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| Common Acquaintance....Not a Biggie Though | |
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pidunk 10:15 am UTC 05/26/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Meeting Michael Whelan - pidunk 09:53 am UTC 05/26/07 |
I found a piece at Whelan's gallery, called Dragon's Bane which seemed familiar, the item is not dated. I looked at the detail...book cover for a novel by Barbara Hambly! I knew her for several years between 1983 and 1986, when she was dating the brother of the guy that I was dating...if you could call it that, between 1982 and 1986. The two brothers shared a house, so Barbara was there and I was there frequently at the same time. But, in all those three years, she failed to come into speaking terms with me, and never explained it. Someone suggested she was a friend of one of my date's ex-girlfriends and continued a misdirected loyalty to her. So, Barbara I knew, and Barbara I didn't know, so it went! The piece that I looked at is at http://michaelwhelan.com/gallerydetail.asp?vsImageId=53&vnMarker=6&vsGalleryid=2# Respecting his reproduction rights, I link to it instead of upload it. > > > Really great stories, but a little harder to believe than > mine lol, but it is felicitious that you found this > convention. I looked it up, The Opus Fantasy Ars > Convention is at the Marriott DTC in Denver from May 25th > to May 27th. Tickets are available at the door for $15 for > the day or $39 for the weekend. Long ago, I used to go to > and run science fiction conventions which included art > shows and auctions. I worked the art show of one > convention in Los Angeles in the late 1980's, and could > not even know what artists I met there unless I knew them > separately from that context. But I used to love the art I > saw there. Fantasy art was my favorite because the > imaginations were so fertile, much moreso than those who > did space art which was the common theme amongst science > fiction artists, rather than fantasy artists. Anyone near > Denver should make a day trip there to look at wonderful > art, even if you don't manage to see Michael, but I have > no doubt you would. Artist Guest of Honor does have its > time challenges, but his "job" is to mingle! Those kinds > of conventions are so much fun to go to. > > As for Jim being a character, yeah, he's one heck of a > character, and I love and adore him :) > > Here is the question I have most: What did Michael care if > he drew an angel or not? > > > > > > > Michael Whelan, the artist who created the Bat II and Very > > Best of Meatloaf covers, is in Denver this weekend for a > > Fantasy Art convention. I took off a few hours of work > > today to go meet with him. I spent about 3 hours talking > > to him about his work. One on one. It was great! I've been > > a fan of his ever since Bat II. > > > > I asked a lot of questions about his work with Jim and > > Meat and here are some of the points he made: > > > | |
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