Jun 10
John Berkey, 1990.
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John Berkey, 1990.
Never been a better time to sign up for my art blog newsletter! Here's a sneak peek at tomorrow's theme, on space trash. I've been slowly collecting examples for years.
Art here is by Dean Ellis, John Berkey, and Robert Tinney.
John Berkey "National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe" by Roy A. Gallant cover art (1986) Source
Best image I could find showing front and back covers
John Berkey (American, 1932-2008) NYPD 2025 (1985) Hal Stryker
Art by John Berkey for Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 (1972). It was also amongst a number of artworks purchased by George Lucas to use as the visual background to try to get movie studios interested in funding Star Wars.
From kitbashed.com: “George Lucas himself personally called Berkey at his home studio and commissioned him to do several paintings to be used as the visual background to try to get a movie studio interested in funding Star Wars.
To serve as visual reference material, Lucas purchased several pieces of space artwork from artist John Berkey, then began drafting his fantasy in earnest. One of Berkey’s illustrations - a rocket-plane diving down from space towards a gigantic metal world - seems to have especially caught and held the director’s eye.“
"Welcome to Omni Reboot" by John Berkey: A vision of tomorrow's metropolis.
Run to the Stars by John Berkey (1984) from his anthology Painted Space
Orca - Movie poster art by John Berkey (1977)
