And here, to compare with the sketch by Russ featured in the last post, is Kevin Jenkins's full finished art for
The Court of Hidden Faces, sans text. These covers were produced before digital art, remember - or when you needed a Cray to run Photoshop, anyway, so Kevin created them the old-fashioned way, using enamels and oils and tufts of camel-tail. And they're
big. Kevin had to haul the paintings out of his attic, each in three sections, stack 'em up against the wall, and snap them with his Canon EOS 400D.
So, behold: the Garden of Exotic Fragrances. I wonder whether we shouldn't run off some full-size posters. Any takers?
Love this image. Wonderfully vibrant.
ReplyDeleteI almost feel like Yes should re-form just to make the album :-)
DeleteHmm... just found out from Wiki that Yes are still touring - but sans Wakeman and Anderson, so it's more like "hmm, maybe" than "yes". Those are the guys I want to do the Court of Hidden Faces concept album.
DeleteOnce time travel is possible, we will take care of that. It will be the THIRD 1972 album :)
DeleteAlternatively, we could give it to Crimson King and turn their first album into "In the Court of the Hidden Faces"
I like your thinking, Alexander!
DeleteWhat happened to the originals?
ReplyDeleteThey went back in Kevin Jenkins's attic, I believe.
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