Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Tres Hermanas" oil on board, n.d. Signed lower right and label with title on verso. A gorgeous oil on board painting by Paul Forster depicting two figures traversing a landscape at the Tres Hermanas (Three Sisters) Mountains of southern New Mexico. The vibrantly dressed figures navigate the sandy land and verdant desert brush before them as the magnificent peaks of the North and Middle Sister mountains tower above. Note how the stark contrast between the cloudless sky, jagged brown mountains, and sandy beige field, results in an overall stunning composition. A stunning Southwest landscape by Paul Forster! Size: 29.9" W x 23.8" H (75.9 cm x 60.5 cm)

According to the University of North Texas Libraries, "The Tres Hermanas Mountains are located south of the city of Deming, New Mexico and north of the village of Columbus, New Mexico - both in Luna County. These pyramid-shaped peaks, are lined up in a northwest to southeast orientation, and are quite prominent when approaching from the north on New Mexico Highway 11. The North Peak represents the North Sister; the Middle Peak represents the Middle Sister; and the South Peak represents the South Sister. The highest summit in this small mountain range is the North Peak or North Sister with an elevation of 5804 feet. Mining the Tres Hermanas, for various minerals, began around the year 1885. The Tres Hermanas Mountains are surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert and nearby and to the northeast are the Florida Mountains."

At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in Buffalo, New York and started studying at the Museum School with watercolorist Robert Blair. During World War II, Forster served in the Army Air Corps, and in 1952, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Fine Arts Degree. In the late 1950s, Forster had a studio in Nevada and painted murals for the Mormon Church. In the early 1960s, he taught art and became Chairman of the Art Department of the L.D.S. Schools of the South Pacific in Tonga. In 1969, he left Brigham Young University to pursue his art full time. For the greater part of the next decade, Forster traveled throughout the American Southwest in an Airstream trailer to paint the environment and its inhabitants. In time, he moved to Oregon followed by Kansas City, but eventually returned to Arizona.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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Signed in lower right. "Art of the Western Edge" exhibition label with title attached to verso. Some miniscule chips to outer edges of peripheries, none affecting the main composition. Otherwise, painting is in overall excellent condition with vibrant pigments and clear composition.