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Paintings & Woodcut Prints

Painting was Don’s first love. When he first set out from his parents’ California home as a young man he intended to be a painter. While he didn’t end up painting full-time, he poured his artistic sensibility into every commercial design project he had. The relationship between his rich painting style and his stained glass work is indisputable. He continued to paint, illustrate, and make mixed media pieces throughout his life.

Don’s woodcut prints recall the facility with carving wood he developed in his youth in the thick of the California Redwoods. Here though, the line is what’s revealed, letting the wit and sensitivity that are distinctly his come through.

 

1964 | Untitled
Watercolor

1956 |  The Review of Little Known Men
”The Review of Little Known Men is a satire on three of my former teachers all of whom are well known in the West Coast school of painting.” –D.A.S. (From left to right are David Park, Clyfford Still and Edward Corbett.)

Woodcut Print 13/20
24” Wide x 16” High

 

1962 | Untitled
Watercolor
47” High x 36” Wide

 

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1990 | Road Kill (Woodcock)
19” Wide x 13” High

 
 

1964 | A Page from the Family Album
Watercolor
8’ High x 4’ Wide

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1966 | Birth
Watercolor
33” Wide x 29” High

1964 | Hot Summer Night
Watercolor

1964 | Season of the Green Moon
Watercolor

1962 | Wounded Beast
Watercolor

 
 

1960 | “Remember Us” Auschwitz
Watercolor

 
 

1959 | Quo Vadis (“Where are you going?”)
Woodcut Print 1/10
7’ 4” High x 29.5” Wide

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 Early Woodcut Prints

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Early Wildlife Watercolor Paintings

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1948 |  Marvin
Watercolor, Age 18