Escape perhaps a book cover illustration by Duncan Long

Another “for entertainment only” illustration.

Why is the pirate sitting on a pile of electronic parts with roots growing from the mechanisms?

Why is he drinking wine (and ignoring that treasure chest in the shadows at the lower right)? And why has the rock opened overhead and a buzzard appeared, floating in the sky?

Answer: Because that’s how they were in my mind. Sometimes that’s just the only reason for painting what I paint. Just because.

I have named this painting “Escape.” Read into that name what you will.

For all those art critics out there, I know that this hole with the sunlight streaming in over a huge cavern isn’t overly original (though hopefully the colors and pirate make it unique). However it proved a good exercise in painting in streams of light, dark/shadow contrast, and so forth.

Now go and make up your own story to explain the painting.
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When he’s not creating artwork because it is there, Duncan Long is a freelance book cover artist and book and magazine illustrator. You can see more of his book cover illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
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