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Painting of Mimbres Human and Bird Figures by Tony Da - C3770
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, Jun 2nd 2016, 2:29pm
Overlaid on a solid red background that had been atomized with black spray paint, the artist painted the essence of the art piece-that is, he painted the nine human-like figures and the head of a stylized eagle. I will not attempt to explain in what manner each layer was added because I do not know the answer to that riddle. There is so much going on in the layering of this painting that one wonders how Tony Da managed to visualize each layer as he was painting it. Of course that is why Tony Da was considered such a major artist. This painting is dated 1964 at which time Tony was only 24 years old. He had already mastered the techniques of painting by then.