Frank McCarthy

A Few Painted Feathers, Original Paperback Book Cover Illustration

1963

Paperback book cover illustration for Eagles Where I Walk by Stephen Longstreet, published by Popular Library, 1961. The publisher describes the story: “Anger had burst into rebellion, and rebellion had exploded into war—and across the Colonies brave men and women joined together in a passionate struggle which there was no turning back. Such a man was David Cortlandt—robust, daring, never one to avoid danger. He was a man who must have what he desired, be it freedom from a tyrant or possession of a strange and deadly beauty named Roxanne.” The cover features a soldier embracing a woman above a small illustration...

Date: 1998 Medium: Acrylic on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right This painting was published as the cover for Reforming Harriet by Eileen Putman, Signet...

The artist tells a whole action-packed story in one picture. A handsome young soldier shoots his pistol at a passing bomb-dropping airplane. The close call splashes water on him and his two sexy girl...

Using brilliant compositional devices and late afternoon light, Frank McCarthy captures a man at the precise moment before death. The scene is staged wi...