Dec 17, 2025 · Michael Whelan is one of the world’s premier painters of imaginative realism. For more than 40 years he has created book and album covers for authors and musicians like Isaac Asimov, …

Stylistically my art is best described as “Imaginative Realism”. Most closely allied to the scope and feeling of what is referred to as contemporary “Visionary Art”, my gallery art is intentionally imbued …

For over twenty years we have sold original Michael Whelan art through our website. We typically add new artwork at least 3-4 times throughout the year (particularly during the holidays) and always …

If we have additional art releases, we’ll be announcing those in our Sunday newsletter. We’re moving from our Leftover & Palette Gremlin release schedule (normally first and third Wednesday) into our …

As the decade progressed Michael Whelan concentrated on his fine art paintings and sold several large works, but he didn’t forget the SF world. In August, 2007 he was the American Artist Guest of Honor …

Jan 1, 2010 · Michael Whelan’s cover art for ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey is a wonderful dragon image for both the story and the dragon fan who hasn’t read the book.

Whether they have been printed on huge mechanical presses or on our own Epson printer, whether they have been published by other companies or Michael has actually printed them himself, every effort…

Readers of Locus Magazine voted him Best Artist a staggering 21 years in a row. In 2009, his induction in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame was the first for a living artist.

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Fully illustrated by Michael Whelan, the seventh and last book in the Dark Tower series brings to an end the saga of Roland the Gunslinger. Roland finally reaches the tower and Michael places him there for …