The late great American artist John Schoenherr produced many well-known sci-fi covers and illustrations.
But he was also a master of wildlife painting too.
His wild bears are startling, capturing their majesty and power perfectly whilst walking through lonely desolate landscapes in search of food and shelter.
John Schoenherr's bears are just part of his vast menagerie of fabulous wildlife works.
Very poignantly, he was working on a new 'old' bear painting shortly before he passed away in 2010. You can read about this sad finale on his son Ian's blog dedicated to his Dad:
Many years ago Ian kindly gave permission for me to publish two of his Dad's unseen sketch paintings for a Moon Crawler.
Ian covered it himself in 2011 on his blog at the time.
and here they are again in all their glory:
Image copyright: John and Ian Schoenherr. Published with permission.
John Schoenherr was a giant in his field, not just for the amazing moon crawler paintings and beautiful wildlife, but his artwork first brought Herbert's Dune to life for me. The majestic paintings of Shai Hulud rising from the sand and the Fremen emerging from the rocky caves are some of the finest pieces of sci fi art ever. His Illustrated Dune is well worth seeking out, as the monochrome drawings illustrating the text are fabulous. Bill
ReplyDeleteYep, those Dune paintings are inspired.
DeleteThe moon crawler art is excellent, and no denying the wildlife art is as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
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