This 2003 oil on canvas portrait entitled Insurgient is by Oakland artist Rip Matteson (1920-2011). Matteson was educated at U.C. Berkeley, C.C.A.C, Scuola di Belle Arte in Rome, the Parsons School of Design in NYC, and received his DFA from Blackburn College. He founded the art program of the Monterey Peninsula College and taught at Laney College in Oakland. He also served as the president of the Carmel Art Association where he showed his work his entire life.
September 2003 Oil on Canvas 18"x36" unframed
Signed upper left; signed, dated and titled on the back. Excellent condition.