ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR -

TIMLIN, WILLIAM. (TIMLIN,WILLIAM)illus. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR. Offered here is a fabulous watercolor by William Timlin, best known for his Ship That Sailed to Mars. The image measures 5.5 x 7" matted and in a magnificent frame to 13 x 15" and is in fine condition. Although Timlin was born in England, he was raised in South Africa. Along with his success in painting, Timlin was also a practicing architect. The "Ship" was Timlin's masterpiece. He executed a later series of pictures intended for a book to be called The Building of A Fairy City which was never published. The piece offered here is signed by Timlin and captioned "Gossip" in his hand. Done with rich colors in Timlin's Rackhamesque style, the fanciful picture shows a huge tree trunk used as a house. Standing at the door of the tree house is a young woman who is talking to a gnome-like man who is leaning on a fence. Peeking out of a window in the tree house is an elf-like man. Done with much detail and quite wonderful. Timlin's original work is quite rare.