Material
Oil on hydrostone plaster
About
Red, orange, and maroon modern abstract owl painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The painting is done on hydrostone plaster and depicts a perched orange and red owl with a few buttons across its body. The owl stands on a light green pedestal against a dark maroon background. Signed by the artist at the bottom of the painting. Framed in a painted black and silver wooden frame.
Artist Biography
Born 1927 in Huntsville, Texas, David Pryor Adickes earned his undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics from Sam Houston State College (now University). The summer after graduation, he attended the Kansas City Art Institute and realized that art was what he really wanted to do. Adickes used his G.I. Bill to study painting in Paris with the modern master, Fernand Leger. He returned to Houston and began painting full-time. In 1983, he was commissioned to make his first monumental sculpture, Virtuoso, which now resides at the Lyric Center in downtown Houston. Adickes also created the 76-foot tall figure of Sam Houston that stands on Interstate 45 just south of Huntsville. he is known for the large statues he sculpts. He sculpted a 67-foot replica of Sam Houston for the city of Huntsville, Texas. In Lead, South Dakota, Adickes created 43 enormousness busts of each American president for display at an educational museum. His workshop in Houston is open to the public and features many of his most outstanding works. Not intended to be a destination, the workshop/gallery has turned into a destination, an often surprising site where one can see something out of the ordinary in the middle of an industrial part of Houston, Texas. Giant heads will occasionally sit in the parking lot and huge sculptures of the Beatles and former President Bush can be seen from the street. Occasionally one will find Adickes working in the shop, with his six employees, slowly crafting ever more extravagant work.
Dimensions With Frame
H 8.5 in x W 22.5 in x D 2.5 in
Dimensions Without Frame
H 13.5 in x W 19.75 in
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