Book Cover Illustrations

You see strange things in the murky depths when you go fishing late in the day. A wise fisherman knows not to talk about them, except perhaps to those who fish as he does. This is the “One That Got Away,” that mermaid sighted for just a moment, that lady of the lake who becomes […]

Thanksgiving Day here in the US… Not working on holidays is tough for me – I love doing what I do for a living. That said, this has been a great year in terms of having work to do, something many in the US can’t say this year. So I have much to be thankful […]

Sci-Fi Art Now continues to garner great reviews. The most recent is to be found at io9. And out of the several hundred images in the book, they chose two of my illustrations to display at their site – always a feather in the cap of an artist. Sadly, enough though they chose my artwork […]

Those who follow the comments on this blog will recognize Rosanne Dingli’s name. She regularly offers sage advice and commentary, and I’m always interested to learn what she has to say about my work. Recently she created The Versatile Blogger Award for blogs that she says, “Are all fascinating, informative, funny, brilliant, and very enjoyable. […]

This is a sort of spin off from my book cover project for Dale Allan’s novel Me Not Not Into Temptation. Initially I did a sketch of the priest with his back to the viewer and one with his front — the latter being the one chosen for the cover since it was easy to […]

Every once in a while I create an illustration that I think is fantastic – only to discover I may be the only person on the planet that thinks it is great. This is one of those. When Stars Fall Down From the Sky has a story behind it. I imagined a jilted lover in […]

The “Woman Clothed With the Sun” is one of the few book illustrations I’ve been hired to do that didn’t go to print. The idea for the picture comes from Revelation 12:1 “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown […]

Got my artist’s copy of Science Fiction Art Now yesterday and have spent some time with it. It’s one beautiful “coffee table book,” and covers the wide open territory of great science fiction. It’s a joy to have my illustrations included be in it. About the only downside is that with all the fantastic artists […]

“Elfin Dreams In Autumn” is an old painting, but seems suitable for this time of the year. All rights are currently available including book cover illustration and magazine artwork rights. ===================== When not racking leaves with the hope of uncovering an elf, Duncan Long creates magazine and book illustrations for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, […]

Normally I don’t feel too sorry for any woes heaped upon critics, short of seeing them step off the curb to be hit by a bus. However art critic Brian Sherwin has started a series of blogs offering insight on what artists do in an effort to bully, browbeat, or entice critics to give them […]