A minimalist modern pastel titled "Under and Through" by Ted Larsen. Signed mid bottom. Original gallery tag on verso. Ted Larsen is an American contemporary sculptor living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He makes primarily (1964- ) small scale sculptures repurposed from painted salvaged steel. Larsen found early success as a landscape painter that included iconic barn images. By the time he was 22, he exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He became dissatisfied with painting and abandoned his practice after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. He began cutting and arranging scraps of metal, built around a substructure of birch laminate material. With a painter's eye, Larsen searches for material to work with at salvage yards, then further processes materials in his studio. Larsen states, "I am indeed looking for a palette-- different types of greens, blues, yellows. They have to have a certain quality, not too raw, not too clean." Ted Larsen's work has been exhibited widely in private foundations and museums in the US, including the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, The Albuquerque Museum, The Amarillo Museum of Art, and The Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, Missouri. Dimensions: 24"h x 30"w (framed). In very good condition.

24 x 30 in