I first encountered Ken at a ChattaCon. ChattaCon is held in the dead of winter and Ken was wearing these beat up cut-off shorts, a very worn t-shirt, and holding a glass with some amber beverage in it. He was a tall skinny man with a shock of grey hair. I met him the same weekend I met Bob Tucker. Ken was part of Southern Fandom and ran a very good convention called Kubla Khan in Nashville.<\/p>\n
Ken, or Khen as he was called, had a number of passions in his life including trains, good booze, and art. He could tell you fantasy art and the history of fantasy art with such passion in his voice. He was the tour guide for one of my first art show tours. He could tell you all kinds of things about the paints and the artists. He would have us look at brush strokes and how the artist composed the painting. I thought for years he was an art teacher until I found out that his day job was working for the railroad. I always made time to go hear Khen talk about art.<\/p>\n
The symbol for Kubla Khan was this loopy looking crow that looked like Khen. Various people did various interpretations of the character but it usually had a propeller beanie and a \u201ccigarette\u201d hanging from its mouth. The awards for the costume contest were these stuffed crows which were very much coveted by costumers to have in their collection. <\/p>\n
I will miss Khen. I haven\u2019t seen him in years but his name came up from time to time with various folk and we remembered him fondly.<\/p>\n
I am grateful that I knew Khen and I learned so much about fantasy art from him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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