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  • Design Credit: Elizabeth Roberts Architec̦ture & Design, Photo Credit: Dustin Aksland. Dimensions: H 59.75 in. x W 68.5 in.
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Allie William Skelton
REVOLUTION, Large Scale Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist, San Francisco 1970s

1974

$3,275
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Bold and expressive 1974 oil on canvas/mixed media composition that screams "REVOLUTION" across its energetic surface, that is crowded with a myriad of colorful images including Native American figures, planets, a mother and child, bull with horns and cubist face, just to name a few. Created in mixed media by San Francisco artist Allie William "Bill" Skelton (American, 1942-1986), with beads, glitter, collage-style cutouts, and feathers in addition to oil paint on canvas. It is signed and dated "Allie Bill Skelton '74" in the lower right corner. Unframed. Allie William “Bill” Skelton was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art scene of the 1960s and 1970s. Galleries and Shows: Invited Artist - 30th Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, 1976 Loeb Rhoades Market Hours Gallery, San Francisco, 1976 Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, 1976 Periwinkle Art, Pacifica, 1977 25 Year Retrospective of Allie Bill Skelton - 330 Grove, San Francisco, 1979 Walnut Creek Public Art Program, 1985 Bronze Statues

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