Friday, September 30, 2011

FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM/ 'Jewel Scurf' by Eric Whollem, 1985/ A visionary pictographic abstraction/ PREHISTORIC INFLUENCES OF THE CHUMASH



JEWEL SCURF
1985
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
9" x 6"
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Copyright by the artist

PREHISTORIC INFLUENCES OF THE CHUMASH

This painting is based on my studies of preshistoric rock art of
early California. The pictographic art of the Chumash Indians
is relfected in this work. The Chumash were the major tribal
group of the Santa Barbara area.
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