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TABLETOP RAMBLER
2016 Leftovers & Palette Gremlins #15
11 hrs ago • Michael Whelan
INVADER
Cover illustration for C.J. Cherryh
Jan 23 • Michael Whelan
DREAMSEEKER
DREAMSEEKER (2016), Acrylic - 24” x 18”
Jan 22 • Michael Whelan
MYM
Cover illustration for Wielding a Red Sword by Piers Anthony
Jan 21 • Michael Whelan
ASYLUM
Another double entendre title—for "asylum" can infer both confinement and security.
Jan 20 • Michael Whelan
THE DARK TOWER
Cover illustration for Stephen King
Jan 19 • Michael Whelan
RETURN OF THE KING OF THE DEAD
Revisiting a classic Elric cover...and villain!
Jan 18 • Michael Whelan and Michael Everett
TRUST
2016 Leftovers & Palette Gremlins #28
Jan 17 • Michael Whelan
THUVIA, MAID OF MARS
Cover illustration for Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jan 16 • Michael Whelan
ENLIGHTENMENT
In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems.
Jan 15 • Michael Whelan
EMPIRE'S HORIZON
Cover illustration for John Brizzolara
Jan 14 • Michael Whelan
TOTEM I: CHATHAM
I’ve been turning to mementos scavenged during visits to Cape Cod beaches in summers past as subjects for still life painting.
Jan 13 • Michael Whelan
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