Elderly Man with a Cowboy Hat from the collection of Miriam McClung

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Elderly Man with a Cowboy Hat, 1984

Watercolor on Paper

30 x 22.5 in

Inv: 3032-MM

$4,500

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This 1984 watercolor portrait shows an elderly man in a soft tan cowboy hat and light shirt, captured in profile with a quiet, distant gaze. McClung painted the work during one of her summer sessions at the Burnsville Painting Classes (SeeCelo) in North Carolina, a program founded by Frank Stanley Herring and his wife Frances that she attended for two weeks each summer for over a decade. The classes, taught by well-known artists such as John Bryan and Everett Kivette, were where McClung developed her strong command of watercolor, and that mastery is evident here in the loose, confident washes of color across the man's face, hat, and shoulders. The warm earth tones, the soft transitions of light on his skin, and the gentle pinks and reds bringing his face to life all give the portrait a relaxed, lived-in quality. It is a tender, observational study of a weathered face, painted with both respect and ease.

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