Allan Krummenacker's Men of Mythology

These works are all copyrighted by Allan Krummenacker, the artist. If you are interested in using these works, please contact avona@softcom.net for permission. I can also answer questions and share larger images. Allan would love to hear comments.

Merlin's Release, by Allan Krummenacker Pastel The legends of King Arthur have it that his mentor Merlin was trapped until the time of Arthur's return.

Thor Vs. the Midgard Serpent, by Allan Krummenacker Pastel From the legends of Ragnarok, from Norse mythology, Thor, the god of thunder, battles a venomous serpent so large it can encricle the earth.

Cosmic Shiva, by Allan Krummenacker Pastel Shiva is the Hindu god of destruction and also creation, fitting well with the astonomical use of materials created by the deaths of old stars to create new systems.

King Arthur's Reutrn, by Allan Krummenacker charcoal

Ra-Atum, by Allan Krummenacker Pastel In Egyptian myth, the sun god made his way by night through a river beneath the world, a journey fraught with peril, but ones he always survived to rise again in the morning.

The Legend of John Henry, by Allan Krummenacker Pastel, 32" x 40" John Henry is an icon of American folk lore, a real man who worked on railroads. When a drilling machine was bought, the workers worried about losing their jobs, and John Henry raced the machine to prove a man could do the job better.  He won the race, but died of heart failure immediately after.

Thor Gathering Thunderclouds, by Allan Krummenacker charcoal