Woman Clothed With the Sun
filed in Book Artwork and Illustrations on Nov.17, 2010
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 of twelve stars on her head.” The picture was one of a series of illustrations that were to appear in a Bible commentary.
While the illustration wasn’t used in the book I did it for, I retained all the rights and it now is often used as a PowerPoint slide for church presentations.
And perhaps one day it will make its way into a book.
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Duncan Long creates book illustrations for books covering a variety of subjects, from religious to fiction genres like mysteries and science fiction. Presses he has produced book illustrations for include HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, ISFiC Press, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See Long’s book illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
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November 17th, 2010 on 8:54 am
I’ll comment here about one with the pilot (hand in pocket, background some future city, craft above). It is a work of genius because it captures a sense of sci-fi yet incorporates a ‘now’ realism that makes you understand the look of the man and sympathise with him. The eternal work-a-day man!
November 17th, 2010 on 8:55 am
And this amazing woman clothed in gold is queen of all things spherical!