Fine Art Presentations

 An e.Gallery for Artists
Whelan, Michael [American, 1950- ] 

Home

Index

Search

Contact

About

Artists

Nationality

Collections

Movements

Centuries

 Navigate: Home → Site index  → American  → Whelan Michael  [Link Partners]  [Help]    Help support the e.Gallery!   

Whelan, Michael [American, 1950- ]


[ 20th Century Artists ]
portrait

Michael Whelan was born on June 29, 1950, in Culver City, California. Whelan received a B.A. in Painting as a President's Scholar from San Jose State University. He identifies M.D. Stewart and Raymond Brose as his “primary mentors and influences” during his training. He also attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles for a short period of time.

For the past two decades, Whelan has been known primarily as one of the world's top illustrators of speculative fiction, having completed more than 350 cover illustrations for major science fiction works. In this field his hundreds of outstanding paintings have been the subject of four books, and have won him an unprecedented fifteen Hugo awards. A self-described Imaginative Realist, he has earned an enormous, loyal fan base for his dreamlike paintings which combine brilliant classical technique with wholly original, often spiritually symbolic, subject matter.

He has turned his attention entirely to his gallery art, in a visual exploration of our own interior space as human beings. His figurative work is painted from life, working with his models from initial monochromatic studies to the final finished oils or acrylics. Whelan's work has been featured in museum, university, and gallery exhibitions in this country, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He paints and resides in Connecticut.

[*] RS Archive pages at Powell's Books

  Whelan, Michael [American, 1950- ]

bLog Link

More info from ArtCyclopedia 



No Galleries
Previous Level Top Level

(6 Images, Page 1 of 1)
Size: 130 KB [thumbnail of bright.jpg]
Dims: 544 x 509
Type: JPG
File: bright.jpg
Title: Brightness Reef
Size: 111 KB [thumbnail of jewel.jpg]
Dims: 434 x 651
Type: JPG
File: jewel.jpg
Title: The Dreaming Tree
  
Size: 272 KB [thumbnail of green.jpg]
Dims: 1200 x 897
Type: JPG
File: green.jpg
Title: To Green Angel Tower
Size: 643 KB [thumbnail of eagles.jpg]
Dims: 1291 x 1210
Type: JPG
File: eagles.jpg
Title: The Eagles are Coming
Size: 82 KB [thumbnail of humility.jpg]
Dims: 576 x 386
Type: JPG
File: humility.jpg
Title: Humility
Size: 49 KB [thumbnail of goldkey.jpg]
Dims: 512 x 501
Type: JPG
File: goldkey.jpg
Title: The Golden Key
(6 Images, Page 1 of 1)

Powell's Books Ad
Image noimage120.gifAt the Gates of Spiritual ScienceImage 9783727401107.jpgAus Der Akasha-ChronikImage 9783856360603.jpgEin Weg Zur Erweiterung Des TonerlebensImage 9783772524035.jpgÜber Die Menschliche Seele

Some Fine Print: All images, pictures, etc. contained here are gleaned from Usenet, or some other public access archive. We believe all entries to be in the public domain and, therefore, are without restriction for personal use. Should you want to use any image on this site for commercial purposes, you will need to consult with a competent attorney to determine your rights. If you see errors or omissions (e.g., missing artists, artist not cross-referenced by century or ethnicity), or if you own the copyright to an image displayed here, please contact us.


 Fine Art Presentations v1.6a
 Copyright 1990-2024 The e.Lib, Inc.