As a child, growing up in the '30s and '40s, Earl Linderman was fascinated by the comic strips and Saturday matinees. He would spend countless hours drawing these characters, forming the foundation of his future as an artist of extraordinary imagination and execution. By the time he was in high school, Linderman was creating his own art, featuring heroes involved in adventurous dramas. Things have not changed much for the man who, since the early '70s, has been exciting art aficionados with his series, The True and Incredible Adventures of Doktor Thrill.
"For me, the imaginative world of my art is a slam-bang, dynamite adventure," states Linderman. "Just as Matisse did not wish to become a 'prisoner of reality' in his art, I, too, have taken the raw stuff of life and invented a panorama of electric personalities .... My art is my autobiography, both fantasized and real. I paint 'romantic adventurism,' a mystique of the intellect and the heart."
The idea for Doktor Thrill came in 1970 when Linderman was vacationing in San Diego. He was sitting on Fisherman's Wharf at Crystal Pier, "with the fog rolling in, the moon coming up, and the waves lashing against the pilings," when his imagination kicked into high gear, and Doktor Thrill was born. During the next three years, Linderman drew sketches of his character, who originally appeared as Captain Evil, a mysterious looking man one might find in novels of intrigue. These initial works were influenced by German Expressionism.
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Afterhours At The Green Rabbit
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Cafe Napoleon
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Dance
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INTERNATIONAL MODERN MASTERS EXHIBITION
Doktor Thrill Cruises On The Princess
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Doktor Thrills Strawberry Chiffon Desert
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Embrace Me
36 x 36
Hot Number
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In The Mood
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La Belle Blonde
30 x 30
Lotta Heat Plays Boogie (Falling In Love Again)
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Love On A Skyscraper
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Love With Passion
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Red Hot At The Cafe Rouge
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Remy's Piano Bar
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Rhapsody In Black And Fuschia
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Rita And Her Dove
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Smokey Blues
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Sugar In The Morning
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Sweet And Dreamy
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Swing
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Tell It All Darling
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White Mink In New York
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Wrap Around Me
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