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The Shadow of Sorcery

Artist: Dorian Vallejo (Painter)

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Title:	The Shadow of Sorcery
Artist:	Dorian Vallejo (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	420
Likes on CAF:	10 11
Comments:	13
Added to Site:	2/4/2022
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Description

A single Dorian Vallejo wasn't enough for me, so I decided to pick up a second! Dorian painted this fantastic piece as the cover art for Andrew J. Offutt's "The Shadow of Sorcery", published by Ace in 1993. Dorian mentioned to me that the cat depicted in the painting was actually modeled on Rowena Morrill's cat. Dorian's mother was friends with Rowena and so he used her cat as the reference. Very cool!

Oil on illustration board
15.5� x 26.5�

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John Davis
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 2/4/2022

Cool piece!

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

Posted on 2/4/2022

John Davis wrote:

Cool piece!

Thanks John!

Gregg and Amanda Spatz
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 2/4/2022

A great one!

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

Posted on 2/4/2022

Gregg and Amanda Spatz wrote:

A great one!

Thanks! He' did so many great ones!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 2/4/2022

This painting has a really nice depth to it as it fits so many elements to a normally tight space. You don't think about it too much because of how well it is pulled off to communicate what it needs to in order to bring this great excitement from the powerful glowing skull!

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

2 - Posted on 2/4/2022

Marcus Wai wrote:

This painting has a really nice depth to it as it fits so many elements to a normally tight space.� You don't think about it too much because of how well it is pulled off to communicate what it needs to in order to bring this great excitement from the powerful glowing skull!�

Marcus, I think the composition is what really drew me to this one. It's so well thought out and balances. A real gem.

Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art)
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 2/5/2022

Very, very cool piece!love Hanse-

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 2/5/2022

Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art) wrote:

Very, very cool piece!love Hanse-�

Thanks Kirk! I'm reading the book now...my first Hanse book. Seems like a great guy! :-)

David Bixler
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 2/5/2022

Wow! So much to love about this piece. The mirror reflection that isn't an actual reflection other than in the world of sorcery. The color palette is tremendous. The contrast is evocative. I am not familiar with the source material, and way off the Batman reservation that I exclusively collect, but happy that CAF gives me the opportunity to enjoy such a gorgeous piece.

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

Posted on 2/5/2022

David Bixler wrote:

Thanks for all of the great worlds, David! It really is an amazing piece. And to think Dorian was only around 24 when he painted this. He was only an illustrator for about 10 years, but he really did some amazing work in that time.

Steve Daniels
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 8/2/2022

Incredible!

Love Artworks
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 3/22/2024

Very nice piece !
Dorian's work is so great.

Ryan M
Member Since 2015

Posted on 3/22/2024

Love Artworks wrote:

Very nice piece !
Dorian's work is so great.

Thanks! And I couldn't agree more. Love Dorian's work!

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