THE GATE OF ELURIA

Illustration for The Little Sisters of Eluria by Stephen King

Mar 22, 2025

Roland as seen mounted on a horse through an open gate with ornate ironwork above that features a stylized cross surrounded by flourishes. The low wall and curve over the gate suggests the style of a Spanish mission. The texture of the wall is smooth as if plastered over but shows mortar lines in the longer section to the left. Untended, plants are growing up the wall suggesting a desolate location. On the right, a mess of bloody handprints hint that there might be more horrors waiting inside the gate. The painting is limited to earthy tones with the immediate foreground incompletely rendered scrub grass with white showing through at the immediate edge. The sky is unfinished with the silhouette of birds (raven or crow) soaring as if scouting for carrion. — THE GATE OF ELURIA (2014), Acrylic

This was originally created for a title page in The Little Sisters of Eluria. I left the area under the gate blank for the title lettering, and later it seemed the perfect entry point for Roland.

When he arrives, the town folk of Eluria are nowhere to be found. Instead Roland is greeted by a gang of Slow Mutants, who are less than welcoming.

THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE, Interior Illustration from LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA by Stephen King, Mixed Media - 10 1/4" x 8 ¾". Rendered in black and white, a mob of Slow Mutants lurches toward the viewer with makeshift clubs in hand. The lead mutant wears a bowler hat and wields a table leg. Others behind him vary in stature and states of decay. — THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE (2014), Mixed Media - 10 ¼" x 8 ¾"

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THE GATE OF ELURIA

Illustration for The Little Sisters of Eluria by Stephen King

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