Friday, August 14, 2009

When the World Was a Garden

I think Roy Krenkel was a man who felt out of time and place (as many of us do) and used his art to transport himself. That he ended up transporting us with his work was a bonus, but much of his work was created as a personal vision, imagining worlds far more dangerous and far more interesting than ours. Selling his work was a nuisance that came with the territory.



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Mr. Door Tree said...

Thomas,

One of Krenkel's masterpieces! A minor correction...it was published by my old convention crony Tom Veilleux in 1972. Tom is probably most remembered for his 5 issues of the EC Fan-Addict-Seraphim fanzine and the first Jeff Jones portfolio! I was there when Roy passed the original art along to Tom to shoot. All of us standing there where floored when Roy pulled this piece out! It was done on grey textured charcoal paper using chalk, charcoal and pencil and as good as the prints of it are nothing ever came close to capturing the depth and subtleties of the original art!
I never saw it printed in sepia...did you add that tint?

August 14, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Hi Mr. Door Tree--

My print is naturally sepia. I received two copies of this print from one of the Middle Earth publishers, who is a friend of mine, when he and I made a transaction of art and printed material some years ago. One of them was this sepia print and one was a greyish green color, which I traded off long ago. There's no publisher imprint on this piece, and since I got so much Middle Earth material at the time, I assumed they were the ones who printed this. There was some scratchy writing on the back that indicates this was a printing proof, which, from my experience, sometimes uses different inks for setups. My friend worked closely with Frazetta on his portfolios and I thought he worked with Krenkel as well.

It's fabulous that you got to see the original. Did you know Roy well? I met him once but I always wished I could have known him better. His work always connected closest to my fantasy world, in some ways more than Frazetta's.

August 14, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Mr. Door Tree said...

Thomas,

Thats very interesting that it was printed in sepia! I've seen many copies of this print and this is new to me...probably a one of a kind item!

I didn't know Roy well but I spent many an hour talking art with him from 1968-1981! He was an incredible teacher! Many of my art interests are a direct result of having known Roy Krenkel! All you had to do was mention the names of Norman Lindsay, J Allen St John and the like and Roy would be off and running! He enjoyed showing his new artworks but he was always so self deprecating concerning them...he was his own worst critic!

I admire and feel much more in tune with Krenkel's work than Frazetta's! I have dozens of his originals in my collection!

August 15, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Sure would love to see any Krenkel originals you haven't already posted. And say, a long time ago you said you might have some FX Leyendecker stuff you could show us. Any chance of that?

August 15, 2009 at 6:57 PM
E.G.Palmer said...

I visit both of your blogs every day, gentlemen. I've learned a lot and I've followed up on each new artist you post. Thanks for all your efforts.

August 15, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...

Thank you. What a lot of work and what a lot of fun.

August 15, 2009 at 10:01 PM

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