Illustrator Gary Chalk, Redwall's first chapter icon artist, started selling giclée prints of his fantasy artwork last year, and we decided to grab the most Redwall-esque one available. As he observed in the handwritten note that accompanied it, the print features "a horribly heroic hedgehog!"
Chalk is perhaps most well-known for his contributions to Lone Wolf, a series of adventure books, and the Talisman board game series. In addition to illustrating Redwall, he also illustrated Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, Salamandastron, and Martin the Warrior.
However, in 2011 he started his own book series with Allan Jones called The Six Crowns (Sundered Lands in the UK). The hero of these tales is Trundle Boldoak, "a hedgehog who has an appointment with destiny and a rather natty pair of breeches." Trundle is the hedgehog character depicted in this print, and we thought it would fit right in with our Redwall collection.
The print, titled "Cometh the hour", arrives signed and numbered in A4 size on 308 gsm acid free paper, and is limited to only 150 copies. Its official description is: "Cometh the hour, cometh the hedgehog! Adventurers come in all shapes and sizes."
You can check out Chalk's online fantasy art print shop by visiting here.
At Dragonmeet 2022 in London, England, Chalk participated in a three-part series of video interviews about his life and career with Ken Boyter. Watch part 1 below.
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