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Ron Walotsky (21 August 1943 – July 29, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy artist who studied at theSchool of Visual Arts.
Born inBrooklyn, he began a long and prolific career painting book and magazine covers starting with the May 1967 issue ofThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. His first book cover was forLiving Way Out byWyman Guin.[1] He would go on to do covers forStephen King,Anne Rice,[2]Bruce Sterling,Roger Zelazny,Robert Silverberg,John Varley and many others. He was also nominated for theChesley Awards twelve times.[3] Some of his art is collected inInner Visions: The Art of Ron Walotsky (2000).
Walotsky has illustrated cards for theMagic: The Gathering collectible card game.Ron Walotsky also did an oil painting to be used as a poster forDorothy Dietrich, a well known magician and curator of TheHoudini Museum In Scranton, Pa.