Frank Kowing Mixed Media Sculpture "Bird of Prey II"

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A mixed media sculpture titled Bird of Prey II by Maryland-based artist Frank Kowing (American, 1944-2016), created in 2010. From the artist’s HMS Series, this work consists of a web of sticks and branches, painted canvas scraps, pieces of wood, and other materials assembled to resemble a large bird with a long orange beak. An attached label is handwritten with the title and date ‘5/10’. 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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17BAL145-008-001