Material
Acrylic on canvas
About
Yellow, orange, green, and purple toned abstract rural landscape painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a small farm house flanked by trees inspired by the loose brushwork and bold colors of the post-impressionists. Signed in front lower left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently hung in a complementary light brown frame.
Artist Biography
Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of eight years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would spend summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd who became his mentor for years to come. David attended the University of Houston Fine Arts program from 1969 to 1974. He studied alongside and under a great group of artists in a building called "The Annex." His subjects range from landscapes, portraits, cityscapes to those that are personal to the artist, idiosyncratic, humorous and socially aware. His works incorporate life experiences, connecting philosophy, physics, sociology, emotion, mysticism and eroticism with craftsmanship. Tweaking the colors to tease the eye with a sense of light and expressed energy. His work is best defined as 'conceptual realism' or perhaps, 'conceptual impressionism.'
Dimensions With Frame
H 22 in. x W 26 in. x D 1.5 in.
Dimensions Without Frame
H 16 in. x W 20 in.