PEOPLE OF THE FIRE

ILLUSTRATION

Watercolor, acrylic with airbrush and oil on paper.

Painted surface 51 x 38 cm (20.08 x 14.96 in ) in a format of 60 x 46.5 cm (23.62 x 18.31 in)

Year of realization 1990

Signed on the bottom right of the piece.

Illustration done for the cover of "People of the Fire" one of the novels of the Primitive America saga by writers W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O´Neal Gear. Published in USA by Tor Books Editorial. Later on, it became republished in Spain by Ediciones B (1993).

It is a time of fire. A small band of pioneers struggle valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land. Driven by the promise of an awesome vision, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior unite to lead their people to a magnificent destiny.

A towering epic filled with tragedy and triumph, courage and conflict, People of the Fire is the second compelling novel in a majestic saga of America's first peoples.

- Sinopsis: People of the Fire