Talisman	B2.60  BOB.82  CD1	Cover of More Magic (edited) by Larry Niven (Berkely, 1984). This is the third book in the Larry Niven 'Magic' series.  Painted 1983.
	Talisman	FAT 52	Cover art for Broken Stone by Richard Monaco. Painting undated.
	Tarnsman of Gor	B1.18  CD1  FABV	Book cover for Tarnsman of Gor (Ballantine, 1976) by John Norman.  Painted 1976, oil, 17 x 18 inches.
	Tarzan	1978 calendar	Cover image for the 1978 Tarzan calendar.
	Tarzan and the Castaways	FABV	Cover for the book of the same name, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published by Ballantine Books.  Painted 1975, oil, 18 x 24 inches
	Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle	FABV	Cover for Ballantine Books.  Painted 1976, oil, 16 x 22 inches.
	Tarzan, the Untamed	FABV	Cover for Ballantine Books.  Painted 1976, oil, 16 x 22 inches.
	Tattoo	B1.34  BOB.45  CD1  FAT 14  Mirage  Portfolio 9	This image was so much admired by a a client that he requested a similar image to advertise his product.  The result was Handful.  Painted 1981.
	Taurus	B4.64	Executed for Consumer Reports magazine.  Painted 1987.
	Taurus, The Bull	B1.06  CD1  1988 Calendar	One of the Zodiac pictures for the 1988 calendar.  Painted 1987.
	10+++	AC.1  CIS.8	See also Julie.
	Teresa	.	.
	Thiassi Abducting Idum	B3.71  BOB.31  1989 Calendar	Norse Mythology:  Idun, Goddess of Youth, was carried off by Thiassi the Giant in the guise of an eagle.  Thiassi had plotted this abduction with Loki in order to wrest the Golden Apples of Youth from Idum. But deprived of their precious fruit, the Gods began to wither and age. Therefore, they decreed that the traitorous but resourceful Loki (disguised as a falcon and under threat of painful death) rescue Idum and bring her back to the safety of Asgard, where she might again tend the tree on which the apples grew.  A jewellery company made a one-of-a-kind gold pendant based on this image and gave it to Boris as a gift.  They had contemplated a line of pendants based on Boris' work, but the project was not completed.  Painted 1987.
	Things Better Unmet	BJ.M4  November 1996	Painted 1985.
	Thirst	B2.29  CD1  Enchantment	Illustration for a story with the same title.  Detail is given of the little brown splodge:  Painted 1994.
	Thor and Krungnir	B3.45  BOB.78  1989 Calendar	Norse Mythology: In a moment of drunkenness, Krungnir the Giant challenged Thor the Thunder God to a fight. Krungnir then decided to improve his chances of defeating Thor by having an even larger giant (nine miles and one furlong high) built out of clay. During the confrontation, Krungnir hurled a huge whetstone at Thor. But he had not counted on Thor's magic hammer, which collided with the whetstone, smashed it to bits, and went on to cleave Krungnir's skull in two. The clay man, seeing this, trembled so violently that he disintegrated into dust.
	Thorma	BJ.45  August 1996	Also used as promotional card for the Boris With Julie card set.  Painted 1994.
	The Three Musketeers	B4.59	Modelled by Boris' son Dorian.  Painted 199?.
	Through The Reality Warp	B1.17  CD1  FABV  WOB.4	Cover for Through the Reality Warp by Donald J Pfell, published by Ballantine Books.  Painted 1976, oil, 16 x 26 inches.
	Thytonese	B3.C1  1992 calendar	Entitled Pythoness in the calendar.  Painted 1991.
	Time is a Dream	BJ.39  July 1995	Calendar painting.  Painted 1993.
	The Time Warp	B4.81	Advertising campaign painting.  Painted 1998.
	Tinirau	B3.27  1993 Calendar	Polynesian Mythology:  Tinirau was a god of the ocean and fish, also known as "the swallower".  He had a love affair with the golden Sun Goddess, Hina.
	To Fly Away	B4.84	Preliminary sketch for a European project which was never completed.
	The Toast of the Town	FABV	Cover for Ballantine Books: Toast of the Town by Alice Chetwynd Ley.  Painted 1976, oil, 16 x 26 inches.
	The Torch	B1.01  CD1  Portfolio 1  1987 Calendar	Painted for the 1990 Mythology calendar.  Painted 1989.
	Torches In The Woods	B4.15	Boris himself posed for this painting which was used as the cover for Poisoned Memories (Penguin/Roc, 1994) by Christopher Kubasik.  Painted 1993.
	Torso	B1.46	Drawn 1982.
	Totem Pole	CD1	Painting undated.
	To Walk the Night	FABV	Cover for Ballantine Books.  See also Nightmare.  Painted 1976, oil, 16 x 26 inches.
	Tower	B1.25 CD1	Cover for Voyagers II: The Alien Within (Tor, 1988) by Ben Bova.  Painted 1985.
	Tree Of Death	B3.02  CD1  FAT 33  1982 calendar	Book cover for Doubleday.  Painted 1979.
	The Triton and The Mermaid	B2.04  BOB.08  CD1  Mirage	Painted 1981.
	The Troll	B2.60	This is given as a variant title on this card, but is consistently referred to elsewhere as The Broken Sword.
	The Two-Headed Beast	B1.62  BOB.medallion  Beasts  CD1  FPG.29  Portfolio 21	This painting was conceived as a beer advertisement featuring a crate of beer which stood right where that rock in front of her left foot appears.  Thanks to Bernard Rogers for drawing my attention to the sketch in Fantasy Art Techniques which reveals this. Painted 1984.
	Tyrannosaurus Rex	B4.03	Painted for a German advertising campaign with the slogan "the big ones are back."
	The Ultimate Sin	Record/CD cover	Cover for The Ultimate Sin (CBS/Epic 1986) by Ozzy Osbourne.  Painted 1985.
	Unicorn	B1.31  BOB.42  CD1  1982 calendar	On the 1982 calendar this is entitled E Pluribus Unicorn, which is the title of a (grisly little) book by Theodore Sturgeon, so presumably this was a cover for that book (but not, unfortunately, for my copy).  The CD also includes a file named "demon.tif" which is a duplicate of this image.  Painted 1979.
	Unicorn	1992 calendar	A mythological beast resembling a horse with a single golden horn, the Unicorn symbolised purity and innocence.  According to legend, it could only be captured by a virgin girl; according to the same legend, no Unicorn was ever captured.  Painted 1991.
	The Unicorn of Central Park	B4.86	Cover art for Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight by Mike Resnick Painted 1986.
	Unseeing	BJ.61  June 1995	Calendar painting?  Compare this with Tyrannosaurus Rex.  Painted 19?.
	The Valkyries	B3.65  BJ.77  1989 Calendar	Norse Mythology: The Valkyries, also known as the "Choosers of the Slain," were the beautiful, fearless and immortal woman warriors who rode across the skies above battlefields. They carried out the will of Odin in determining the victors and in gathering the souls of dying warriors found deserving of afterlife in Valhalla. The best known of the Valkyries is Brynhild, who forfeited her immortality by saving the life of Agnar, a young hero who had been fated to die.  1988 calendar cover picture.  Painted 1987.
	Vampire Robot	B4.46	The piece was originally painted without the vampire robot in the background and in this form was used as the cover for Orion in the Dying Time (Tor, 1990) by Ben Bova. The robot was added in the hope of making it more saleable to another prospective client, who didn't buy it.  The vampire robot, it must be acknowledged, is not pretty, as Boris himself acknowledges.
	Vampire's Kiss	B2.12  CD1  Mirage	This exact scene was, apparently, copied in a European movie entitled The Church.  Painted 1979.
	New Visions of Vampirella		Presumably for the Vampirella comic with the same title.
	Venus On The Half Shell	B2.31  BOB.68	Roman Mythology: Venus, the counterpart of the Greek Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, was born in the ocean and borne to land on a seashell.  The picture is the cover art from Robert Heinlein's To Sail Beyond The Sunset (Ace/Putnam, 1987).  Painted 1987.
	Vesuvius	B4.89	Movie poster for Warrior Queen.  Painted 1986.
	The Victorious	B1.79  BOB.61  CD1  FAT 61  FPG.36  Portfolio 26  1986 calendar	Cover for Conan The Victorious published by Tor Books.  Painted 1984
	Virgo	B2.21  CD1  1988 Calendar	Painted for the 1988 Zodiac calendar.  Undated.
	Virtual Reality	BJ.14	A preliminary sketch for an ad promoting virtual reality.  Those grey areas should be white - a scanner doesn't see a chrome surface the way the human eye does.
	Voyeur	Enchantment  1986 calendar	Illustration for the story of the same name.  Painted 1984.
	Vulcanus	B4.56  Ladies	Roman Mythology: The smith to the Gods - lame, but very skilled with his hands.  Drawn 1991.

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