Archives: Portfolios

White Magic

Medium: Oils
Date: 1989
Publication: Dragon Magazine cover, issue #147

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a copy of the ‘Kingdom of Knives’ Portfolio, Set One, click here.

White Ajah

©1999, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1999
Publication: Precedence Games card art for Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time CCG

This painting has been sold.

Werewolf

©1994, 2025 White Wolf Game Studio All Rights Reserved
Size: 18″ x 23″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1994
Publication: Cover for the Werewolf Storyteller’s Guide for White Wolf

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a ‘Werewolf‘ mini-print, click here.

©1986, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 13″ X 14 1/2″
Medium: Acrylic & Prisma Color Pencil
Date: 1986
Publication: TSR cover for Dungeons & Dragons Oriental Adventures 1 on 1 Gamebook by David “Zeb” Cook

This painting has been sold.

Wanderlust

©1991, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 18″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: TSR cover for Dragonlance paperback book by Mary Kirchoff and Steve Winters

This painting has been sold.

The Voyage of the Space Beagle

Size: 21″ x 27″
Medium: Acrylics
Date: 1981
Publication: Cover for the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club hardcover edition of the book, The Voyage of the Space Beagle, by A.E. Van Vogt

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Virgin Planet

©2000, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 25 3/4″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2000
Publication: Baen paperback cover for the book by Poul Anderson

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Vampire

©1990, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1990
Publication: TSR cover for Ravenloft Boxed Set

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a limited edition art print of ‘Vampire‘, click here.

Unconquered

©1986, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1986
Publication: TSR Red Sonja game module cover

This painting has been sold.

Tribunal

©1996, 2025 Bethesda Softworks All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 20″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1996
Publication: Cover for a video game from Bethesda Softworks

This painting has been sold.

Touch of Death

©1991, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 13 3/4″ x 17 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: TSR cover for a Ravenloft game module by Bruce Nesmith

This painting has been sold.

To Pick a Rose, You Ask your Hands To Bleed

©1993, 2025 White Wolf Game Studio All Rights Reserved
Size: 18″ x 23″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1993
Publication: Cover for Vampire the Masquerade, Player’s Handbook for White Wolf

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase a limited edition art print of ‘To Pick a Rose…‘, click here.

Token of Dragonsblood

Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: TSR paperback cover for the book by Damaris Cole

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a copy of the ‘Kingdom of Knives’ Portfolio, Set One, click here.

There Will Be Dragons

©2003, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/2″ x 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2003
Publication: Baen hardback cover for the book by John Ringo

To purchase the ‘There Will Be Dragons‘ original painting, click here.
To purchase a copy of the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio, click here.

Tantras

Size: 16″ x 20″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1989
Publication: TSR Forgotten Realms paperback cover for the book by Richard Awlinson

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a copy of the ‘Kingdom of Knives’ Portfolio, Set One, click here.

Tanis, The Shadow Years

©1990, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 25″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1990
Publication: TSR Dragonlance paperback cover for the book by Barbara Siegel & Scott Siegel

This painting has been sold.

Tapestry of Dark Souls

©1993, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 12″ x 20″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1992
Publication: TSR cover for Ravenloft paperback book by Elaine Bergstrom

This painting has been sold.

Tales of Lankhmar

©1991, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 11 ½” X 16 ½”
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: TSR cover for Lankhmar game module by Anthony Pryor

This painting has been sold.

Sympathy for the Devil

©1995, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 13 5/8″ x 20 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1995
Publication: Baen paperback cover for the book by Holly Lisle

To purchase this original painting, click here.
To purchase a limited edition art print of ‘Sympathy for the Devil‘, click here.

The Survivors

©2002, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2002
Publication: Baen Trade Paperback cover for the book, The Cold Equations, by Tom Goodwin

This paintings been sold.
To purchase a copy of the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio, click here.

Strip Mauled

©2009, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/2″ X 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2009
Publication: Baen paperback book cover for Strip Mauled, edited by Esther Friesner

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Streams of Silver

©1989, 2025 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1989
Publication: TSR paperback cover for the book by R.A. Salvatore

This painting has been sold.
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Strange Relations

©2005, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/4″ X 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2005
Publication: Baen trade paperback cover for the book by Philip José Farmer

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a copy of the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio, click here.

Stoned Souls

Size: 18 ½” x 28″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2002
Publication: Unpublished Book Cover Painting

This painting was originally done for Baen for a book by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon. To my knowledge the book never came out and the painting was never published.

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Steel & Stone

©1992, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ X 18″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1992
Publication: TSR cover for Dragonlance paperback book, Steel & Stone, The Meetings Sextet: Volume 5, by Ellen Porath.

This painting has been sold.

Spellfire

©1988, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1988
Publication: TSR paperback cover for the book by Ed Greenwood

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a limited edition art print of ‘Spellfire‘, click here.

The Space Warlock

©1997, 2003 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 12″ x 18″
Medium: Acrylics
Date: 1980
Publication: SQP Savage Hearts Sketchbook, Volume 1 interior

This painting has been sold.
To purchase the Savage Hearts Sketchbook, Volume 1, click here.

Sonja’s Revenge

©2003, 2025 Clyde Caldwell. All Rights Reserved.
Size: 19″ x 25″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2003
Publication: Cover for Bud K Catalog and Art Print

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase a limited edition print of Sonja’s Revenge, click here.

Song of the Saurials

©2004, 2025 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: Forgotten Realms paperback cover for the book The Song of the Saurials, The Finder’s Stone Trilogy: Book 3, by Kate Novack and Jeff Grubb for TSR

This painting has been sold.

Slither

©1993, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 13 3/4″ x 17 3/8″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1993
Publication: The Kingdom of Knives 2 Portfolio from SQP

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase the limited edition portfolio, Kingdom of Knives 2, click here.

Skulls

©1991, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 18″ x 24″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: Limited edition art print

This painting has been sold.

Sister Time

©2007, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/2″ X 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2007
Publication: Baen hardback book cover for Sister Time by John Ringo & Julie Cochrane.

This painting has been sold.

Silverlight: The Arcana, Book 2

©1995, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 25 3/4″ (Framed)
Medium: Oils
Date: 1995
Publication: Baen hardback cover for the book by Morgan Llywelyn and Michael Scott

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The Silent Blade

This painting was commissioned by Wizards of the Coast as a wraparound cover for a book by R.A. Salvatore called The Silent Blade. It features Wulfgar the Barbarian and a couple of villains from the story, Jarlaxel and Entreri. To my knowledge the painting was never published and another painting was used for the cover of the book.

Size: 26 1/4″ x 20 3/4″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1998
Publication: Previously Unpublished

This painting has been sold.

Sight of Proteus

©1978, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 12 1/2″ x 21″
Medium: Mixed
Date: 1978
Publication: Ace paperback cover for the book, Sight of Proteus, by Charles Sheffield

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Ship of Horror

©1991, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 13 5/8″ x 17 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: TSR cover for a Ravenloft game module

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a print of this painting, click here.

The Sherwood Game

©1994, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 25 7/8″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1994
Publication: Baen paperback cover for the book by Esther Friesner

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She Comes in Colors

©1980, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 17″ X 22 1/2″
Medium: Acrylics
Date: 1980
Publication: Back cover for Heavy Metal Magazine.

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Shadow Castle

©1983, 2025 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Size: 17″ X 14″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1983
Publication: TSR cover for Fantasy Forest Book #3 by Michael Gray

This painting has been sold.

Selene, Guardian of the Sanctuary

©1992, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1992
Publication: Cover for a Grenadier model kit

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a print of this painting, click here.

Shade’s Form

©2002, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 10 3/4″ x 8 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2001
Publication: Card art for Magic the Gathering, Torment

This painting has been sold.

The Sentinel

©1983, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/2″ X 26 1/2″
Medium: Mixed Media
Date: Late 70’s
Publication: TSR cover for Ares Magazine

This painting has been sold.

Seeker’s Bane

©2009, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/4″ X 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2008
Publication: Baen trade paperback book cover for Seeker’s Bane by P.C. Hodgell

This painting has been sold.

Sea of Time

Size: 16 ½” x 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2012
Publication: Interior plate for the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio from Galerie Nemesis

To purchase this original painting click here.
To purchase a copy of the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio, click here.

Sea Fox

©1999, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 14 1/4″ x 19 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1999
Publication: Cover for InQuest Gamer Magazine

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase a limited edition art print of ‘The Sea Fox‘, click here.

Saga of Old City

©1985, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 13 1/4″ x 21 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1985
Publication: TSR cover for Greyhawk Adventures paperback book by Gary Gygax

In 1985 I had the pleasure of doing the cover of Gary Gygax’s first novel. The classic cover scene depicted Gary’s character, Gord the Rogue, facing off against a glowing, crocodile-scaled monster standing atop a pile of human skulls and bones. I worked closely with Gary on developing the cover art, and did a series of b&w interior illustrations for the book as well.

This painting has been sold.

The Rose Sea

©1993, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 14″ x 22 7/8″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1993
Publication: Baen paperback cover for the book by Holly Lisle

To purchase this original painting, click here.
To Purchase the original color preliminary for this painting, click here.
To purchase a mini-print of ‘The Rose Sea‘, click here.

Riverwind the Plainsman

©1990, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ X 24″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1990
Publication: TSR cover for Dragonlance paperback book, Riverwind the Plainsman, Preludes II: Volume One, by Paul B. Thompsen & Tonya R. Carter

This painting has been sold.

Return of Nathan Brazil

©2004, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 1/4″ X 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2004
Publication: Baen paperback cover for the book by Jack L. Chalker

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase a copy of the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio, click here.

Resilient Wanderer

©2000, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 10 3/4″ x 8 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2000
Publication: Card art for Magic the Gathering, Odyssey

This painitng has been sold.
To purchase a White Back Artist’s Proof ‘Resilient Wanderer‘ Magic Card, click here.

Red Sands

©1989, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 13 ½” X 22″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1989
Publication: TSR paperback cover for a book by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya R. Carter

This painting has been sold.

Red Battle Mistress

©1999, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1999
Publication: Precedence Games card art for Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time CCG

This painting has been sold.

Ravenloft

©1983, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1983
Publication: TSR cover for the original Ravenloft game module

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a limited edition Giclée art print of ‘Ravenloft’, click here.

Quest for the Well of Souls

©2004, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 16 ¼” x 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2002
Publication: Baen paperback cover for the book by Jack L. Chalker

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase a Limited Edition Print of ‘Quest for the Well of Souls‘, click here.

Prophet of Moonshae

©1992, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 25 3/4″ x 12 3/4″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1992
Publication: TSR Forgotten Realms wraparound paperback cover for the book by Douglas Niles

This painting has been sold.

A Princess In Peril

©1985, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Medium: Oils
Date: 1985
Publication: TSR interior for the 1986 Amazing Stories Calendar

This painting has been sold.

Prince of Lankhmar

©1991, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 11 1/2″ x 16 1/2″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1991
Publication: TSR cover for Lankhmar game module by Dale “Slade” Henson

This painting has been sold.

Pot Luck

Medium: Oils
Date: 1985
Publication: TSR interior for the 1986 Amazing Stories Calendar

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a ‘Pot Luck‘ Print, click here.

Pirates

Size: 13 3/4″ x 18″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1986
Publication: TSR cover for Dungeon Magazine #2

This painting has been sold.
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Overtaker

©1999, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 7 3/4″ x 6 1/8″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1999
Publication: Card art for Magic the Gathering, Mercadian Masques

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a White Back Artist’s Proof ‘Overtaker‘ Magic Card, click here.

Orcs of Thar

©1988, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 12″ x 15 1/4″
Medium: Acrylics
Date: 1988
Publication: TSR cover for D&D Gazetteer #10 by Bruce Heard

This painting has been sold.

On Arena

©1991, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 14″ x 23″
Medium: Oils
Publication: Warner Books paperback cover for the book by Rose Estes

To purchase this original painting, click here.
To purchase the limited edition portfolio, Kingdom of Knives 2, click here.

The Oath & the Measure

©1992, 2025 Wizards of the Coast All Rights Reserved
Size: 16″ x 18″
Medium: Oils
Date: 1993
Publication: TSR cover for the Dragonlance paperback book by Michael Williams

This painting has been sold.

Neptune’s Daughter

©2006, 2025 Clyde Caldwell All Rights Reserved
Size: 19″ X 25″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2005
Publication: Catalog Cover and Print for Bud K Worldwide

To purchase this original painting, click here.
To purchase an Unmatted Print, click here.

The Minrothad Guilds

This painting has been sold.

Minerva Wakes

This painting has been sold.
To purchase the limited edition portfolio, Kingdom of Knives 2, click here.

Mind of the Magic

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a poster of ‘Mind of the Magic‘, click here.

Mimi on the Moon

Size: 16″ x 26″
Medium: Oils
Date: 2014
Publication: Interior plate for the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio from Galerie Nemesis

Mimi on the Moon was produced as a private commission and later selected for publication as an interior plate in the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio published in the Czech Republic.

This painting has been sold.

To purchase a copy of the Clyde Caldwell Portfolio, click here.

Midnight Snack

This painting has been sold.
To purchase a limited edition art print of ‘Midnight Snack‘, click here.

Midnight at the Well of Souls

To purchase the ‘Midnight at the Well of Souls‘ original painting, click here.

Marvelous Magic

This painting has been sold.
To purchase the a limited edition art print of ‘Marvelous Magic‘, click here.

Martian Knightlife

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Lucy’s Blade

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The Leopard & The Serpent

This painting is not for sale.
To purchase the a limited edition art print of ‘The Leopard & The Serpent’, click here.
To purchase the Savage Hearts Sketchbook, Volume 1, click here.