CAS had been drawing and painting weird subjects long before he was an author of weird fiction, and before he ever met Lovecraft. No doubt his fancy was captivated by grotesque, phantasmic, and alien things. This page is relevant:
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And this quote from a 1915 letter from CAS to George Loveman sums up his preference in his visual art:
Quote:Clark Ashton Smith
Outside of a little drawing, my days have been quite idle of late. I don't feel in the least like writing poetry, and have amused myself by drawing devils, grotesques, animals of the nightmare breed and pretty girls.
They don't appear so much on this site's gallery, but "pretty girls" seemed to be a favorite subject of his, especially when combined with the Weird, but this is probably no surprise! He's painted lamias, Lilith, faery women, etc.
It seems CAS made some money on his artwork, but not enough to thrive from it. My knowledge of his life is naturally fragmented and based on older memories of my readings from this site, but I recall that CAS made his living through a vast assortment of odd jobs throughout his life.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 4 Sep 20 | 06:26PM by Hespire.