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'''Ron Walotsky''' (21 August 1943 – July 29, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy artist who studied at the School of Visual Arts.
Born in Brooklyn, he began a long and prolific career painting book and magazine covers starting with the May 1967 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. His first book cover was for ''Living Way Out'' by Wyman Guin.<ref>[http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/sfnews2/02_nov/news1102_5.shtml SF Crows Nest]</ref> He would go on to do covers for Stephen King, Anne Rice,<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F52B3AB12EFAF84&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]</ref> Bruce Sterling, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, John Varley and many others. He was also nominated for the Chesley Awards twelve times.<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/ChesleyNomList.html#5435 Locus Index to SF Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104033444/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/ChesleyNomList.html |date=2011-11-04 }}</ref> Some of his art is collected in ''Inner Visions: The Art of Ron Walotsky'' (2000).
Walotsky has illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. Ron Walotsky also did an oil painting to be used as a poster for Dorothy Dietrich, a well known magician and curator of The Houdini Museum In Scranton, Pa.
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==External links== *{{isfdb name|id=Ron_Walotsky|name=Ron Walotsky}} *[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walotsky_ron Ron Walotsky] at SF Encyclopedia
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