace first editions of some Witch World novels – including the 1963 first edition of the first one – and Mark S. Geston’s Lords of the Starship (title page and map).
Gaughan illustrated the covers and hand-lettered title pages for the unauthorized first paperback edition of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which Ace released in 1965.
Beside his professional work, he was a frequent contributor to SF fan magazines. In his heyday he was often nominated for Hugo Awards for both professional artist and best fan artist simultaneously. Locus ran a column by him for a while.
In his memory, the New England Science Fiction Association presents the annual Jack Gaughan Award for best emerging science fiction illustrator.
Gaughan was posthumously inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2015. [Wikipedia]
March 2, 2019
(Art) The Epic Dementia of Chrigel Farner
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With a style somewhere between a 1930s Fleischer cartoon and the works of Salvador Dali, Chrigel Farner paints the epic landscapes of your dreams, complete with impossible geography and an army of smiling, demented characters.
February 28, 2019
Time Traveler II by Peter Gric
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Time Traveler II by Peter Gric
incredible work by Lauren Brevner
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incredible work by Lauren Brevner
