The Book of the Short Sun: On Blue's Waters

A small sailboat with bright patched sails crosses a dark sea at dusk. A large green planet is in the sky on the left and puts green light on the water. Dark creatures with wings fly from the planet toward the boat. On the right a small bright sun goes down near a rock with a broken tower.

The Book of the Short Sun is a series of three novels by Gene Wolfe. The books have no pictures, so this painting shows one possible view of a scene. It is evening on the sea of the world Blue.

Horn sails his sloop with Seawrack and Babbie. The world Green is in the sky, and inhumi fly from it. The short bright mark in the sky is the Whorl. The painting has 7,059 brush strokes.