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Modern Art Cowboy Presents: Robert Hansen	ROBERT HANSEN WWII Monuments Man Turned Artist	"In 1948, Hansen traveled to Mexico, where he attended a lecture given by noted muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896-1974). Siqueiros was using a new medium, called Duco, which was a shiny lacquer designed for use on appliances and automobiles. Hansen was intrigued and began using the glossy lacquer when he returned to the United States. He applied the same pouring technique and created human-like forms. "Worm" (1963) is a example of this process in his work.	Hansen is known for his unique approach to painting. He often worked with thick, industrial paint and lacquer. He painted on wood panels that were laid on the floor. In the beginning of his career, he started by covering the surface in black paint. Once dry, Hansen would pour the thickened industrial paint onto the panel and let it run slowly. Sometimes he would use a brush to move the paint, and other times he would allow it to run. This created the raised shapes with hard edges that became one
	DIGITS (1972) "The space Hansen created in his paintings is often ambiguous. Size relationships between figures seem arbitrary or fanciful (one small figure might be superimposed on another of gigantic proportions). As one attempts to peer into these paintings, as though through a window, the space appears to recede into infinity or conversely, there is no sense of depth. Hansen chose not to employ the usual methods of depicting deep space. Linear perspective, for example, is absent from his work.	Only a shallow field of depth was introduced by the use of overlapping shapes, thus giving the viewer the impression that some figures are positioned in front or behind others. The overall result is a flat, graphic space. By way of contrast, while the depiction of the space is two-dimensional, the physical paint is three-dimensional. A slight shadow is cast at the edge of each shape, forming a subtle relief.	This relief is one of the most compelling qualities of Hansen's work. Hansen's themes have to do with the fundamental elements of life (embryonic and phallic forms are present in many paintings), the paradoxes of the world, and the struggles of humanity, both singly and collectively. There
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FIRESTORM (1985)	SERVICE IN ART AND AND WAR Real Life WWII Monument's Man turned Artist
	Candace Taylor Lange Out of My Mind ...Surreal Exhibition of the works of Candace Taylor Lange	Out of My Mind Artist Stream of Consciousness	Wyoming and Western Realism Artist Childhood
Willow Creek Ranch Artist Memories	Western Influence How the West Influences the Art	Life Imitates Art	Flights of Fancy Taking Flight for a Life of Art
West and Then the World Artist Studies	Motherhood and Modernism Balancing Act	Candace Taylor Lange Storage Unit The artist Candace Taylor Lange opening her storage units and studios full of rich Seattle history and a lifetime of work.	Modern Art Cowboy and Candace Digging through Modern Art Masterpieces by one of Seattle's best abstract expressionists
Modern Art Cowboy and Candace Storage Unit	Candance Parking Garage Candance looks on as we load some of her favorite pieces to find new homes.	MAGIC MIRRORS 1970	Lyle Matoush Master Lithographer (1930 - 2021)
WANDERSCAPE 1989	Lyle Matoush Artist Profile	COLUMN OF WISHFUL THINKING 1982	SUMPTUOUS AMISH MODERN 1962
Lyle Matoush Master Lithographer in the PNW Printmaking scene.