The artwork features a vibrant and abstract landscape, with a bold color palette dominated by earthy tones of brown and beige. The composition is a collage-like arrangement of various geometric shapes and organic forms, including mountains, clouds, and abstract, almost industrial-looking elements. The visual style is reminiscent of cubism, with fragmented and angular shapes that create a sense of depth and movement. The overall impression is one of a surreal and imaginative interpretation of a natural setting, reflecting the artist's unique perspective and avant-garde approach to contemporary landscape painting. ...
Ray Yoshida was an American artist considered to be the inspiration for a group of artists known as the Chicago Imagists and The Hairy Who. An icon in the Chicago art scene of the 1960s 19, collector and a faculty member of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (from 1958 to 2003), Yoshida’s influence on the generation of artists such as Jim Nutt, Roger Brown and Gladys Nilsson, is not to be understated. Yoshida’s works are rendered in distinct earthy tones and incorporate graphic and collage techniques. He was an avid collector of his fellow artists and students’ works and objects and artefacts he would find in the flea markets of Chicago. His impressive home collection was both local and idiosyncratic, looking beyond the canon of Western art. ...
