Frank Kowing Mixed Media Sculpture "Warrior"

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A mixed media sculpture titled Warrior by Maryland-based artist Frank Kowing (American, 1944-2016), created in 2001. This work features an assemblage of branches, sticks, and a piece of canvas arranged in a triangular formation, covered with splatters of acrylic paint in brown, yellow, and turquoise blue. The work is titled and specifically dated ‘1-2-01’ to the verso. No signature was found on the composition. The work is accompanied with a descriptive catalog on the artist’s painting series Journey of Healing.

Frank Kowing is an outsider artist based in Maryland with a larger than life reputation, the bulk of his focus being mixed media works, many grand in scale and with three dimensional quality. He has participated in a vast array of group shows and exhibits since his first shows in the 1970s in New York City. His education, after service in Vietnam with the US Army, was extensive and included the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands and several fine art institutions in Pennsylvania.

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17BAL145-004-001