I’ll add some notes soon – thanks Ramon
Sci-Fi-O-Rama
Karel Thole – Vulcano 3
This striking Photomontage/Collage from Dutch illustrator and painter Karel Thole (April 20, 1914 – March 26, 2000) is an example of one of his many covers commissioned for the long running Italian Science Fiction Magazine “Urania”.
Read more about Karel Thole here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Thole and Urania Magazine here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania_(magazine)
A really good resource for an extensive library of Karel’s Retro-Scifi-Surrealism is here http://www.mondourania.com/index.htm recommended!
Image Sourced via flickr User Leekelso http://www.flickr.com/photos/leekelso/384042879/
Dean Ellis – Exo
More of the art of Dean Ellis – an evil looking V2-esque rocket…
Image sourced via Flickr User Kiel Bryant http://www.flickr.com/photos/kielbryant/808206120/
Colin Hay – The Embedding
British Artist Colin Hay produced many airbrushed SF book covers during the 70′s – Authors of which included: Paul Anderson, John Sladek, Ian Watson, Clifford D Simak, Philip K Dick and many more..
Intricate textures in a style not dissimilar to Chris Foss.
See more of Colin’s superbly rendered airbrushing here at his agency portfolio site: http://www.chameleon-arts.com/colin-hay/folio3.html
Scan Taken from Paper Tigers 1977 release“The Flights of Icarus”.
Gerry Lazare – Chimera
Dating from 1962 this slinky Chimera is a follow up to the prior posting Gerry Lazare – Pegasus. Shame this blog is only 600px wide! it doesn’t really do this Illustration justice – see full version http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenmullaly/2374270986/sizes/l/
Image via Flickr User Glen Mullaly a link to artist Gerry Lazare’s website www.lazarestudio.com/