Constance Powell-Teeples

Constance Powell-Teeples Mixed Media Abstract Geometric

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Animal Spirit I" is a dynamic expression of McGee's mythical animal spirits. Hand signed and dated lower right front and on the verso signed and titled. Painting and mixed media present a complex scene that incorporates use of graphite and acrylic paint on thick handmade paper. Michelle Oka Doner was invited to participate in McGee's studio in the early 1980s and brought her handmade paper skills to share engaging McGee in this creative pursuit. McGee continued to develop these spiritual creatures throughout his career as can be seen in a piece from 1984, "Noah's Ark: Genesis, 1984," on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, his brilliant 2005 "Progression" a 45-foot wide aluminum sculpture at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, and his stunning 2016 "United We Stand" sculpture at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History . His genius can be seen in sculpture installments throughout the city of Detroit. "Animal Spirit I" is signed and dated lower right. Charles McGee was born into a family of sharecroppers. While helping his grandfather tend the land, "he observed firsthand the order and harmony that exists within nature." He had no formal schooling until moving to Detroit at age 10, where he found that "everything was on the move and it hasn’t slowed down yet." in 2017 he observed, "I learned something not being in school — because life is school . . .I learn something every time I move. Every time I go around a corner, something new is revealed to me.” McGee took advantage of the GI Bill to attend classes at the Society of Arts and Crafts, now the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Other College for Creative Studies faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock , Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell (American Expressionist formerly from Detroit and New York), Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern) and William Girard (American Modern.) After retiring from the Corps of Engineers, McGee spent 1968 studying art in Barcelona. Despite not knowing the language at the outset, he immersed himself in the culture and opened himself to a whole new range of experience that would play out in his artwork. "If you free yourself, you have this kind of opportunity to have those experiences, horizons, and new vistas." (per interview with Nick Sousanis. He returned to Detroit and curated "Seven Black Artists" at the Detroit Artists Market in 1969, which along with McGee himself, included Lester Johnson, Henri Umbaji King, Robert Murray, James Lee, Allie McGhee...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "The Banicor" is an exuberant lively piece full of intense color with a subtle coating of sparkles that catch the light in various ways and enhances the vibrant painted surface. It hangs free and explodes into lively movement against the wall. Al Loving...

This small multicolor abstract is an exemplary work of Mexican-American artist Nora Chapa Mendoza. This vibrantly colorful landscape is oil on canvas and exhibits the cool colors that evoke images of a Mexican or American Southwest desert sunset. The painting is signed by the artist and this work comes with the metal easel that is seen displayed in the photos. Nora Mendoza...

Robert's brilliant abstract paintings are easily identified with energized aspects of the universe as in sun burst, nebula, black hole, or far away. His Zen practice allows him release from earthly concerns to soar amongst the stars. Robert Piatek...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Geostructure II" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Geostructure XII" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...

Exceptional painting by Maryanne Pollock titled "Transmitter". Work is signed and dated 2021 on reverse. Painting measures 48" x 48" and is mixed media on canvas. Artists Robert ...

Exploding with emotion, energy and color Stephanie Visser's mixed media paintings on paper are framed in a simple and clean white wood frame with thick 4-ply acid free matting and UV...

West Industrial, 2018, by Liberty Blake. 48 x 46 inches (wood cradle, no frame), assemblage and mixed media. Artist Statement: I would describe myself as an abstract collage artis...

Artist: Jeanne Gentry Keck Title: Accidental Freedom VI Size: 12 x 12 Inches Medium: Mixed Media on canvas Year: 2020

Part of the 147 artworks dedicated to all the participating Nations at the 2015 Milan International Expo. Bruno Fael begins as a figurative painter and is recognized today as the key...

Bruno Fael begins as a figurative painter and is recognized today as the key figure of a renewed Abstract Expressionism based on color and as one of the most gifted and effective con...