D. Downey Painting "Evening Light at the Pueblo" (1985)

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  Dennis Downey (American, b. 1941). "Evening Light at the Pueblo" oil on canvas, 1985. Signed lower right. Signed, titled, and dated verso. A breathtaking, large-scale landscape painting depicting a New Mexican pueblo at dusk that highlights Dennis Downey's remarkable talent as a colorist as well as his keen eye for composition. In the foreground, Downey features numerous adobe structures as well as a beautiful church with Spanish Colonial influences. Silhouettes of the mountains rendered in shades of deep purple grace the distance, and glorious cloud formations of lavender and lilac hues swirl and billow in the peachy pink sky above as light rays radiate toward the pueblo below. All is rendered in Downey's signature painterly manner and mounted in an attractive custom frame. Size: 54" L x 48" W (137.2 cm x 121.9 cm) Size: 55.25" L x 49.25" W (140.3 cm x 125.1 cm)
  
  About the Artist: "Born in St. Louis in 1941, Dennis Downey identified as an artist from a young age. Downey earned a scholarship to study art at UCLA upon graduating high school. Both Downey's father and grandfather were physicians, however, and when it was time for college, Downey studied dentistry, setting up a practice in Santa Fe in the early 1970s. One of his first patients was landscape painter Eric Sloane, who encouraged Downey to paint, and with whom he later studied. Other patients-turned-mentors included Robert Lougheed, Tom Lovell, and Wayne Wolfe.
  
  Dennis Downey ran a successful fine art gallery on Canyon Road for 25 years before closing in 2011. More than anything, Downey considers himself a colorist, a designation that is conveyed in a number of the works on display. When he recently donated a large painting for permanent display at the train station, Mayor Javier Gonzales designated Oct. 12 as 'Dennis Downey Day' in his honor. Downey's new exhibition, The Corazón de Santa Fe, is the artist's first solo show in roughly a decade. The cohesive presentation of oil paintings, taken altogether, demonstrates a classical treatment of material and subject matter." (source: AskArt website)
  
  Dennis Downey's art is held in the permanent collections of the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland and the Albuquerque Museum of Arts in New Mexico. In addition, Downey was featured in Southwest Art magazine (June 1995).
  
  Provenance: private Boulder, Colorado, USA collection
  
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  #193460

  Condition

  Excellent overall. Signed lower right. Signed, titled, and dated verso. Mounted in attractive custom frame which presents with a few minor scuffs, minute paint marks, and small areas of sticker residue. Otherwise frame is excellent and fit with suspension wire.
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