The “Le Queux (William)” series

These paintings were suggested by the titles of the adventure stories of the English writer William Tufnell Le Queux (1864-1927). In all, there are 73 paintings dating from 2013 through 2022 — my first extensive experiment in non-representational illustration. 

1. A Silent Man, A Sealed Script and a Singular Secret, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

2. The Under-Secretary, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

3. In White Raiment, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

4. The Court of Honour, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paperboard

5. Devil’s Dice, 2014. Watercolor, acrylic, oil, and lacquer on paper

6. The Seven Secrets, 2014. Watercolor, acrylic, oil, and lacquer on paper

7. The Eye of Istar, 2014. Watercolor, acrylic, oil, graphite, plaster, and lacquer on paper

8. The Sign of the Stranger, 2014. Watercolor, acrylic, oil, graphite, plaster, and lacquer on paper

9. The Bond of Black, 2014. Watercolor, felt-tip marker, acrylic, oil, plaster, graphite, and lacquer on paper

10. The Secret Telephone, 2014. Watercolor, acrylic, oil, and lacquer on paper

11. The Mystery of a Motor Car, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

12. The Secret of the Square, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

13. Three Glass Eyes, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

14. The Spider’s Eye, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

15. The Great Plot, 2013. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper. (This was the first painting in the Le Queue series.)

16. The House of Whispers, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

17. The Money Spider, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

18. The Looker-On, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

19. Fatal Thirteen (earlier entitled Dinosaur Trees, 2014). Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

20a. The Veiled Man Redux, originally No. 6 in the Metal series [2010], 2014. Oil, acrylic and lacquer on canvas

20b. The Veiled Man Revealed, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

21. The Mystery of the Green Ray, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

22. The Maker of Secrets, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, plaster, and lacquer on paper

23. The Mystery of Nine, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

24. The Red Widow, 2014. Watercolor on paper

25. The Room of Secrets, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

26. The Broken Thread, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

27. The Double Shadow, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

28. Cypher Six, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

29. The White Glove, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

30. Number 70, Berlin, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

31. The Sign of Silence, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

32. The King’s Incognito, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

33. The Mysterious Three, 2014. Watercolor, gouache, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

34. The Young Archduchess, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

35. The Forbidden Word, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

36. The Cat’spaw, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

37. Number 7, Saville Square, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

38. The Letter ‘E’, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

39. The Blue Bungalow, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

40. Behind the Bronze Door, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

41. The Little Blue Goddess, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

42. The Breath of Suspicion, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

43. The Golden Three, 2014. Watercolor, mica, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

44. The Three Knots, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

45. Double Naught, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

46. The Fifth Finger, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

47. The Voice from the Void, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

48. The Terror of the Air, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

49. The Lawless Hand, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

50. The Crystal Claw, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

51. Television – A Fact! 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

52. The Tickencote Treasure, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

53. The Poisoned Bullet, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

54. The Invasion of 1910, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper. (Misplaced, recorded only by this thumbnail.)

55. Spies of the Kaiser, 2014. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, and lacquer on paper

56. An Observer in the Near East, 2022. Acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 inches

57. The Great War in England in 1897, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches

58. The Idol of the Town, 2022. Watercolor and ink on paper

59. Das Haus der Bösen (The House of the Wicked), 2022. Watercolor, acrylic, oil, ink, and lacquer on paper

60. The Valley of the Shadow, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, and lacquer on paper

61. The Unknown Tomorrow, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

62. Behind the Throne, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, plaster, and lacquer on paper

63. Guilty Bonds, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

64. Scribes and Pharisees, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

65. The Gamblers, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

66. The Sign of the Seven Sins, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

67. The Crooked Way, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, plaster, ink, and lacquer on paper

68. The Unnamed, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper

69. The Wiles of the Wicked, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, graphite, ink, gouache, and lacquer on paper

70. Without Trace, July 5, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper, 4 x 6 inches

71. The Lost Million, July 9, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper, 4 x 6 inches

72. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London, July 9, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper, 4 x 6 inches

73. Guilty! July 14, 2022. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, ink, and lacquer on paper, 4 x 6 inches