Daniel Shay

American, born 1947

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This abstract image features dense tangles of black lines and scribbles filling the canvas, with varying thickness and intensity. The lines create a textured appearance that can be likened to wild, unkempt hair or a stormy sky. The composition resembles a thicket or underbrush, with lines extending outward like branches or blades of grass. A horizontal brown line runs along the bottom edge, with a red circular stamp-like mark near the lower left corner.
Daniel Shay, Lost Reality, 2000, pen and ink with pasted bamboo, stamped ink, and transparent watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee, 2024.83.11

Lost Reality

Daniel Shay · 2000 · pen and ink with pasted bamboo, stamped ink, and transparent watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2024.83.11