Søren M
Member Since July 2008
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Q&A with Søren M

Which piece in your gallery is your favorite and why?

All of my Carl Barks original pages. My Floyd Gottfredson sunday page from 1937 and my Hal Foster page from 1952. I am especially impressed by the size of the 2 last ones.

Please tell us a little about yourself.

I am danish and live about 35 kilometers south of Copenhagen. I am born in 1966 and has collected comics since I was about 7 years old.

How long have you been collecting comic art and what prompted you to start?

About 30 years. A good friend of mine got me started. Before that I only collected Comics.

How do you display/store your collection at home?

Some glassed and framed but mostly at my office at work. I have my own company. A Jeans Store selling Jeans for men and women.

What are your top five most wanted original pages or commissions?

Carl Barks original art. Covers and interior pages.

Grail

Carl Barks Oil Painting

As a long time collector of Carl Barks artwork an oil painting has been on my want list for many years..!
And finally - 25 years after setting my goal - the dream came true.

"Terror of the River" is an original Carl Barks oil painting on Masonite board from 1974 based on the legendary work of the beloved "Good Duck Artist."
The painting is inspired by Barks' story for Four Color #108 (1946). It features Donald Duck and his nephews encountering an enormous sea monster.
This is the only time Barks painted a scene based on Four Color #108, and it is unique in both mood and motion. It's well known that Barks painted multiple versions of several of his celebrated Duck paintings, but this one stands alone as the technical detail involved in creating it was intense and Barks felt that painting it once was enough!
"Terror of the River" is a magnificent painting, primarily because of the action and lighting effects. ... Carl said he would never paint one like it again because it was so time consuming with the shading of the light of the moon and lanterns on the water and the immense detail involved in the water action.
The painting is known to be one of the most popular among fans of Barks' work. It was featured in the 1977-1978 Overstreet Price Guide in a special color section devoted to the best of Barks' Duck paintings.
The painting is one of a few which shows Carl posing with one of his famous oil paintings.
The posing picture was taken by Frank Woolard in 1974. ( Frank was a cousin to Carl`s wife, Garè Barks. )
All time famous Barks fan E. B. Boatner also took a picture in november 1974 showing the painting hanging in Carl`s studio. Both pictures are inclosed.

The art has an approximate image area of 16" X 20".

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Member Since: July 2008
Last Login: April 2026
Website: http://www.carlbarkscomicbookart.dk/
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