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Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

Born in Dallas, Texas, Henry David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacation in 1965, Potwin met artist Eric Gibberd, who became his mentor for years to come. Potwin attended the University of Houston fine arts program from 1969–74. He studied, alongside and under, a great group of artists, in a building called The Annex. Potwin's subjects range from landscapes, portraits, cityscapes to those that are personal to the artist, idiosyncratic, humorous and socially aware.

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Artist: Henry David Potwin
"Tower of Babbit” Pastel Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealist painting by Henry David Potwin. Pastel, soft-hued painting incorporating a tower rising above a rendered evergreen residenti...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Enhanced" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Biomechanical Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist influenced biomechanical painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a figure of a woman hooked up to a machine with tubes coming out of her head in pink, purple, and yellow pastel tones. Signed at bottom right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Mechanical Heart" Contemporary Green and Yellow Surrealist Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work shows a man with pastel colored features opening his shirt to reveal his mechanical heart and robot parts set against a vivid, yellow background. Signed at bottom right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Bunny Bashing" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Landscape Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful, pastel-toned painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a woman driving a yellow car driving through a group of rabbits. Signed in the front low...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Fossil Fuel" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Cityscape of Clowns Driving Cars
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The piece features a scene of four cars and clown-like figures racing on a bridge with a fire lit below. Potwin incorporates the history of Texas through the use of a Texan longhorn on the front of the car. Signed in the lower right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Spontaneous Combustion" Contemporary Surrealist Exploding Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist portrait painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a figure wearing a suit and tie with sunglasses spontaneously bursting into f...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Junkman" Pastel Contemporary Biomechanical Surrealist Desert Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel surrealist painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a large mechanized man wandering a desert landscape. Signed in front lower left corner. ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Infernal Machine" Contemporary Surrealist Biomechanical Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a crowded scene of humanized machinery connected by conveyor belts. Signed in front lo...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Underground Resistance" Contemporary Surrealist Painting of a Flying Boot
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealist painting by Texas artist Henry David Potwin. This work features an intricately rendered boot with wings descending on someone hiding under a trap door. Signe...
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2010s Contemporary Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Mr. Nixon" Contemporary Pastel Yellow and Purple Surrealist Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid purple and yellow toned painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a life-size figure of the head of Richard Nixon with yellow and purple features and bright, red eyes. He is dressed in a bright purple suit with a smiley face button on the collar. Signed, titled, and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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2010s Contemporary Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Unzipped" Contemporary Pastel Blue Toned Risqué Surrealist Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel blue-toned surrealist painting done by artist Henry David Potwin. This work features an enlarged unzipped zipper acting as a woman's genital parts. Signed at bottom left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Shakedown” Soft Hued Contemporary Surrealistic Figurative Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary painting by Henry David Potwin. Pastel toned surrealistic landscape depicting civil unrest. Signed by artist on bottom right corner; titled and dated at the back. Curren...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Skull Contemplating A Stone" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Landscape Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful, pastel-toned painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a pink and yellow-toned landscape scene with a skull sitting at the bottom of a tree, contemplating a stone nearby. Signed at bottom left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Component" Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist influenced the figurative painting of a female hooked up to an organic mechanical machine. The work is signed by the artist on the front of the canvas. It is titled, signe...
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2010s Contemporary Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Oil

“Above The Land of Plenty” Colorful Contemporary Abstract Surrealist Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary figurative painting by Henry David Potwin. Colorful and vibrant painting incorporating a nude female and a pair of eyes with floral and agricultural elements in the back...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"The Divided Electorate" Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
"The Divided Electorate" is a surrealist oil painting on canvas completed in 2016 that is meant to be a social commentary on the political climate of its day by artist Henry David Potwin. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas, David Potwin is the oldest of three children. Potwin first put brush to canvas at 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. "During our vacation in 1965, I met my first true mentor, Taos artist Eric Gibberd. Eric was a fine impressionist artist who took a strong interest in me. Eric remained a vibrant and reverent influence in my life until his death" says Potwin. After completing 12 years of Catholic school education and under Gibberd's mentorship, Potwin attended the University of Houston Fine Arts program from 1969-1974, studying under William Anzalone and Dr. Peter Gunther with classmate Julian Schnabel. Potwin says: "To list all the great artists who’ve inspired me would be some list indeed. My inspiration and style are drawn from many quarters such as impressionism ,and the great German expressionists such as Otto Dix, and Max Beckman, as well as a nod to pop surrealism. Perhaps conceptual impressionism would be a more precise description. What I continually seek is to refine my vision and my craft. My goal is to create a body of work that is multi-layered and resonates with the public as well as the collector. My subjects range from landscapes, portraits, cityscapes; to those that are personal, idiosyncratic, humorous and socially aware. Many of my paintings, still lifes, landscapes and underwater scenes are meant to be eye candy. At times I feel that perhaps my style is too broad; but then I’m not a one trick pony!" Potwin has experienced times of frenetic creative activity as well as periods when life interrupted his pursuits. In 1994 he was sentenced to federal prison...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Dolls" Contemporary Yellow Toned Surrealist Portrait Painting of a Young Girl
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-toned surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a girl figure with yellow-toned skin playing with a smaller nude, doll figure. Signed at bottom left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently hung in a wooden, brown frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H: 11 in. x W: 10in. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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2010s Surrealist Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Seperation" Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist figurative painting of a pair of legs attached to a gun. The work is signed, titled and dated by the artist. The canvas is framed in a black frame. Dimensions without Fram...
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2010s Contemporary Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Selfie" Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist contemporary figurative painting of lips with hands bordering the mouth. The work is signed, titled and dated by the artist. The canvas is framed in a wooden frame. Dimens...
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2010s Contemporary Henry David Potwin Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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"Still Life" Contemporary Phallic Interior Still Life of Apples and a Banana
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Colorful surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The piece features two distinctly red apples, both with different shades, and a ripe banana sitting between the two. Signed in the bottom right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but framing options are available. Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
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"Playground of the Past" Colorful Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Painting
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Colorful surrealist landscape painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a group of people climbing on large, broke...
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"Toy Boat, Toy Boat, Toy Boat" Contemporary Surrealist Industrial Field Painting
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"La Bestia" Contemporary Surrealist Border Train Commentary Painting
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