# Ron Walotsky

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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](/source/School_of_Visual_Arts). 

Born in [Brooklyn](/source/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](/source/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction)''. His first book cover was for ''Living Way Out'' by [Wyman Guin](/source/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](/source/Stephen_King), [Anne Rice](/source/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](/source/Bruce_Sterling), [Roger Zelazny](/source/Roger_Zelazny), [Robert Silverberg](/source/Robert_Silverberg), [John Varley](/source/John_Varley_(author)) and many others. He was also nominated for the [Chesley Awards](/source/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](/source/Magic%3A_The_Gathering)'' collectible card game.
Ron Walotsky also did an oil painting to be used as a poster for [Dorothy Dietrich](/source/Dorothy_Dietrich), a well known magician and curator of The [Houdini Museum](/source/Houdini_Museum) In Scranton, Pa.

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walotsky_ron Ron Walotsky] at SF Encyclopedia

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