COLORADO JEWISH RECONSTRUCTIONIST FEDERATION – Comedy and Community in the Time of COVID
Auction Ends: Aug 29, 2020 10:00 PM MDT

Art

Painting: "Threads of Gratitude"

Item Number
159
Estimated Value
100 USD
Sold
85 USD to sbe7e9cae

The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to COLORADO JEWISH RECONSTRUCTIONIST FEDERATION (tax ID 237189650) on behalf of the winner.

Number of Bids
7  -  Bid History

Item Description

Oil Painting on Canvas by Ed Towbin.

13" x 13"

This intimate abstract painting refers to the Kabbalistic Sefirot. Here, Ed has utilized his distinctive "yud"-shaped brushtroke. Light glows from within.

Item Special Note

From the artist:

"I have been painting for over 60 years. 

One important goal of my artwork is to provoke, stress and bring to awareness and enjoyment our sense of vision…so important for acknowledging identity, location, and actions, but often not consciously regarded or reinforced…perhaps atrophying from lack of recognition. Art for survival, perhaps.

Realistic art, yes…or abstract images of something that is real…oil on canvas…or pastel on paper. Through texture, luscious materials, and geometry, I try to pull an observer in to engage with the visual surface, to apprehend my physical gestures during application, and my energy, creating a relationship between artist and observer, together: energy, vision, connection.

Narrative representational content adds an additional layer of richness. Beauty in composition, light-dark contrast, shape, movement, color, image, meaning, emotion, order, and truth are all important, but not primary. I don't try to present a window to reality, but rather an arrangement of pigment, strong visual aspects, and geometry on the surface as the primary reality of the piece."

Ed Towbin

Donated By:

Edward Towbin