![]() We have a new kid on the block and I predict David Burton will soon loom large as an illustrator!Ĭlick any image for a detailed view and use your browser's BACK button to return to this page then read reviews by David Adams and Bob Zeuschner! The comments below in Italics are those of the artist: I could continue to gush, but it would be best to let David Burton's images speak for themselves. His image "The Kiss" illustrates in more detail Burton's desire to present Tharks as living beings. His attention to detail is refreshing, not only to the vague descriptions provided by Burroughs in the text of A Princess of Mars but to the logical physical physiology and simple mechanics of action and range of motion. His calot is not a "Shetland Pony with a Frog Face" but is a sinuous creature of terrible devastation fully as powerful and unafraid as the Orca of our oceans-which attack anything, including Great White Sharks and Sperm Whales, and usually win!īurton's Tharks exhibit the artist's desire to understand the functioning of alien lifeforms. The artist has obviously long considered the physiology of Barsoomian creatures. He portrays what might be the real life of Barsoom's inhabitants in moments of adventure, danger, or tenderness. More importantly Burton's scenes embrace A Princess of Mars as comfortably as one embraces an old friend. David's vision of Barsoom is a more earthy approach, yet fully carries the thrill of adventure and excitement Burroughs words have given millions of readers world wide. ![]() and a host of others (who all, at one time or another, copied each other). John, John Coleman Burroughs, Frank Frazetta, Roy G. David and I exchanged a few emails, then exchanged a few phone calls and the result is the David Burton Art page.īurton seems determined to illustrate ERB's Barsoom in ways that borrow not from the efforts of previous illustrators like J Allen St. The artist, David Burton, has an intriguing vision of life on Barsoom-the characters, creatures, and the planet. The image "John and Woola" grabbed my attention and interest at first viewing and is just one of the amazing graphics below. In March of 2002 my good friend Bob Zeuschner sent an email with a sample image attached by an artist embarking on illustrating A Princess of Mars for a fanzine (Strange Worlds, see below). Best contact is: (deceased)ĮDITOR'S NOTE: Contact info has been removed. Originals for the Mars series are not yet available. For pricing and availablity inquire via email or postal mail. Burton has a limited number of previous illustrations for sale as laser prints. Available for special commissions and projects. David's artistic inspirations and attention to detail are driven by a sense of reality and logic (and research) to make every image, character, animal, terrain, or machine work, real or fictional. He has been drawing, painting, and sketching, using any materials that were within his reach, for as long as he can remember. David Burton was born with the artistic spark.
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