Image of the Day, February 23, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:10PM Tweet By Donna Poulton
Coming from a third generation ranching family Howard Post grew up working on the family ranch near Tucson, Arizona. When he was 17, he became a championship rodeo rider and continued to rodeo for years. Earning a BFA and an MFA in art, he became a full time artist in 1970 and has won numerous awards for his work. Post’s paintings are stylized and yet minimal with a sepia palette of tonal oranges, browns, blues and greens. His portrayal of the region and of a western lifestyle is informed by his long heritage and the aerial perspective seen in many of his paintings seems to come from a deep memory of place.
Howard Post will be a featured artist at the Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson on Saturday, March 3rd from 12 to 2pm and the exhibition will be up until May 1st, 2012.
Howard Post, The Far Side, c. 2011, 49.5 x 59.5 in. (framed). Credit: Medicine Man Gallery
Howard Post, Losin’ the Shade, c. 2011, 30 x 24 in. (framed). Credit: Medicine Man Gallery Related Posts:
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