Wish List: Jim Murray

Jim Murray

Can’t we commission cover paintings and then have the books written around them?

I saw this top image on Spectrum and just loved it. His site is full of amazing work. Great action, truly exotic creature designs, and of course that amazing color. It looks like the surfaces would be amazing in person.

I will, however, take this opportunity to point out one my my biggest pet peeves: Watermarks make art look schmutzy. You don’t want your art to look schumtzy. Value is one of the most important things about a painting and, by definition, a watermark screws up the values.