Up for sale is a beautiful original desert theme water color by artist George C Harkin.
"PALO VERDE IN SUNSET"
Size: 46" x 66" - Framed in Birds-eye Maple.
This is a stunning piece with incredible attention to detail.
SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY.
Selling from private collection.
Call: 480.639.twoEightSevenZero
George Harkins. American, born 1934
BFA, Illustration, PhiladelphiaCollege of Art, 1956, MFA, Painting, University of Arizona, 1969. George Harkins began his career in art as a free lance illustrator, when he worked with the top advertising agencies and publications in New York City. He turned to painting full time over 25 years ago. His watercolors and works in other media have been exhibited in numerous one-man and group exhibitions in New York City and throughout the USA. His work is included in many private, corporate, and museum collections. He is currently represented by the Jane Haslem Gallery in Washington, D.C. and by the Gail Severn Gallery in Sun Valley, Idaho. He works in New York City, where he lives with his wife, Shirley Sherak, who is an Architect; and their cat Barney.
George Harkins' paintings reflect his reaffirmation of works by past masters, Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci, a tradition which confirms the ageless and eternal beauty of the life cycle. Harkins examines nature and its patterns as if through a close-up lens. His most recent work has become somewhat abstracted but still imbued with the beauty of seasons and relationships of life and water.
Artist Statement
Over the years I have returned to the woods, streams and fields of the Catskills and Vermont to find inspiration for paintings. Implicit in choosing to paint landscape is a love of the land, and a desire to make a significant statement about it. I also attempt to interpret life experiences through symbolism of nature. I have seen changes in the mood and content of my paintings, which later have seemed to be a subconscious reaction to events in my own life. Sometimes I use animals to represent the constant struggle of life for us all. I have been made aware of a particular kind of connection with viewers of my landscapes that is rewarding and perhaps significant. When a person says to me that they have been out in the woods and have seen something that made them think of my painting it is my hope that what I have done is cause them to see a bit differently. I feel that a circle has been completed which begins with my response to a natural setting, interpreting it, then someone seeing the result and looking at nature enhanced by my vision. It is one kind of interaction, and one I hope that leads to a greater appreciation of our precious surroundings. Although a painter's message is delivered one on one, it is repeated many times through the years in public and private places were the pictures hand.
George Harkins speaking to Art and Environment Magazine,
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