ANGULARITY/ a geometric abstraction influenced by native american art/ PICTOGRAPHS

                                                  Angularity

                                                  1980
                                                  by Eric Whollem
                                                  earth paints, polyvinyl resin, acrylic and watercolor
                                                      on paper
                                                 Collection of the artist.
                                                 7 3/8" x 10 1/16"
                                                   Copyright by the artist.

NATIVE AMERICAN PICTOGRAPHIC ART

For many years I have been a student of American Indian
rock art. Also pottery design and pictographic images
painted on rawhide have been of immense interest to me.

I am not Native American, but have lived in close proximity
to Indian families--notably of the Concow Maidu Indains
of Butte County, California.

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View my posts on the MAIDU INDIANS on this link:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/maidu%20indians

See my posts on FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION here:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/figurative%20abstraction

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BLUE JUNGLE/ an abstract gouache and wax resist

             Blue Jungle

             1986
             by Eric Whollem
             gouache and wax resist on paper
             Collection of the artist.
             9" x 6"
                    Copyright by the artist.

SQUARED FORMS/ a geometric abstraction utilizing raw natural earth pigments

                                                Squared Forms

                                                1981
                                                by Eric Whollem
                                                earth pigments and watercolor in polyvinyl resin on paper
                                                Collection of the artist.
                                                4 1/16" x 5 5/16"
                                                   Copyright by the artist.

OVOID SNAPS/ earth paints and watercolor in polyvinyl resin on paper

                                                 Ovoid Snaps
                                                 1981
                                                 by Eric Whollem
                                                 watercolor, polyvinyl resin and raw earth on paper
                                                 4" x 5 5/16"
                                                 Collection of the artist.
                                                     Copyright by the artist.
 

SCRIPT OF THE SEA/ a pictographic mixed media abstraction

              Script of the Sea

              1998
              by Eric Whollem
              oil stick, casein, parafin, gouache and India ink on paper
              Collection of the artist.
              Copyright by the artist.
  
An Evocation of the Ocean

I painted this work near the Pacific Ocean. I was doing an art
show in Mendocino, but travelled northwards to the tide pools
near Fort Bragg.

This is a good example of the utilization of the pictographic
rock art of California Indians in a work of modern art.