Hilary Clarcq

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“Call to Mind,” 11 x 11 inches, oil on panel, 2026.

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Record of time and place. Plein air painting from 2026.04.29. Spring in Colorado: high plains, rolling thunder, showers, a coyote, and one painter.

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Process from a recent painting: “Low Battery, No Milk”, oil on linen, 14x16 inches, 2026

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“Low Battery, No Milk”, oil on linen, 14x16 inches, 2026

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Oil and acrylic in Moleskine #sketchbook, Feb 2026. · Reference photos from @sktchy users [reba t n] and [Tamara Cruz IG @___marisma___ ]

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"Call to Mind," charcoal and graphite on paper, 20cm x 20cm, 2025.

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Original drawings and paintings from my work on Dune: Messiah and Children of Dune for The Folio Society are now available!

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These preliminary drawings from “Dune: Messiah” and “Children of Dune,” along with many more original paintings and drawings, will be posted in my shop soon. Stay tuned!

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Happy to share some wonderful news: my binding illustration for “Children of Dune” by Frank Herbert has earned a Gold Award in the Book category from the Society of Illustrators of LA! Thank you to the jurors, @foliosociety, AD Sheri Gee, and editor Robert Davies! • 18” x 24”, oil on panel, digital revisions. Promo photo by @foliosociety

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"Abomination," 12” x 16” oil and acrylic on panel, for Children of Dune by Frank Herbert from @foliosociety. • “A face formed itself upon her awareness. It was a smiling face of such fatness that it could have been a baby’s except for the glittering eagerness of the eyes. She tried to pull back, but achieved only a longer view which included the body attached to that face.”

One thing I love about science fiction is its ability to reflect our own reality and give us a different perspective on it. I can’t say I’ve experienced the full-on cacophony of genetic memory as Alia does. But metaphorical voices fighting for dominance of my psyche? I think we all know that feeling to some degree. A thought from Ghanima about Alia’s condition: “Alia denied what she was and became that which she most feared. The past-within cannot be relegated to the unconscious.”

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Frontispiece for “Children of Dune” by Frank Herbert from @foliosociety

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Exciting news that the @foliosociety edition of Children of Dune by Frank Herbert is now available!

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The ghola, Hayt: A being reconstructed from the dead flesh of the original man whose appearance “positively melts the female psyche,” a Tleilaxu thing who is both man and mask, bearer of gleaming metal eyes, a Mentat, a Zensunni philosopher, a swordmaster — a complex character, indeed. Truth be told, I did swoon a few times while painting this, though thankfully my psyche remains intact. • Created for the illustrated edition of Dune: Messiah from The Folio Society

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Thrilled to share that Dune: Messiah by Frank Herbert is now available as part of The Christmas Collection from The Folio Society! It was a dream creating 8 interiors, 10 chapter headings, cover, and slipcase for this illustrated edition. • I feel incredibly fortunate to have created work for a book I love so much, and I hope the images contribute something extra for readers. A huge thank you to The Folio Society and AD Sheri Gee for trusting me with this project and for taking such care in the production details. The end product is a stunning collector’s item that I’m very proud to be a part of. I can’t wait to share more of the work with you. • On creating the cover (without spoilers): The cover depicts Alia dressed in ceremonial garb as the head of the empire’s religious wing. Her rites and rituals strengthen the symbolism around Muad’Dib: a lowly desert creature transformed into an infinite godhead.

We wanted to keep continuity with FS’s edition of the first book, illustrated by Sam Weber (incidentally one of my favorite illustrators). So, Alia’s veil is a link back to Sam’s final illustration in Dune, which depicts Alia as small child. For me, the veil is a nod to the danger of prescience to lock the practitioner onto a fixed path, paradoxically limiting their view. Increasingly in Dune: Messiah, Alia represents religious dogma and the danger of having “blind faith” in a supreme figure or philosophy, so obscuring her eyesight seemed appropriate. And we also get this fitting line early in DM: “Such a rich store of myths enfolds Paul Muad’Dib…and his sister, Alia, it is difficult to see the real persons behind these veils.”

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Joy March, oil on panel, 30” x 36”

I was thinking about what I add to the world as a creator, as well as what I put out as a byproduct of consumption. In their own ways, each type of output can lead to our undoing as well as our re-making.

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Close Instant, 11"x14", oil on panel. I repainted parts of this piece, had it framed, and it’s now up in my shop. I’ll also have it with me at Illuxcon - See you there!

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I started collecting plants during the pandemic as a way to bring the outside in. It might sound boring to some, but I love observing the unique way each plant pushes forward into the world and flourishes through tiny, yet persistent changes. Propagation is an especially fascinating process: By pruning a plant, you not only encourage fresh growth in the older plant, but you can also create entirely new plants from the cuttings. Indoor plants are a reminder of how amazing our planet is, and observing them gives me hope for symbiosis and perseverance. Available today on Every Day Original. Propagation, 5”x7”, oil on panel, framed, $375