michaelwhelan.com

Description: The website of artist Michael Whelan. Featurees various examples of his work.

Newest Review: ... fantastic landscapes, while another may just be a picture of a single person, standing on the deck of a spaceship. It all comes from his youth spent with his dad, who worked in the aerospace industry – that's what inspired him. I suppose one of the things I like about Michael's work, other than the variety he has in his repertoire, is the im ... more

... mense level of detail in all his work. You can tell he's taken pride in including even the finest details to make his pictures look perfect – right from the largest structure to the smallest pebble on...more

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michaelwhelan.com: Artistic diversity at it's best (1168 words)
by - written on 01/05/01 (Very useful, 50 readings)
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Art is quite a diverse medium. Just like music, it's a perfect way for people to try and express their feelings – the artist enjoys the release and freedom that their art gives them, and other people enjoy the perspective and fascination someone else's art can give them. Now, I'm no art critic, I just enjoy art for its visual qualities – none of this close analysis for me. I'm a big fan of work by the curious M.C. Escher, and John Howe's visualisation of Middle Earth in his Lord Of The Rings works. As well as the Lord Of The Rings works, I enjoy quite a range of fantasy and science fiction art, which people seem to produce with ... Read the complete review

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