Got a question about an art peice

You can see more of his work here:

http://rogue.macrophile.com/kreuger/

I believe that he also goes by the nom de crayon of Herbie.

He has done several nice conventional pieces on bristol board, displaying a talent for whimsey and light-heartedness, and a few major pieces such as the one you describe. The multi-panel pieces are created in such a way that any individual part is a nice work, though it works best if all three (or 4 or 5!) are kept together, for context.

He entered a multi-panel work in the FURther CONfusion Artshow a couple years ago, which depicted ninja foxes storming and bypassing a bridge prior to a japanese battle scene; as beautiful as it was, it was composed of pastels (a type of colored chalk) on paper, and mounted directly against an acrylic plastic glazing. I was involved in the bidding on this work, but finally dropped out - I think at over $2,200 - because of my concerns over the survivability of the work. If he had been there to ask if a "fixative" was used before the mounting and glazing - and many pastel pieces are not so sprayed, as it tends to dull the vibrancy of the colors - I might have pursued it and wound up with it. Using an acrylic (PlexiGlas) or Polystyrene cover would result in considerable static electric buildup, which could result in the loosely affixed pastel particles being pulled from the base material onto the glazing, and then repelled to a different spot. Because I could not be sure on those points, I backed out of the bidding (if YOU were to spend $2,000 plus on a work of art, wouldn't you want assurances that it was going to last?).

Despite this, he is an excellent artist, and I do own a few of his smaller, more conventional pieces. If you wish to improve your own collection, consider some of his smaller works, which he will usually display at both AnthroCon and FURther CONfusion, and perhaps one or two of the southern conventions such as MegaPlex. His prices are generally reasonable.