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Boosted by ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)"):
MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art ("Michael Whelan") wrote:

THE DARK TOWER: THE ARTIST'S DOOR (2004)
Oil on Panel - 28" x 18"

Patrick Danville, the magical artist, draws the door into existence. Note the 2 brushes on the doorknob. The marks of the tire treads on the ground are a callback to Susannah’s trike, depicted in another painting THE DARK TOWER: KA-TET.

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/dark-tower-artists-door/

#fantasy #illustration #stephenking #darktower

In a mournful pose, the last gunslinger sits with head in hands. The earth under him is marked with tire treads. His shadow falls on a freestanding wooden door marked with a plaque reading "The Artist" in stylized script. Two paintbrushes cross to form an X on the doorknob.
Detail from THE ARTIST’S DOOR featuring Roland sitting cross legged with head in hands. His cowboy hat is hand stitched. His head dips, and the long ends of a dark handkerchief tied at his neck fall on the back of his light gray shirt. His gun is holstered at his hip and the brass heads of bullets wind around the back of his waist.

Close detail of the yellow and brown woodgrain of a door. At the top is a sign with cracking paint that reads”The ARTIST.” On the lower left a doorknob marked with the X of two crossing paint brushes sits on a metal plate rusted and peeling.