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"Orn II"
(From the book "Solar Wind Volume 2")By :
Deborah Susan Jones :
Editor & Contributing writerA parallel piece in a
set of unique paperback covers for an equally unique
trilogy by Science Fiction author Piers Anthony. Completed by the
artist on 5th
September 1976 it is part of a set of covers he created
for the series
and the second book in the series which, as sometimes
was the case, the
artist was so captivated by the storyline he created two
versions of
the art to explore varying possibilities.
The artist says >"The
entire trilogy is encrusted with amazing visuals, it was
astonishingly
easy to get a buzz from it all and I felt so energised
by it that
painting it once was not enough to get it out of my
system."Initially
I saw it as a blue-tinged scene to create a feeling of
entering a world
that was like, but then again not quite, the Earth. At
the time time, I envisaged it to be hotter in colour,
responding to the
idea that Earth, when dinosaurs roamed it, would be
steamier, influence
by masses on vegetation, even though I also saw it as a
beach scene
because I also saw it as "life emerging from the oceans"
as in
prehistoric times."Probably,
one of the things I have always enjoyed about
illustrating science
fiction is the almost limitless ways one can respond,
artistically."Deborah Susan Jones
