JAMES SLICK ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA WESTERN HORSE LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD 1960s

MONUMENTAL ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR HORSE LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY ESTEEMED CALIFORNIA PAINTER AND TEACHER JAMES NELSON SLICK. THE WORK DEPICTS AN AMAZING PICTURESQUE CHESTNUT HORSE POSING IN A VAST CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE. THE HORSE STANDS PROUDLY WITH A MUSCULAR BUILD AND GRACEFUL POSTURE, ITS CHESTNUT COAT DEPICTED WITH RICH, WARM TONES CAPTURING THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW ON ITS SLEEK FUR. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE PAINTING SHOWCASES VAST ROLLING HILLS, AND GREEN SCULPTED TREES STRETCH OUT AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. THE DETAILS IN THE PAINTING ARE SPOT-ON AND AMAZING.

SIGNED BY JAMES SLICK IN THE LOWER CENTER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1960s. DIMENSIONS: 39"H x 45"H.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, PASADENA CALIFORNIA. James Nelson Slick (1901 - 1979) was active/lived in California.

James Slick is known for Painting, sculpture. He was teaching in Los Angeles when he began an exploration of the medium of fine art in the Los Angeles studio of Lynton R. Kistler, master lithographer in the 1930s. James Slick paintings are showcase in public and private institutions across the country. Sadly, he passed away from an unknown cause in 1979.

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