Sebell

This is one of the paintings I did for the book The People of Pern, published by Donning in 1988. Anne McCaffrey wrote character descriptions of everyone who had appeared in her books about the world of Pern, and I painted pictures and drew drawings to go with them, based on Anne's descriptions. The original is an oil painting on masonite.

Sebell is a young harper who is being groomed for the position of Master Harper. He has a much more conventional background than Menolly, but is still a pretty interesting character. Eventually he marries Menolly, so I made the two pictures so they would go together.

Annie had me use a man named John Kingslight as the face for Sebell, and I posed about six of my friends for different parts of the body. It was really dangerous to come to my house at that point; if you walked in the door, I made you stand still in some uncomfortable position or another. All you guys who posed, you know who you are. Thanks again!

• The 11x14 print of Sebell has sold out. I'm sorry. But the larger print is still available.

• We are offering a large print edition of Sebell. It is a photoprint, with an image area of roughly 18x24 inches (which makes it a touch larger than the original!) I am making them in a strictly limited edition of 25, also signed and numbered. They come bagged on a piece of foam-core as well, and are shipped flat, in a box. $150 + shipping and handling.
• This print will not be available online after December 31, 2004