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.
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.
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.
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You know how I love my Descent print; but to read your words and see the preliminary concept is absolutely joyful insight. Thank you.