Friday, December 16, 2011

Friday Fine (art)

I haven't done one of these in a while....
This painting catches my eye every time I see it.  Although slightly dark in subject matter for late December (aka, happy holidays), Acupuncture Pitchfork Style uses repetition in a way I find pretty brilliant.  Love the crows. 

Acupuncture Pitchfork Style, about 1974
John William "Uncle Jack" Dey
model airplane enamel on wood
23 x 36 in. (58.5 x 91.5 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
1997.124.12

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