The Greens and Blues and Blacks and Oranges of Donald Sultan, A Most Original and Recognizable Painter

Donald Sultan was born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina, got his Bachelor of Fine Arts at UNC in 1973, and then his MFA at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago in 1975. Since 1986, he has lectured on art throughout the United States.

Something about these works really works for me.*

Steers, 1983 (tar, tile and spackle)

Grapes and Bugs on Newspaper,1993 (tar, oil and spackle over masonite)

Sailboat, 1984 (tar, latex and spackle on tile)

Morning Glories, 1992 (oil, spackle, tar and tile over masonite)

Black and Blues, 2009 (enamel, tar and spackle on tile over masonite)

Mixed Set of Dominos, 1995 (latex, spackle and tar on tile over masonite)

Oranges in a Pot, 1993 (oil, spackle and tar on tile on masonite)

Red and Black Poppies, 2004 (tar, enamel, flock and spackle over masonite)

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