CHANUR'S HOMECOMING (1986) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 18" This is one of my all-time favorite cover paintings. 1/3 - ThreadSky

michaelwhelan.bsky.social • 58 days ago

CHANUR'S HOMECOMING (1986)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 18"

This is one of my all-time favorite cover paintings. 1/3

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trevlightkeeper.bsky.social•8 days ago

This particular cover is what got me interested in the series in the first place, and I have re-read it many times since then.

dryazman.bsky.social•57 days ago

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social could play that guy at the top of the stairs on the far right!

jcbadger.bsky.social•57 days ago

I was thinking it was Obi Wan.

dryazman.bsky.social•57 days ago

Haha, that's a very good call! Someone let Ewan McGregor know!

emptytaco10.bsky.social•56 days ago

Absolutely the best combo of great book and cover. Really wish prints were available!!

stateofgrays.bsky.social•56 days ago

We did offer prints at one point but sold out decades ago.

valerieelysee.bsky.social•58 days ago

This rules!

82-eridani.bsky.social•58 days ago

I'm rereading the series now! Cj Cherryh is a thinking person's writer.

freedabees.bsky.social•57 days ago

I have had this book a long time.

rantingnerd.bsky.social•58 days ago

I never understood why you didn't get the cover art contract for #2 ("The Kif Strike Back", original title "Chanur's Revenge"). It's not a bad cover, just jarring in sequence.

cdc1345711.bsky.social•58 days ago

This looks Awesome

acroamatica.bsky.social•57 days ago

this is magnificent and i have cherished my copy of this book with this cover for so long. thank you for making it beautiful on the outside too.

kilosbroadcast.bsky.social•57 days ago

Banger indeed

mutt3030.bsky.social•58 days ago

A great book with a great cover <3

princejvstin.com•58 days ago

I love how you have Tully looking at the viewer.

gallymaxwell.bsky.social•57 days ago

Always a nice touch. Las Meninas by Velazquez is the ultimate expression.

madamehardy.bsky.social•58 days ago

Same. "ohfuckgetmeoutofhere"

nicole1516.bsky.social•58 days ago

andersdenkend.com•57 days ago

That does look pretty awesome! Immediately reminds me of Wing Commander and its feline antagonists.

banditloaf.wcnews.com•57 days ago

Not a coincidence! C. J. Cherryh was part of the same circle as the folks that developed the Kilrathi fit WC2–Ellen Guon, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon and so on.

hawaiianimages.bsky.social•58 days ago

Mine too. First CJ Cherryh book I read, and the cover is what caught me. :)

trooper1881.bsky.social•57 days ago

i have this cover art on my shelf right now

ebonyleopard.bsky.social•57 days ago

Wait, you did this? I remember buying this book at a teenager SOLOLY because of these covers. Man how this art sparked something in my creatively for real for real.

lotftoothpick.bsky.social•57 days ago

I just finished this for the second time today woof!! So good to see this full art

mccabeagent.bsky.social•58 days ago

That series was my introduction to #CJCherryh & I have been obsessed with her writing ever since.

ligernull.bsky.social•58 days ago

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Chanur books❤️❤️❤️❤️😺

hooklings.bsky.social•57 days ago

I’ve never heard of this series but this cover convinced me I should!

altcybersecurity.bsky.social•46 days ago

The guy looking back directly at the viewer was a jolt to see.

michaelwhelan.bsky.social•58 days ago

I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the experience of bringing to life the characters and themes of the beloved Chanur series by C.J. Cherryh. 2/3

chomiji.bsky.social•58 days ago

One of my favorite covers, and it's for one of my favorite books!

y-eliot.bsky.social•58 days ago

I love all the tiny details!

wiredog.bsky.social•58 days ago

“a bearded blonde human who bears a resemblance to the artist”
What a coincidence! ;-)

michaelwhelan.bsky.social•58 days ago

Cover illustration for CHANUR'S HOMECOMING by C.J. Cherryh (DAW)

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/chanurs-homecoming/
3/3

chrismeeks.bsky.social•50 days ago

My mom, AND my mother-in-law had this book!

ebonyleopard.bsky.social•57 days ago

The Pride of Chanur was the one I first bought and it was the first 'novel' I ever read on my own that wasn't a school assignment.

likeshine.bsky.social•57 days ago

I still revisit the series every now and again, every few years I do a reread.

matchapeaches.bsky.social•57 days ago

Oh! I had the pleasure of discovering your work on the book covers of some of the Chanur series in a used bookstore and I was very delighted. I didn't expect to see it on BlueSky too but happy I could find the artist!

azyzy.bsky.social•57 days ago

Love this series, classic 80s sci fi and the societies of the different aliens were so interesting.

azyzy.bsky.social•57 days ago

The art is really evocative and I loved the designs of the Kif, so cool.

djscoots10.bsky.social•58 days ago

Neat

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