Carson of Venus by Richard Hescox

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Title:	Carson of Venus by Richard Hescox
Artist:	Richard Hescox (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,152
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	12/16/2008
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I had the opportunity to meet Richard at a Burroughs convention where he was the guest of honor. He had two of the paintings he did for the series book covers as well as 7 or 8 of these preliminary paintings with him and they were all for sale. I picked this one because I thought it was so Krenkel-ish and it hearkened to St. John's painting for the original pulp cover for "Slaves of the Fishmen". My only regret is that I could not buy more, they were all beautiful pieces, it hardly seems fair to call them "roughs".

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	Matt Huesman
Joined:	June 2005
Last Login:	August 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Keith Vaughn
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/28/2008

It's beautiful work. It was a shame in the books that they didn't use the full cover for the painting instead of a square with the text outside. Hescox is good--very damn good. His Classic series paintings are wonders to behold. I hope he gets another shot at Burroughs books. Keith

Ken Z
Member Since 2006

Posted on 3/20/2011

Great painting and yes, it does seem unfair to call this a rough as it's more finished then some of the other finished paintings that you see surface. Very nice and congrats.

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