Windsong

Name/Title

Windsong

Entry/Object ID

2012.1.1

Description

Gouache, tempera and oil on heavy rag paper

Artwork Details

Medium

Gouache, Tempera

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kenneth Callahan

Role

Painter

Date made

circa 1970

Dimensions

Height

58 in

Width

57-1/2 in

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Kenneth Callahan

Interpretative Labels

Label

Kenneth Callahan was primarily a painter of nature. It has been said that he made the unseeable manifest. This painting is a good example of that, as the artist attempted to capture the essence of the wind. At this stage in his career, he generally started his painting with a large loose, abstract pattern in color, gradually evolving this into particular form and character, working it both wet and dry.