I believe this is Merlin's cottage. The sense of place and reality is really perfect, with a feeling of believable magic (arcane science). The architectural elements are brilliant. This is where I'd want to live as an ancient wizard. My mind's eye is agoggle as I imagine the interior of the cottage and what wonders might reside there.
One of my favoritist images ever, tucked away in my morgue, with no information on the artist. I know I should know who it is, but I can't place it. Can anyone help me with that?
Okay, here's the update: This lovely painting is by Charles Frizzell, who has a website that shows this piece and more. Thanks to Marc for the info and thanks to Charles for the idyllic daydreams.
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The artist's style looks awfully familiar and I feel that I should know it as well, but I just can't put my finger on it.
It looks kind of like a Thomas Kincaid painting.
Oh good gosh no. Wash your mouth out. Suddenly I don't like the painting. Oh please no. Just cuz he paints cottages don't make it so. No no no.
I like it, I'd live there. I think I'll build that table with the gothic arch trestle legs. I make one-off furniture and I always lean medieavalesque in theme.
Unless I'm feeling industrial, or rustic, or,...whatever.
I knew I'd seen it before. Page 194 of Spectrum Eleven -Chris Frizzell.
I knew it looked familiar. Page 194 of Spectrum Eleven. Chris Fizzell.
The thumbnail looks more Kincaidian than the full size image. But yeah.
Thanks Marc. I knew the answer would be in a Spectrum, which is where I went looking. But funny thing, I don't own eleven, and I didn't cut one up, so I wonder where I got this particular page from. It's cemented to a backing, so I don't know what's on the backside.
Okay, I'm confused. Marc, you actually left two comments, except one had a spelling of Frizzell, with an " r " and the other was Fizzell, without an " r ". I don't have that volume to check it, and I don't see him in other volume indexes. Could you or someone give us a confirmation on correct spelling?
Thanks!
Frizzell with an"r". Sorry for the double post :) Thought it hadn't gone through.
And it's Charles, not Chris -I was getting my girls to bed when I wrote that, frazzelled I guess :)
Spectrum has his info as:
frizzell@chaffee.net
http://www.frizzellstudios.com/
Marc
Thanks Marc. I really appreciate your finding that out.
Ideal for one of those 5000 piece puzzles?
Cheers!
Steven G. Willis
XOWComics.com
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