CHARLES GATEWOOD (AMERICAN, b.1941) EGG TEMPERA OB

CHARLES GATEWOOD (AMERICAN, born 1941) "OLD COURTHOUSE LOBBY" 1998, EGG TEMPERA ON BOARD MEASURING 6.25 X 3.75 INCHES; GATEWOOD WAS BORN IN MISSISSIPPI AND IS A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST WORKING PRIMARILY IN EGG TEMPERA AND OILS AND USUALLY IN SMALL FORMATS; HIS PAINTINGS OF BOTH REAL AND IMAGINED INTERIORS ARE NOT SO MUCH ABOUT OBJECTS OR THE PLACES AS THEY ARE ABOUT MOODS AND FEELINGS; HIS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN BACKGROUND BECOMES EVIDENT IN HIS WAREHOUSES, OLD EMPTY BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLROOMS; NO MATTER WHAT THE SUBJECT MATTER, ALL OF HIS PAINTINGS CREATE A FEELING OF QUIETNESS, SOLITUDE AND PENSIVE REFLECTION
Dimensions: 6.75 x 6.25 in
Condition Report: GOOD