2025年1月26日 · 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, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Brandon Sanderson, the Jacksons and MeatLoaf.

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We’ll be adding a new original to the shop each week…next up a figure study for WIND AND TRUTH on April 9 at 11am ET. Michael is continuing work on the 2025 Leftovers & Palette Gremlins gallery project, and new small paintings in that series will be added to the shop on Wednesdays with each gallery reveal.

Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) [1] is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. [2] Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his ...

Michael Whelan is one of the world’s premier painters of imaginative realism. For nearly 50 years, he has created iconic book and album covers for authors and musicians like Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Brandon Sanderson, the Jacksons and MeatLoaf.

Fine artist of Imaginative Realism. Illustrator of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Winner of 15 Hugo Awards. Inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2009. Click to read The Art of Michael Whelan, a Substack publication.

Over the past year, I’ve been updating our website galleries to indicate which paintings are still in Michael’s possession. Look for the “original available” link on the painting detail pages in our galleries.

Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art.Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his website.

Michael Whelan is an internationally collected artist, known for his science fiction and fantasy subjects. We offer a large selection of his lithographs.

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