H.P.
Lovecraft (in
drawing by Finlay above) wrote: "I've recently come
into touch with Finlay, & find him a most unusual &
brilliant character. He's only 22, & a resident of
his native city of Rochester, N.Y. He is a poet of no
mean attainments as well as an artist--though of
course pictorial art is his primary medium. In future
years I feel certain that he will become an artist of
distinction, so that the WT group will feel very
proud of having known him in his youth.... All of Finlay's
WT work is good--especially the designs for your Lost
Paradise & Bloch's Faceless God. Bloch tells me that
Wright considers the latter the finest illustration
ever drawn for WT, & that the original hangs framed
in the office." (to Catherine L. Moore, mid-October
1936)
"I liked the Finlay illustrations to my two
tales--indeed, I believe Finlay is the best
all-around artist Weird Tales has ever had. His
drawing for the Doorstep was really an imaginative
masterpiece. Wright has generously presented me with
the originals of both Haunter and Doorstep
pictures--and they far transcend the mechanical
reproductions." (to James F. Morton, March
1937)
