Harlequin Book Cover Original Art Painting Gulf of Fire Artist Michael Herring 1989 OH

HARLEQUIN ADVENTURE / THRILLER / SPY NOVEL
Hand-Painted, Book Cover Original Art

for the 1989 "Phoenix Force #47: Gulf of Fire" by Jim Wilson and Gar Wilson

Painted by Michael Herring 

Comes with a Charles Scott Gallery Certificate of Authenticity

Michael Herring (born Michael George Herring in North Carolina, USA, 1947) is a prolific and accomplished illustrator/painter. This is a wonderful cover-painting for a Harlequin thriller series!

Materials: Oil on board
Size: 30" x 24"
Book: Phoenix Force #47: Gulf of Fire
Artist: Michael Herring
Year: 1989

CONDITION: Very good condition. Note the slight gaps near the border in the paint - he painted over the tape on the edges and it is slightly offset now. Doesn't affect image much.

Michael Herring (born Michael George Herring in North Carolina, USA, 1947) is an illustrator living in Australia, responsible for cover art of numerous fiction books from 1975 to 2009 including the 1988 cover of J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales. Herring is known for his Tolkien work, as he made made illustrations of Barrow-wights, Isengard, and Saruman's wolves that were featured in The 1980 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar and the calendar following. Then, after Barbara Remington's work for Ballantine Books, Herring made cover illustrations for publications of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1983), The Return of the King (1983), The Two Towers (1983), and The Fellowship of the Ring (1983). He also made art for a Ballantine edition of Unfinished Tales, eight years after Christopher Tolkien had finished and released it.