Pirates! 2010 Calendar

by Don Maitz

Any sea dog worth his weight in dried squid would be well to hang Don Maitz's piratical art on his or her walls. From his thorough research into sword sharpening, to the perils of run depicted Drink and the Devil, to the excitement of pursuit in Making Chase, his art captures the very essence of "Piratitude." Again this year, he gives vivid and detailed life to the "Golden Age of Piracy," showing the perils, frustrations, and pleasures of being a pirate. Haul your wind and get your copy today or the skull and crossbones will soon loom on your horizon!

Calendar

Published January 1, 2009

About the author

Don Maitz has produced imaginative paintings that have been widely published and enthusiastically received for 30 years receiving widespread exposure as the original creator of the Captain Morgan Spiced Rum character.
The National Geographic Society, Bantam DoubleDay Dell, Warner Books, Random House Publishing, Watson Guptill, Penguin USA, Harper Collins Publishers, Sony Online Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Brothers Pictures are some of his clients. He has twice won science fiction's Hugo award with nominations to that award for twenty years. He has received a Howard award, ten Chesley awards from his peers in the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, a Silver Medal of Excellence and Certificates of Merit from New York's Society of Illustrators. His paintings were exhibited at NASA's 25th Anniversary Show, the Park Avenue Atrium, the Hayden Planetarium, Society of Illustrators, New Britain Museum of American Art, Delaware Art Museum, Canton Art Museum, Key West Museum of Art & History, and the Florida International Museum.

Some of Maitz’s pirate art appeared as part of Ripley’s Believe it or Not’s Predators of the Sea Exhibit at the Tennessee Aquarium and at numerous maritime museums nationwide. Don Maitz ia an artist member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA).

Maitz’s work has enhanced: books, magazines, cards, posters, limited edition prints, puzzles, calendars computer games, screen savers and other merchandise. Two art books of his work have been produced, Dreamquests: The Art of Don Maitz and First Maitz. He is featured in the Fantasy Art Masters book and as the cover artist. His work appears in SPECTRUM Annual publications. He has illustrated books by, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, C. J. Cherryh, Raymond E. Feist, Alan Dean Foster, Stephen King, Michael Moorcock, and occasionally, his wife, artist and author, Janny Wurts. Maitz worked as a conceptual artist on the animated feature film, "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius", and as a concept and production artist for "Ant Bully".