Bustling Colorful Abstract
2010 Watercolor & Sumi Ink
#D1445
$1,250
Bill Paskewitz
This 2010 watercolor and sumi ink on paper abstract is by Bill Paskewitz (1953-2014). Paskewitz was a New York-born painter and influential Bay Area art educator whose work bridged the traditions of European art history and the expressive experimentation of postwar American painting. Raised and educated in New York City, he studied at Cooper Union and regularly visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art to draw from its collections, developing a lifelong engagement with the Old Masters. Deeply influenced by the gestural abstraction of Willem de Kooning and the layered imagery of David Salle, Paskewitz developed a distinctive visual language that moved fluidly between figuration and abstraction. Fascinated by traditional artistic materials and methods, he frequently made his own drawing media, burning gathered twigs to produce charcoal and harvesting natural ochres from the earth to create pigments. After relocating to California in the late 1970s, Paskewitz continued his prolific artistic practice while becoming a highly respected college professor of art and art history in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2010
Watercolor & Sumi Ink on Paper
22.75"x30.25" unframed
Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Excellent vintage condition.
