The Centurion by Dorian Cleavenger (2000)

This striking pulp fantasy painting is officially titled Centurion (often alternately cataloged across art vision books as The Centurion), created in 2000 by the world-renowned fantasy illustrator and pin-up concept artist Dorian Cleavenger. The background story depicted serves as a highly sensual and uncompromising character vignette within Cleavenger’s signature universe of Pseudo-Realism, capturing an extraordinarily fierce, dark-haired warrior queen or sci-fi gladiatrix standing proudly inside a stone throne room or temple chamber before a heavy backdrop of draped orange velvet curtains. Cleavenger masterfully anchors the highly detailed composition around her sharp, intense gaze and powerful anatomy, framing the central heroine in an overly ornate, highly stylized suit of segmented blue-chitin power armor—complete with a magnificent scorpion-tail crested helmet, bat-like shoulder pauldrons, and intricate body strappings—while she confidently wields a massive, crescent-bladed executioner's battle axe over her chest to create an indelible visual trademark that was prominently published as a centerpiece collector card in his 2002 Works and Visions of Dorian Cleavenger trading card set and featured inside mature dark fantasy art anthologies across Europe and North America.

Professionally restored and reproduced from the original artwork, this print preserves the powerful visual impact of Dorian Cleavenger's painting while offering exceptional detail and color fidelity for modern display. • Premium 200 g/m² matte paper • Exceptional detail and color reproduction • Professionally enhanced and restored image quality • Available in 12x18", 16x24", and 24x36" sizes • Unframed for custom display options • Printed in the USA