Cover for Minerva Wakes -- Painting by Clyde Caldwell
This
is the painting that made me ask Jim Baen if Clyde Caldwell could
do all my cover art. You're missing a lot of the tree here, and
it's covered by foil, which is a shame, because it's a gorgeous
tree. (The cover says HOLLY LISLE -- "Three rules govern
life: Never give up on your dreams, always stand up for what's right,
and NEVER mess with the mommy." Minerva Wakes
Foil doesn't scan well at all.)
Here's a painting where Clyde knocked himself out to get the details
right, but the publisher wanted something a bit more marketable.
Minerva in the book isn't as pretty as she is with this third face
that Clyde gave her -- he was a little frustrated when I talked
to him because he was delighted to paint a cover where the woman
looked like an average mom, and not the usual cover babe. Even with
the new face, though, I love this cover. The glasses are right,
and so is the mood. Talleos is flawless right down to the number
of fingers. The tree is stunning. I knew when I met Clyde and he
told me that he was finishing the third face for Minerva because
he'd read the book and had painted her as she was the first time
that he was my kind of artist. And I was right.
Cover art for Hunting the _Corrigan's Blood_
-- Painting by Stephen Hickman >>
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