Bernard Lee Illustration Portfolio

House of the Dragon Portrait - A portrait study of the character Otto Hightower from HBO's House of the Dragon and portrayed by the magnifice... View Article

Portrait illustration for Grand Central Publis… I was recently contacted by Grand Central Publishing to work on a series of portrait paintings to promote the ... View Article

Cover illustration for Navigator of Dreams by … I was recently hired to create the first in a series of novels by author EAC Grube. The story follows Lisette ... View Article

Portrait of Rami Malek as Safin - A portrait of Rami Malek portraying the character of Safin in the recent Bond film No Time to Die. This was cr... View Article

Portrait illustration for Grand Central Publis… I was recently contacted by Grand Central Publishing to work on a series of portrait paintings to promote the ... View Article

Cover art for Big John and the Hitcher - The third cover in a series of novels titled Big John and the Hitcher. It’s been a fun challenge to crea... View Article

Painting for WOWxWOW group show - My contribution for WOWxWOW’s current Microvisions 4 group show. This piece was created based on referen... View Article

Cover art for The Pearlmakers - Here’s a recently completed cover illustration for a book titled The Pearlmakers, by author Duke Tate. T... View Article

Queen Esther - Here’s a recent oil painting of mine titled “Queen Esther Denounces Haman the Agagite” depic... View Article

Scheherazade for WOW x WOW - This painting was created for WOW x WOW’s group show titled “Wake the Moon”. The image depic... View Article

Portrait of Dave Bautista in Dune - Dave Bautista as Rabban Harkonnen in Dune. This portrait was created as a demo for a digital painting class th... View Article

Two paintings for Abend Gallery - These two oil paintings were created for Abend Gallery’s 30th Annual Miniatures Show running from Decemb... View Article

Five paintings for Abend Gallery - Here are five 5″x5″ paintings created for the 5×5 Project VIII Group show at Abend Gallery, D... View Article

Four micro paintings for Nucleus Portland - These four paintings were created for a group show at Nucleus Portland in July. Each one is painted in oils an... View Article

The Healing Pond - A 30″ x 40″ oil painting that was created for a now postponed group show in LA. I was about 75% of... View Article

Portraits for Demos - Every semester, I do a number of portrait demos for a digital painting class that I teach. Here are a few of t... View Article

Cover Art for Big John and The Island of Bones… I recently had the pleasure of working with author Duke Tate on a YA adventure series. The first book, titled ... View Article

Book Cover Art for Pearl Press - I recently worked with author Duke Tate on his upcoming book “Big John and the Fortune Teller”. He... View Article

Korean Fantasy Painting for The Red Altar Grou… This oil painting was created for the Red Altar group show back in October. The theme of the show was East Asi... View Article

Cover art for The Amazon Legacy - An illustration I created over the summer for author Zenay Ben Yochanan and her book The Amazon Legacy. Every ... View Article

Travel Sketches - Last winter, I took about a month off to travel to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and China. It was a great exp... View Article

A Portrait of Jules Verne - My contribution for the Jules Verne exhibit that was up earlier this month in London. Jules Verne’s adve... View Article

Movie Poster for Artist Vodka - I was recently hired by Artist Vodka to create a film poster to be a part of a pitch package. A big part of th... View Article

Abraham Lincoln portrait for Presidents’… A portrait I was recently commissioned to paint for a private collector. Any chance to paint portraits and wor... View Article

Cover Art for ‘The Blanched Bones, The T… Recent cover illustration for the new issue of Fireside Quarterly, out now. The full, un-cropped image accompa... View Article

Month of Fear: Truth and Beauty - I was invited to contribute a few illustrations for the Month of Fear this year based on the prompts of Truth ... View Article

Mythology - A project that started off as a sketch for a book cover and morphed into its own distinct piece. This is my pe... View Article

Historical Artefacts of the World - Recent additions to my interest in historical and religious artefacts of the world. Shown here are a study of ... View Article

Book Cover Illustration for Parvus Press - Cover art for “If This Goes On”, a collection of short stories edited by Cat Rambo. This was one of my mos... View Article

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