Book Cover Illustrations

This is a very old illustration I did years back – which recently caught the eye of a fan (and so the posting on the off chance that others might enjoy it). It’s titled “Works Without Faith” — a sort of twist of the Bible quote about “faith without works.” I figured that idea was a sort of two way street, I guess, and either way things were dead.

It is interesting that the skeleton has become symbolic of death, given that each of us carries one without our body. Perhaps a sort of ticking time bomb that we try to forget much as we do our metronome heart that relentlessly propels us closer to the grave, one thump at a time.

Artwork dies as well. Very few of my early works have stood the test of time. At their birth they seemed lovely; I had the blind eye that a parent turns toward an ugly child; proverbial babies that only a father could love. But over time I have discarded much of my early work with only a few of the best (which I hope this is) remaining on display. The lesser are buried with little or no mourning, best forgotten.

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When not twisting passages of scripture to fit his bizzare notions, When not twisting passages of scripture to fit his bizarre notions, Duncan Long is a professional magazine and book illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, ISFiC Press, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See his book illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
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