Realized I had not shared this awesome commission executed and released last year for the special edition of Adrian Tchaikovsky's acclaimed 'Children of Time' from Orbit Books! I had kept the news under wraps as Orbit did their PR thing, and then it slipped past me in the waves of other art commissions I've undertaken since.
The book is an excellent read, taking a novel run with evolutionary genetics and a bit of cryo-time dilations to skip-jump years for the narrative. Highly recommend this book.
The art was a great challenge - melding a close up foreground scene of intelligent spiders (how DO you show that?), working in the organics of the world landscape, zooming off to low orbit for a starship, and lastly off into intergalactic space. All within one visually organized 'landscape'. Damn! Not sure how it all came together, but some how it worked!!
Thank you art director Lauren Panepinto for the chance to play within Adrian's worlds!
Children of Time
24" x 36" Oil on Panel 2025
