LOT #72
Douglas Allen
The Comeback Kids - Black-Footed Ferret
Oil on Panel
10 x 12 1/2 inches
$4,500.00Intent to Purchase • Who was your primary influence and why? Howard Pyle would be my first choice. Back in art school days, I studied under one of Pyle’s pupils, W.J. Aylward. Pyle Theory was to project oneself into the picture, as Aylward remembered, to be there. • What is your favorite color to paint? Red, yellow, and blue? • What is your favorite piece of art and why? An impossible choice. One that stands out is Bruno Liljefors’ Eagle and Hare, for its timeless, silent drama of predator and prey. It is realism, but I marvel at the abstract placement of the subjects, the overall tone, and the composition. Douglas Allen drew animals at an early age. His parents made frequent trips to New York museums, galleries, bookshops, and zoos, exposing him to the works of Remington, Rungius, Leigh, Pyle, and Wyeth. Whether depicting animals against mountain vistas, glacial lakes, rolling grasslands, or northern forests, his works establish a strong sense of place and mood. Travels in the West, the Canadian Rockies, and Africa are essential sources for future works. The range and significance of his art was recognized in a 1995 retrospective at the Hiram Blaauvelt Art Museum in Oradell, New Jersey, and in 1999 at the Newington-Cropsey Foundation Gallery of Art in Hastings–on-Hudson, New York. He currently maintains his home and studio in Centerville, New Jersey.
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