A rare original painting by Leon Collins! The Nag acrylic on stretched canvas is a 2017 painting by Navasota, Texasfolk artist Leon Collins. It is 14½ by 21½ by 1, unframed. Childhoodmemories are frequent subjects in Collins work, memories that includechildhood friends in The Smokehouse Gang, his grandmother Big Mamma, and herseven sisters, as well as quarrelsome relatives and neighbors. Other paintings with this themeinclude Charlie Black, Not This Time (2009, see picture 6). An African American, Leon Collins (1951-; seepicture 5) is Navasotas local legend. While he has housed his Color of LifeGallery in several antique stores along East Washington Street, he is known forpainting and displaying his treasures on the sidewalk in full view of passersby. According to fellow Navasota artist andsculptor Russell Cushman, Collins is the most successful artist in the BrazosValley, and perhaps the most prolific artist that Texas has produced. LeonCollins is best known for portraying his many childhood memories, but his workincludes a number of distinct phases and styles. Collins is an amazinglyproductive artist, painting one or more works a day. He sells them as fast as he can paint them, so original works of his are rare and hard to find. His life and works havebeen featured in Images of America:Navasota by Robin and Joy Montgomery (2012), Texas Farm and Home Magazine(September, 2018), South Texas Live Magazine (February, 2009), the NavasotaCurrentRussell Cushmans blog, The Lufkin News, and the Navasota Examiner(December 3, 2008). His paintings have been shown in galleries from Bryan, FortWorth, and Dallas, Texas to New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Localshowings have included the Redbud Gallery of Houston, the Main Street FortWorth Arts Festival, and Rice University. The item “African American Folk Art ORIGINAL Painting by Leon Collins-The Nag, 2017″ is in sale since Monday, August 27, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “thefolkartstudio-4″ and is located in Pearland, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Medium: Acrylic
- Subject: People
- Style: Folk Art
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Region of Origin: US
- Painting Surface: Canvas
- Features: Signed
- Color: Multi-Color
- Year: 2017
- Width (Inches): 21 1/2 inches
- Date of Creation: 2000-Now
- Originality: Original
- Height (Inches): 14 1/2 inches
- Artist: Leon Collins
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
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