The Art of Dan Dos Santos

Sky so bright.

Moon so full.

Old metal carcass doesn't run anymore.

But that's okay,

I need no wheels.

Not when I have wings. 

Blue light bleeds from me.

Lighting the desolate space of my existence.

Try to escape, to leave it behind. 

It's like trying to obliterate the past.

While it dwells in you, feeds you.

It is my companion, always within reach.

It is the instrument of death,

or the instrument of salvation.

It is crucial to survival.

It will cause my destruction. 

But it is mine. 

The art is from the amazing Dan Dos Santos. You can see more of his work here. You might see some familiar book covers.

1st Picture ~ It's Up to Charlie Hardin by Dean Ing
2nd Picture ~ Trailer Park Fae by Lilith Saintcrow
3rd Picture ~ The Questing Road by Lyn McConchie

The poems are my humble attempts at capturing what the art said to me. I thank you for your indulgence.

Wallpaper...

Kristie at Ramblings on Romance asked bloggers to show their wallpaper. I love to see reader's bookcases so I think seeing what they have on their desktops should be interesting too.

I absolutely love the work of Luis Royo and have it as the wallpaper on two of my desktops. The other artist I love is Dan Dos Santos who is well known for his cover art for Patty Briggs' books.

Here's Dan Dos Santos on my main computer. The colors are so vibrant and alive. ~

This is Luis Royo's on the laptop. His work, IMO, is breathtaking. The details on the wings are incredible. ~

And the last is on the kids computer which used to be the main computer until we upgraded. So I'm not on this one much but I love this picture and I even have the book that features this pic on the cover. :) It's another Luis Royo.

I do have a tendency to switch out wallpaper between these two artist. They both do such amazing work and there are tons of gorgeous pics to choose from. Royo does show more skin but all of my desktops are password protected so the kids can't get on there without me. :)

*If anyone knows how to get pictures to open in a new window on blogger, please let me know. Thanks!