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

Art

Painting: "Camelback"

Item Number
153
Estimated Value
85 USD
Sold
210 USD to th30e1173

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
16  -  Bid History

Item Description

"Camelback"

Artist: Ed Towbin

14" x 11" Oil painting on canvas board by Ed Towbin.

This morning-lit view of the Phoenix landmark is limned in bold, energetic brushstrokes. 

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