Growth #2
Date1989
Artist
Charles Burwell
(American painter, born 1955)
MediumOil and oil stick on canvas
Dimensions42 1/4 × 40 in. (107.3 × 101.6 cm)
frame: 42 3/4 × 42 1/2 in. (108.6 × 108 cm)
frame: 42 3/4 × 42 1/2 in. (108.6 × 108 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1990
Object number1990-35
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextGrowth #2 exemplifies the experimentation in abstract painting of the 1980s. Rather than literally transcribing biological forms, Charles Burwell has captured the experience of the natural world through an earthly palette and organic structures.