Acrylics on board, 9/99, 17 x 25 inches, signed left. There are few standalone book covers I’ve done for Mercedes Lackey, and this is one of them. Once again, lots of inspiration from the Vienna Secession, from the tripods to the flowery ground cover. A young man who babysat for us was the model for Lavan, a youth who gets chosen by a Companion at the same time everyone discovers he is a dangerous Fire Starter.
