Acrylics, Silver enamel on canvas, 2/08, 18 x18 inches, signed left, under horse’s neck. For the first book in the series by Mercedes Lackey. If you take a look at the actual cover for this book, its composed of two squares, one for the title and one for the art, surrounded by a graphic design of jewels – because the main character, Mags, starts out life as young slave in a jewel mine. And knowing that I would have to do many covers with Mags, I decided he would have a rather fuzzy appearance, so the reader could imagine him/her/their self as the main character. So, this painting has a very nice, soft, impressionist look, with lots of little strokes.
