The original painting for Waterfall City went through a lot of planning stages.
I started with a lot of thumbnail sketches, trying to lasso my hazy mental image without looking at any references. One of my early ideas was to show the scene dramatically at night, with light from below.
Here are more early concepts for Waterfall City, some using pen and wash....
....and some little oil sketches, about 4 x 8 inches.
Sometimes it takes weeks or even months for an idea to gel, and I need to generate lots of options to see if a feeling, and a story, emerges. I ended up with an eclectic mix of architectural scenes.
James Gurney, "Waterfall City" is 24 x 48 inches, 1988
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The image appeared in Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time, 1992.
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