ART IS LIFE … LIFE IS ART
Posted in Auction, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Jan 6th, 2008
Paul Stromberg of Treasure Trove and I decided to re-schedule the auction of my vintage RPG-related art to occur at the beginning of Spring. Who knew my RPG collection would end up being so voluminous? I’m certainly surprized.
The RPG stuff I have is on so many different levels, I’m positive that there will be something [...]
Posted in Auction, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Dec 30th, 2007
Undergoing A Process of Rediscovery
My husband, Vincent Bridges and I, along with our three crazy cats, live in a 14-room Victorian home, filled to the brim with books. Since mid-summer (2007), I’ve been preparing for the auction of my vintage artwork, publications, and other things related to being an artist during the formative years of [...]
Posted in Articles, Auction, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Nov 25th, 2007
WIZARDS and MAGIC-USERS in DARLENE’s CLASSIC RPG ART
The figure most associated with magic is the wizard whose beard denotes power and mature wisdom. DARLENE often used the beard as a decorative element in her artwork, such as in a column head for The Dragon magazine:
DARLENE’s artist’s copies of early Dragon magazines are pristine.
In the 1981 [...]
Posted in Auction, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Nov 21st, 2007
SKULLS AND SKELETAL WARRIORS in DARLENE’s RPG Art
It would seem the rendering of skeletons is an integral part of being an RPG artist. Below is a heading as well as some interior art DARLENE created for the RPGA newsletter in 1981.
Issues of the newsletter where these are from are a part of DARLENE’s [...]
Posted in Auction, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Nov 21st, 2007
ICE BARBARIANS AND ARCTIC DENIZENS in DARLENE’s RGP ART
DARLENE explored several fascinating themes throughout her fantasy-art career. Among DARLENE’s more unusual themes are Ice Maidens and Barbarian Warriors from the icy cold reaches of the North. In The 1980 Days of the Dragon Calendar, an Ice Barbarian is mounted upon a large reindeer whose antlers [...]
Posted in Auction, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Nov 20th, 2007
WAR MAIDENS Depicted in DARLENE’s RPG Art
War maidens—or at least capable females with an excellent command of their weaponry—number among the different female archetypes explored by DARLENE in her RPG art. For instance, a powerful and confident Warrior Woman became a popular part of the Fantasy Stamp series published by The Rubberstamp Queen (The Griffin/Letters) [...]
Posted in Auction, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games on Nov 17th, 2007
WINGED PANTHERS
Surprizingly, winged panthers have been a common theme in DARLENE’s work. She created “The Wizard Conjuring Winged Panthers” design (below) for her Classic Note Tablet series in 1982 to sell at Gen Con. The original art/paste-up of a Wizard Conjuring Winged Panthers is available at the auction.
One of DARLENE’s first commissions was a cover [...]