Why paint? If you didn’t paint, what would you do?

I have been passionate about drawing since I was a child, and have been teaching myself to paint since 1983. If I didn’t paint, I would spend more time playing my Bass.

If you could hunt any speculative fiction creature ever imagined (except one of your own), would you? Why?

No. I do not have enough time; Jason is waiting for my painting.

If you could have any speculative fiction creature ever imagined (except one of your own) as a pet, would you? Why?

Yes — dragons. So I could travel faster in the air and have no need of petrol. I would have to enlarge my garage, though. Then I would also have a model to paint.

You are on a holodeck: You’re sitting in an intergalactic bar, sipping your favorite beverage, waiting expectantly for someone to take a seat at your table. Which author from any era does?

Frank Frazetta (or Simon Bisley).

Why?

Because I don’t know him.

What do you talk about or do?

I just ask him to paint a canvas and watch him doing it.

More importantly, which chair does he sit in?

The chair in front of his easel, that’s most practical.

What brought out the image(s) you created for RotB? What did you see and discover in each assignment that you just had to get out on the canvas?

A friend on Myspace told Jason that I could do the cover he needed. A new thing for me was to paint something that already existed in a book. One has to do exactly what is described. That’s an interesting challenge.

What appealed to you about being included in Rage of the Behemoth?

I like Fantasy.

Do you paint before/with anyone (family member or friend)?

No.

Quick: For each of the below, what’s your first thought in regards to the future of genre fiction:

Reading Formats: Print, electronic, audio, or interactive?

Print.

Preference for reading/writing: Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Horror Fiction?

Fantasy Fiction.

Thank you for some totally awesome cover art for Rage of the Behemoth, Didier! And of course for suffering through this interview in English as well

Didier Normand painted the covers Griffin and Bear for the ‘Ageless Mountains’ habitat and Ice Dragon for the ‘Frozen Wastes’ habitat in RotB. View more of his artwork at http://www.myspace.com/didiernormand.

The complete wrap-around covers

Griffin and Bear

Ice Dragon

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