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Item Ships From: Houston
War is Hell High in the Sky - Figure Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
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2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
When it is All Forever - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Who's Who - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
You Are All Prisoners of War - Figure Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Zoo Viserty - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
You've Got to Pretend You Are Dead - Ink Drawing, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Battle is On - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Thanx Laurie, Love You - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Send Me the Bill - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Peace On You - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Move On Little Doggies - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
No Offence! - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Now War Becomes A Game - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
On Your Mark Get Set - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
I Don't Know What to Say - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
It's a Dog Life! - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
It's Star Wars Again - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Let's Check in Here - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Have You Seen the Horrible Side of Life - Figure Ink Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hank - Daniel Johnston, Colorful Figurative Ink Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ha Ha Ha Hee Hee - Colorful Figurative Ink Drawing on Paper, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Golly There No End to War Before - Colorful Figurative Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, How Are You (1983) album cover to the MTV Video Music Awards. Johnston’s art was inextricably connected to his music, and his pen and marker drawings of superheroes and anthropomorphized animals were critical to his cult appeal among music fans and art aficionados alike.
Johnston lived with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, which contributed to his work’s on-and-off categorization as outsider art; his visionary world...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Get Ready This is Now - Colorful Figurative Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Christmiss - Daniel Johnston, Colorful Figurative Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
And Then Begins the Bang of War, Colorful Figurative Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
All Things Must Pass Gas, Colorful Figurative Drawing, Duck Wars Series
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
All In a Dream - Daniel Johnston, Colorful Figurative Drawing, Duck Wars
Located in Houston, TX
Daniel Johnston was a prolific visual artist and musician. He gained a cult following in the 1990s when Kurt Cobain wore a T-shirt with the artist’s frog illustration from his Hi, Ho...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"A Good Witch, " Acrylic and Charcoal Mixed Media Painting on Paper in Wood Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Certainly one of Bert Long’s more humorous artworks, "A Good Witch" exemplifies affection for sincerity, despite obvious levity.
Bert L. Long Jr., was self...
Category
1990s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic
"Untitled, " Charcoal and Pastel Drawing on Paper, Folk artist, Framed and Signed
Located in Houston, TX
Composed of charcoal and pastel, this drawing is a simple, yet lively expression of Long’s playful sensibility.
Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. Bert Long...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
"Untitled, " Oil on Paper - Monochromatic Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characters portrayed in this work play out their roles, while remaining unaware of the full scope of their surroundings.
Amita Bhatt received her BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Bhatt’s work has been exhibited at noteworthy venues such as the Bluestar Contemporary Art Center, Walters Art Museum, The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Project Row Houses, all in the United States as well as Museo Pedro de Osma in Peru. She has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards and recently served as a Grant Panelist on the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works are included in many important private and public collections.
Bhatt digs deep into world philosophies and mythologies to answer questions pertaining to our political as well as personal belief systems. Unafraid to explore uncomfortable territories, the artist mines from a range of sources to create hybrid creatures that are often symbolic of man’s psychological condition in an angst-ridden zeitgeist.
In exploring issues of identity and violence, Bhatt’s research led her to the beginnings of mankind. Most ancient creation...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"Untitled" Oil on Paper - Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characters portrayed in this work play out their roles, while remaining unaware of the full scope of their surroundings.
Amita Bhatt received her BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Bhatt’s work has been exhibited at noteworthy venues such as the Bluestar Contemporary Art Center, Walters Art Museum, The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Project Row Houses, all in the United States as well as Museo Pedro de Osma in Peru. She has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards and recently served as a Grant Panelist on the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works are included in many important private and public collections.
Bhatt digs deep into world philosophies and mythologies to answer questions pertaining to our political as well as personal belief systems. Unafraid to explore uncomfortable territories, the artist mines from a range of sources to create hybrid creatures that are often symbolic of man’s psychological condition in an angst-ridden zeitgeist.
In exploring issues of identity and violence, Bhatt’s research led her to the beginnings of mankind. Most ancient creation...
Category
2010s Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" Oil on Paper, Figurative Drawing, Symbolist Art, Indian Artist
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist oil painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Amita Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characte...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Untitled" Oil on Paper, Figurative Drawing, Symbolist Art, Indian Artist
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist oil painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Amita Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characte...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Untitled" Watercolor on Papyrus, Figurative Drawing, Symbolist Art, Indian Ar
Located in Houston, TX
This Watercolor on papyrus painting is one in a series of five watercolor works painted on papyrus. Here, Bhatt uses the recurring symbol of the fetu...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled" Watercolor on Papyrus, Figurative Drawing, Symbolist Art, Indian Art
Located in Houston, TX
This Watercolor on papyrus painting is one in a series of five watercolor works painted on papyrus. Here, Bhatt uses the recurring symbol of the fetu...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled" Watercolor on Papyrus, Figurative Drawing, Symbolist Art, Indian Art
Located in Houston, TX
This Watercolor on papyrus painting is one in a series of five watercolor works painted on papyrus. Here, Bhatt uses the recurring symbol of the fetu...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Untitled, " Oil on Paper - Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This painting on paper is a playful, yet elegant depiction of a personal mantra of Bhatt’s in which she concedes, “life is a circus.”
Amita Bhatt received her BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Bhatt’s work has been exhibited at noteworthy venues such as the Bluestar Contemporary Art Center, Walters Art Museum, The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Project Row Houses, all in the United States as well as Museo Pedro de Osma in Peru. She has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards and recently served as a Grant Panelist on the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works are included in many important private and public collections.
Bhatt digs deep into world philosophies and mythologies to answer questions pertaining to our political as well as personal belief systems. Unafraid to explore uncomfortable territories, the artist mines from a range of sources to create hybrid creatures that are often symbolic of man’s psychological condition in an angst-ridden zeitgeist.
In exploring issues of identity and violence, Bhatt’s research led her to the beginnings of mankind. Most ancient creation...
Category
2010s Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil on Paper - Figurative Drawing, Symbolist Art, Indian Artist
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist oil painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characters portrayed in this work play out their roles, while remaining unaware of the full scope of their surroundings.
Amita Bhatt...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil on Paper - Figurative Drawing, Indian Artist, Symbolist Art
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist oil painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Amita Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characte...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"300 Yards and a Bullet. That's all I need!, " Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
This graphite and acrylic painting on canvas is from a series called "Lovers and Assassins." Here you can see Bhatt playing with the idea of seduction, self-sacrifice, persecution, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas
"Dancing Amidst the Dead" Graphite and Acrylic on Canvas, Symbolism, Indian Art
Located in Houston, TX
In this figurative abstract acrylic painting on canvas, Bhatt explores notions of life and death, the after-life, and reincarnation through the use of ancient Hindu symbolism.
Amita Bhatt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XVIII" - Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Underworld, the “Three Worlds...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XIX" - Abstract Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Underworld, the “Three Worlds...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil Pastel
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XX" - Abstract Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Underworld, the “Three Worlds...
Category
2010s Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XXII" - Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Underworld, the “Three Worlds...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil Pastel
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XXVI" - Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Underworld, the “Three Worlds...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil Pastel
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XXVII" Figurative Drawing, Indian
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Unde...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil Pastel
"A Fantastic Collision of the Three Worlds XXIX" Figurative Drawing, Symbolism
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental drawing on canvas is part of a series, which gives praise to mankind’s quest for wisdom and vigorous resilience. Referring chiefly to the heavens, Earth, and the Underworld, the “Three Worlds...
Category
2010s Symbolist Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Canvas, Oil Pastel
"Pre-Rome, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame with Glass Eye
Located in Houston, TX
This work is one in a series of prints conceived during Long’s fellowship in Rome. It’s central feature is a profile of an abstract organic form nestled in a smooth gradient backgro...
Category
1990s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Bronze
"Roma, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame
Located in Houston, TX
This work is one in a series of prints conceived during Long’s fellowship in Rome. The texture and color of the background simulates a fluid substance, while the primary subject matt...
Category
1990s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Bronze
Price Upon Request
"Post Rome, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame
Located in Houston, TX
This work is one in a series of prints conceived during Long’s fellowship in Rome. The vertical striations along the background accentuate a sense of rhythm, while the colorful strip...
Category
1990s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Bronze
"Persistence (Mum’s the Word), " Hatchet and Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Houston, TX
Furnished with an actual hatchet, this work demonstrates Long’s initiative to merge objects with his paintings. Establishing a sculptural component brings a further sense of tactilit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
"See Looking at See, " Acrylic and Charcoal on Dutch Stonehenge Paper - drawing
Located in Houston, TX
"See Looking at See" is an acrylic painting on paper. The primary subject of this work is an abstract organic form with an eye which appears to be looking in the direction of its own physique. As the title intimates, this is perhaps commenting on the capacity of intelligent life to consider the distinction between self and other.
Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. He began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work, attracting the attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life spanned an era of radical change in the American social climate, the influence of which can be seen clearly in his work.
Long’s paintings and sculptures incorporate a high level of skill and sophisticated knowledge of art history, along with complex philosophical and social issues. Long describes the philosophy behind his work as "a quest to help people diagnose their inner self," believing his art to be "the vehicle to help facilitate the process."
“As artists we have the obligation to provide the world with art which communicates as truth. I believe that art has the power to heal our souls of their afflictions. I try to create art which helps to diagnose the prevalent conditions within our societies, hopefully providing an insightfulness which will help us all become brothers and sisters united in equality and compassion”
- Bert L. Long, Jr.
The late Peter Marzio, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, said of Bert Long during the major retrospective of Long’s work at the museum:
“Bert Long does not avert his gaze from that which is painful, but as [his artworks] testify, he also brings a spirit of joy and redemption to his art. We can all learn from this great artist.”
Over Long’s 33-year career as a painter, sculptor, and photographer, he had several solo exhibitions at respected museums and was awarded many significant awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1987 and the prestigious international Prix de Rome fellowship in 1990. Other notable awards of Long’s include the Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts Artist of the Year Award in 2009, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant in 1997, the Houston Art League Texas Artist of the Year in 1990, the NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, 1987 and the Bemis Foundation Residency in 1998. His work can be seen in over 100 private and public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Instituto de Bachillerato in Spain.
With a recent solo exhibition at the Houston Museum of African American Culture and an exhibition overseas which is pending featuring his work, plus interest from several national museums, Bert L. Long Jr. continues to be recognized as an important African American artist throughout Texas, nationally and internationally.
Bert L. Long, Jr.
"See Looking at See"
2006
Acrylic and Charcoal on Dutch Stonehenge Paper...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal
"Untitled, " Acrylic on Paper - Figurative drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Faces are a recurring motif throughout Long’s extensive body of work - especially regarding eyes and mouths. This work features a misma of matter that coagulates into an image recogn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Feed Me, " Mixed Media Acrylic and Charcoal Figurative Drawing on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
This work bears striking achromatic depiction of a face, contrasted by a vibrant and colorful section of watermelon. The simplicity and levity of the watermelon helps offset the emot...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal
"Camino, " Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper - Figurative drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This work, marked by thin washes of acrylic, depicts a floating figure with Long’s likeness hovering over what appear to be earthly materials below - perhaps an allusion to notions o...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal, Crayon
"Untitled, " Mixed Media Acrylic and Charcoal Abstract Drawing on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
The imagery in this work appears to be a rope pulling a colorless curtain away to reveal a gnarled tree trunk before a crimson background.
Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist,...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal
"We Live, We Grow, We Die, We Go Someplace, " Six Color Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
This work resembles a colorful abstraction of a terrarium inhabited by geometric and organic forms alike.
Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Houston - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
