If I had to pick another mid century artist that I am taken with, it would have to be Shirrell Graves. His art is so fantastic! I love his use of watercolor and airbrush. I recently discovered two Shirrell Graves pieces on eBay. These came from a liquidator of an art studio in Cincinnati. I had never seen a set like these and was soo excited to have won the auctions!
I really like this set of paintings. The red and yellows pop because the rest of the flower is black and white.
I am not sure why he painted numerous versions of the same flowers. I assume he was trying to find the layout he liked the best.
Here is the other set of flowers he painted. On both sets he signed the corner of each smaller picture with “SG”. On the overall pieces he signed his complete name.
Not sure what the “352” stands for.
The seller of these pieces said the winner of the eBay auction could buy these and cut them up for resale!!!! What? Why would you ever do that? I guess if you were driven by money you would consider this. I would never dream of splitting these sets up into pieces. Here is a better look at the black and white flowers…
Here is a better look at the pink flowers…
I might have a vintage frame that will accommodate both pieces. Mel and I also picked up a couple of other Shirrell Graves pieces recently.
Of course I jumped on this one. You can never go wrong with a flamingo painted by Shirrell Graves.
We picked this one up at a local antique store. It is similar to the pink flower ones above. I repainted the flamingo frame in aqua and this one in pink.
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