Nightmares is a painting by Dan Henk which was uploaded on July 27th, 2013.
Nightmares
Oil on canvas, 11 by 17. This was the cover for the reissue of The Black Seas of Infinity. I had painted this in anticipation of my first release,... more
by Dan Henk
Title
Nightmares
Artist
Dan Henk
Medium
Painting - Oil
Description
Oil on canvas, 11" by 17". This was the cover for the reissue of "The Black Seas of Infinity". I had painted this in anticipation of my first release, but being new to the book world, I took the advice of my first publisher who decried it as "too violent and horror specific" to appeal to a mass audience. He insisted I use a more sci-fi painting. I explained there was very little sci-fi in the book, but he insisted that horror fans would buy the work based off my name, while the milder cover image would attract a larger fanbase.
When I had this re-issued 2 years later, with the cover I had originally planned, it sold over twice as many copies.
The work was also featured in the 2012 Horror Calendar, and again I used my late wife Monica as the reference.
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Uploaded
July 27th, 2013
Comments (14)
Kandy Hurley
Thank you for sharing the description in Best Works of what must have been and remains to be a very painful journey.v
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