cover for Robert Silverberg novel, acrylic on illustration board, 1989
twin moons approach a doomed alien world ; acrylic on board, 1978
Quasar Christmas - A domed habitat on a desolate world contains a Christmas tree, with a blazing quasar in the background
Nemesis - a starship orbits a world of Barnard's star, cover for the Isaac Asimov novel
cover for "Fire Sanctuary" by Katharine Kimbriel depicts a radioactive world whose inhabitants' castes are based on genetic integrity
cover for John Brunner time travel novel
I, Robot - cover for classic Asimov anthology featuring a babysitter guided by the Three Laws of Robotics
Orbiting Callisto - a nuclear-powered rocket in orbit above one of Jupiter's moons
Winds Of Change - cover for Asimov anthology depicts a bald eagle witnessing the departure of the last humans from earth. Acrylic and Gouache on illustration…
Into The Maelstrom - a ship plunges toward a black hole
Final Circuit - cover for novel by Melinda Snodgrass, space station is spectacularly destroyed. Acrylic and gouache, 1987.
Antares Dawn - cover for novel by Michael McCollum, a starship hovers against the backdrop of the exploding red giant Antares
Charon's Ark - cover for novel by Rick Gauger depicts a dinosaur sanctuary on Pluto. Published by Ballantine Books in 1987. cosmographica home
Nine Princes in Amber - cover for classic Robert Silverberg novel
Universe Between - cover for novel by Alan E. Nourse, hand reaches through fire to grasp the stars
Foundation Trilogy - cover for classic Asimov novels about a galactic empire, starships battling over planet Terminus
Crucible Of Time - cover for John Brunner novel about an alien civilization's struggle to survive cosmic catastrophes
Encounter - UFO encounter on lonely mountain road
Rocket To Limbo - cover for Alan E. Nourse novel, spaceship discovers floating city on alien world. © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com
Antares Passage - cover for novel by Michael McCollum, starships assemble in earth orbit while supernova Antares glares in distance
Assassins Gambit - cover for novel by Robert Forstchen, Samurai heroes are brought into future to battle in alien war
Alexandrian Ring - cover for William Forstchen novel, Alexander the Great is snatched into the future to battle on a ringworld ; acrylic and gouache, 1988
The Number Of The Beast - cover for Heinlein novel, featuring the Lowellian Mars, Oz, and fast and dangerous machines ; acrylic and gouache, 1988
Lifeburst - cover for Jack Williamson novel in which a ring of satellites encircles the earth in the far future
Aboriginal inhabitants of an extrasolar planet attempt to drive away colonizing humans with magic. Cover for Del Rey Books, acrylic on illustration board, 1988
book cover, human eye floats in twilight zone portal against starry sky - painting by Don Dixon for Jeremy Tarcher
cover for Vonda McIntyre novel, fractal-like intelligent nebula hovers behind starship and earthlike world
genetically engineered camel adapted for life on a Mars that has been given a barely breathable atmosphere
cover for Larry Niven novel about a journey to the galactic core. © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com
Green Mars. cover for Kim Stanley Robinson novel about effort to terraform Mars. Acrylic and gouache, 1997. © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com
whimsical look at the good side of global warming, as New Yorkers enjoy sun and surf. 1981, acrylic and gouache on masonite.
a gigantic light sail casts its shadow on the distant earth in this cover for the Michael McCollum novel
Space Elevator made of unimaginably strong materials rises 22,000 miles above the equator, providing easy access to space. © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com
A spacecraft approaches a comet that is on a collision course for earth in this cover painting for Gregory Benford's novel "In the Ocean of Night." Digital…
An interstellar ramjet leaves orbit above an earthlike planet of Barnard's star in this digital cover painting for the Greg Benford novel "Across the Sea of…
The Mantis is a mechanical anthology intelligence who pursues the last survivors of the human race in Greg Benford's Galactic Center series of novels. This was…
A starship approaches perilously close to the black hole at the Milky Way's core in this digital cover painting for "Furious Gulf" by Greg Benford. 2004 for…
An astronaut plunges along the local gravity field generated by a cosmic string that an alien race is using to mine a planet's core. Digital cover painting for…
Powerful electromagnetic motors loft cargo carriers from the Island of Sumatra, on the equator, to geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles up. Acrylic and gouache,…
The chandeliers - huge space habitats - were humanity's last refuge before destruction by the Mech civilization. Cover for "Great Sky River" by Gregory Benford.…
Commuters' Fantasy - rising sea levels swamp Southern California's freeways, as bubble craft soar above ; acrylic on board, 1979
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Red Mars - A giant spacecraft assembled from discarded Shuttle fuel tanks orbits over Mars, having transported the first colonists to the Red Planet. This cover…
