🔥 Fine Southwest Native American Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, Frideaux For Sale

This is an exceptional and beautifulFine Southwest Native American Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on wood, by Arkansas - Oklahoma based painter and ceramicist, Richard Frideaux (b. 1948.) Frideaux is best known for his collaboration with his wife, Kay Hays Bynum (1946 - 2009), on their painted studio pottery line produced under the name \"Design Complex.\" While Kay Hayes Bynum often takes most of the credit, her husband Frideaux is actually a very talented painter and artisan in his own right. This artwork depicts a Fauvist Southwestern landscape scene, with tall red rocks rising from the grassy plains. At the top of the large neolith, a Native American man is perched, signaling to another man down below. The rocks nearby are etched with Native American petroglyphs, and in the center of the image, a horse is lapping up water from a small puddle. The figures depicted are likely the Anasazi, an ancient Native American culture that are the ancestors of various tribes across the Southwestern United States. Signed and titled: \"Richard Frideaux...American Stonehenge\" in the lower left corner. Additionally, this work is signed and annotated on the verso of the frame. Approximately 32 x 44 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 24 x 36 inches. This piece likely dates to the 1970\'s. Good condition for age, with moderate scuffing, edge wear, and gilding loss to the ornate gilded frame. Additionally, the frame appears to be slightly warped and has a slight bend in it (please see photos.) Acquired in Western Texas, United States. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!
About the Artist:
The Artist In Their Happy World: Richard Frideaux & Kay Hays Bynum

Thirty Five years together and as Design Complex. The Las Vegas Gambler and the Cherokee Potter have lived and worked in Rhode Island, New York City, Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Potters earn May Fair\'s top honor (5/6/22)

NORMAN - A father-daughter team of potters from Tecumseh and Norman won Best in Show during the May Fair Arts Festival at Andrews Park today.

Judge for the show was Eric Lee, director of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The festival is sponsored annually by Assistance League of Norman.

Winning the top award were Don and Amber Poole. Don, who lives in Tecumseh, said he throws pots on a pottery wheel. His daughter, Amber, who lives in Norman, does the hand-built pieces. Both work on decorating the different pieces with multiple copper glazing.

The two artists work full-time as potters, traveling to 30 arts festivals a year throughout the country. Their studio is between Shawnee and Tecumseh.

Don, who studied ceramics at Northern Colorado State College in Greeley, graduated with a degree in biology. He exhibited at his first arts festival in Boulder, Colo., in 1976. Amber, 21, began working with her father when she was 16.

Other artists winning awards were:

Acrylics/oils: First, Ellen Dow, Oklahoma City; Second, Richard Frideaux and Kay Bynum, Siloam Springs, Ark.; Third, Eileen Thomas, Oklahoma City.

Drawing/graphics: First, Earl Devoe Fairchild, Ponca City.

Glass: First, Linda Leniton, Denver; Second, Kathy Sewell, Norman.

Jewelry art: First, Tori Mitchell Vaughn; Second, Shelly Mixer, Arcadia; Third, Wendy Loveless, Surfside Beach, Texas.

Mixed Media: First, Angela Browning, Tulsa; Second, Suzi Lawson, Big Spring, Texas.

Photography: First, Jack Thomas, Irving, Texas; Second, Jane Laman, Manhattan, Kan.; Third, Debra Van Swearingen, Norman.

Pottery/Wood Carving: First, Don and Amber Poole, Tecumseh; Second, Craig Fent, Sioux City, Iowa; Third, Lon Erwin, Dewey.

Sculpture: First, Terry Ferguson, Renwick, Iowa; Second, Richard Frideaux and Kay Bynum, SiloamSprings, Ark.; Third, Susanne Cox, Norman.

Watercolors: First, Jan Brieschke, Bartlesville; Second, Rick Fry, Norman; Third, Carolyn Brown, Newcastle.