John Davis & Kim Saxon Collection :: Jim Burns

On Faraway

Artist: Jim Burns (Painter)

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Artwork Details

Title:	On Faraway
Artist:	Jim Burns (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,005
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	11/12/2015
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Wonderful commission piece from Jim Burns! This piece is also featured in Jim's 2016 calendar.

48 x 26.5
Oil

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Joined:	January 2014
Last Login:	August 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Scott Tee
Member Since 2020

Posted on 8/20/2023

That's wonderfully evocative! I wonder if Jim had a backstory in mind for this? It inspired me to write a little micro-story.

John Davis
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 8/21/2023

Scott Tee wrote:

That's wonderfully evocative! I wonder if Jim had a backstory in mind for this?� It inspired me to write a little micro-story.

Jim's vision is that of a woman astronaut explorer encountering yet another dead world (an ancient civilization long gone). She wonders if there is ANY life out there...

Scott Tee
Member Since 2020

Posted on 8/21/2023

John Davis wrote:

Jim's vision is that of a woman astronaut explorer encountering yet another dead world (an ancient civilization long gone). �She wonders if there is ANY life out there...

Jim's long been a personal fav SF cover artist, so it's not surprise he conveyed his intent so well! Here's what I did (delete it if it's inappropriate): "Scout Log: a Signal finally cried out from the void's silence. Its distance made a lie of moments with the 1st test of our new Jump Drill fold-space drive. But the centuries it took to reach us were longer than that damn Drake Equation variable of 'L'! Their grand sky-city decaying, an archive survived to tell a dark irony: a pervasive fungus felled these willowy plant sentients. I'm alone in a crowd of transformed remains. Now ... am I also infected?"

John Davis
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 8/22/2023

Scott Tee wrote:

Jim's long been a personal fav SF cover artist, so it's not surprise he conveyed his intent so well! Here's what I did (delete it if� it's inappropriate):��"Scout Log: a�Signal�finally cried out from the void's silence. Its distance made a lie of moments with the 1st test of our new�Jump Drill�fold-space drive. But the�centuries�it took to reach us were longer than that damn�Drake Equation�variable of 'L'! Their grand sky-city decaying, an archive survived to tell a dark irony: a pervasive fungus felled these willowy plant sentients. I'm alone in a crowd of transformed remains. Now ... am I also�infected?"

Aha! I think Jim would approve of your response -- nicely done!

And yes you picked up on the glowing mutated (fungi?) that is claiming this world and even replicating it (the polyp bulbs match the old metal structure). Like an echo...

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