John Davis & Kim Saxon Collection :: Richard Powers

The Shadow of Alpha

Artist: Richard Powers ()

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The Shadow of Alpha -- Berkley book

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Title:	The Shadow of Alpha
Artist:	Richard Powers ()
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	0
Views:	1,821
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	11/14/2014
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Description

Cover for the Berkley book by Charles L. Grant (1976)
Also used for the cover of The Art of Richard Powers by Jane Frank (2001)
And yes, the colors really are that saturated!

Acrylic
19.5x12

Note: As you can see, the art was horribly cropped for some reason on the Berkley book!

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	John Davis Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	January 2014
Last Login:	August 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 7/17/2015

Amazing work similar to paintings by Yves Tanguey

John Davis
Member Since 2014

Posted on 7/18/2015

George Hagenauer wrote:

Amazing work similar to paintings by Yves Tanguey

Indeed! Powers hailed Tanguy as one of the best surrealist painters and cited him as an influence. I love the way Powers applied surrealist strategies to SF illustration and made them his own.

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