Billy Hassell ART FOR SALE

Born 1956 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Whimsical creature paintings-abstract patterns, birds, lithographs.

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An oil painter whose work reflects his fascination with nature's color, patterns, play of light, and active, unrestrained creatures, Billy Hassell is especially focused on birds. Often he showcases his main subject boldly against busy backdrop patterns of nature. Of this isolating technique, he says that it strips "the animal of its natural environment, in the process heightening its dignity and beauty. The paintings demand that we look---really look---at the individual elements of nature." . Hassell grew up in Dallas, Texas, in a family where he was the youngest of four children and the father was an accountant and the mother a school secretary. As a child, he was fascinated by artwork and taught himself drawing, often sketching outside... Read full biography

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Type:Painting

Year:1989-1990

Size:51.00" x 45.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Verso

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A vibrant, imaginative composition featuring stylized wolves and a fish within a densely patterned landscape. Hassell combines bold color, flattened forms, geometric patterns, and expressive animal imagery to create an energetic celebration of nature.

Price: $18,000. Please contact Foltz Fine Art