Ben Wright - Journey Through Mysterious Waters 1990 52" x 66"

Ben Wright
Journey Through Mysterious Waters, 1990

Oil on canvas
Canvas: 52” x 66”
Unframed

Signed and Dated Lower Left: B. Wright +90
Verso: Titled, Signed, Dated, and Inscribed with a Lakota Myth

Contrasting warm and cool tones cast the contoured figure of an archer in a scene of intense serenity. The moment is still, held frozen in anticipation for the instant the figure releases the string and lets an arrow fly towards an unknown target. The unique colors of this composition, combined with fading ripples of water, lend this scene a visionary and mysterious quality.

Provenance:
The Collection of G. Andrew Bjurman
Bonhams California, California and Western Art Online, November 22, 2022, Lot 173
Private Collection, Utah