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Born 1951 Bronxville, New York. Known for: Whimsical collage.
Born in the Bronx of New York, Roy Dowell is a painter whose work combines abstraction and realism and includes collages that are intricate arrangements of squares, triangles, rectangles, and... Read full biography
Born in the Bronx of New York, Roy Dowell is a painter whose work combines abstraction and realism and includes collages that are intricate arrangements of squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles---strongly related to Cubism. Themes of Dowell's mixed-media pieces include late 20th-century... Read full biography
Born in the Bronx of New York, Roy Dowell is a painter whose work combines abstraction and realism and includes collages that are intricate arrangements of squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles---strongly related to Cubism. Themes of Dowell's mixed-media pieces include late 20th-century mass-media advertising techniques, which are dazzling visual designs that catch the eye with bright colors and busy lines. Hence in his work that combines collage and hand-painted sections there is "the... Read full biography
Born in the Bronx of New York, Roy Dowell is a painter whose work combines abstraction and realism and includes collages that are intricate arrangements of squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles---strongly related to Cubism. Themes of Dowell's mixed-media pieces include late 20th-century mass-media advertising techniques, which are dazzling visual designs that catch the eye with bright colors and busy lines. Hence in his work that combines collage and hand-painted sections there is "the ubiquitous presence of fragments of lettering, design shapes and product photography.". In the 1990s, Dowell began using advertising cutouts, and earlier in his career he did works on paper that were "oddly shaped forms on patterned grounds.". He has... Read full biography
Born in the Bronx of New York, Roy Dowell is a painter whose work combines abstraction and realism and includes collages that are intricate arrangements of squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles---strongly related to Cubism. Themes of Dowell's mixed-media pieces include late 20th-century mass-media advertising techniques, which are dazzling visual designs that catch the eye with bright colors and busy lines. Hence in his work that combines collage and hand-painted sections there is "the ubiquitous presence of fragments of lettering, design shapes and product photography.". In the 1990s, Dowell began using advertising cutouts, and earlier in his career he did works on paper that were "oddly shaped forms on patterned grounds.". He has made his home in Los Angeles, having attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and earning B... Read full biography
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Keywords (9)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art School
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing