KUNM – KUNM Gift of Community Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 30, 2012 11:00 PM MST

Art

Dan Godfrey Original Oil Pastel, framed in Corrales Pear wood

Item Number
111
Estimated Value
1400 USD
Sold
475 USD to mhsmith
Number of Bids
12  -  Bid History

Item Description

This is an original oil pastel from the acequia series by artist Dan Godfrey. It depicts a New Mexico acequia and cottonwood tree in the autumn. The unframed painting measures 8" wide by 10" high. It is signed by the artist and dated '10.

Dan Godfrey has been painting as a professional artist since the mid 1960’s after graduating with an MA in Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico in 1962. Dan’s work runs the entire gamut of media and includes watercolor, pastel, oil pastel, pen and ink, oils, acrylics, mixed media and sculpture in metal and stone. His work includes landscapes, portraits, nudes, still lifes and wildlife.

His most recent paintings are in oil pastel, and his inspiration is the Rio Grande.

Dan Godfrey has won top awards, including 1st Place in a statewide competition at the Bardean Miniature yearly exhibit in 1996, judge: Wilson Hurley.

He has written and illustrated several bi-lingual children’s books, including Wildflowers Along Forest and Mesa Trails (University of New Mexico Press, 1984).

Dan Godfrey's landscapes are in private collections in all parts of the world. Exhibits include:

  • University of New Mexico
  • Kimo Gallery
  • Albuquerque Public Library
  • Galleries in Scottsdale and Tucson, Arizona
  • Fairleigh-Dickenson University in Madison, New Jersey
  • Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Various galleries in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos and Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The piece is matted and framed by Thorn-Creek in locally White (or Asian) Pear wood. According to the arborist who supplied the wood to the framer, this was the largest Pear tree in Corrales until it was hit by a big truck and destroyed. 

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