QUATERNARY MAN/ a figurative abstraction rooted in ethnic art/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

                                             

                                                 Quaternary Man

                                                 1986

                                                 by Eric Whollem

                                                 gouache and wax resist on paper

                                                 Collection of the artist.

                                                 6" x 9'

                                                  Copyright by the artist.

Ethnic Influences in Figurative Art


In this work I aspired to incorporate what I had learned from
the art of autochthonous peoples, and create a figurative work
that recalls the tribal arts of mankind.

I have long admired the work of the Mexican artist, Rufino
Tamayo. Perceptive viewers could draw a few analogies to
Tamayo's figurative abstractions and the color and design of
my Quaternary Man.

Quaternary Man recalls a turtle to a degree. This may be
a secondary analogy, as it was not the prime idea at the
outset in formulating this work of art.

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Abstract art,  mixed media painting.