Berkey’s SF AGE Magazine Art

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REALMS OF FANTASY Art

(((….Posted in no particular order….)))

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The prelim of this great painting:

SF AGE November 1994 Cover

This painting was also used for the cover of Berkey’s 2003 Art Book:

Berkey’s prelim for this painting:

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Scott Edelman was the editor of SF AGE Magazine

Here’s what he wrote to me when I told him about this website:

“Thanks for the links! Will wander your site — BTW my favorite conversation with John was the one in which began with him saying something like, “When I first came out of my coma, I thought … ” and told me all about his experience.”

I’m hoping Scout will share more stories for me to post here!

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SF AGE March 1999

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SF AGE 1996 May

This “Golcondar Run” painting was also printed in the Jane Frank book, and is a good example of wrapping text around the artwork…

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SF AGE January 1993

This was a nice large reprinting of Berkey’s 1972 STAR SF 4 cover (which very possibly might have been George Lucas’ inspiration for the Death Star)….

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SF AGE January 1996

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SF AGE May 1998

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SF AGE November 1996

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SF AGE March 1993
Berkey was one of the 7 “Gadgets Artists”

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SF AGE September 1998

It’s prelim:

Another prelim:

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SF AGE November 1998 — “Microscosmic Dog”

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Realms of Fantasy / April 1999

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REALMS OF FANTASY Feb. 2000 — “Coming Forth by Night”

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REALMS OF FANTASY Feb. 2003

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SF AGE January 1998

It’s prelim:

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SF AGE July 1998

Alien bird in “Deep Future”

Two red bird prelims:

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SF AGE November 1994

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SF AGE July 1995

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SF AGE July 1993

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SF AGE September 1997

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ART GALLERY

The September 1994 issue of SF AGE did a 6-page Gallery of John Berkey’s art:

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SF AGE March 1997

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REALMS OF FANTASY December 1996

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Realms of Fantasy June 1998
(BTW, that’s John’s wife Demi in the painting…)

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Realms of Fantasy June 1999

The prelim:

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Realms of Fantasy April 1996

It’s prelim:

Unused prelim:

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SF AGE January 1999

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SF AGE November 1999

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SF AGE May 2000 / “Glass Beads”

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REALMS OF FANTASY June 2001

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REALMS OF FANTASY December 2001

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Realms of Fantasy June 2004
….About 4 years before Berkey died in 2008….

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Berkey’s Final SF AGE painting?

Berkey’s “Maintenance Dock” was done in 2004, but was it ever published?…