Kermit Oliver, Garlanded Sheep with Bird’s Nest, 1983, and Sculpture Relief

Kermit Oliver, Garlanded Sheep with Bird’s Nest”, 1983, and Sculpture Relief:

Kermit Oliver (Texas, b. 1943), “Garlanded Sheep with Bird’s Nest”, 1983, acrylic wash on paper, in artist-made frame with plaster sculptural relief of ram in grape vines, bearing incised signature and date 4-28-83 on relief verso and also stamped with KO initials beneath plaster ram’s front hooves

sight: 24.5 x 19 in.
plaster relief: 2.5 x 3.5

Provenance: Bears original DuBose Gallery sticker, the first gallery in Houston to represent Oliver

Kermit Oliver is an American artist who studied and worked in Houston before moving to Waco, Texas. His work reflects his Texas heritage and his interests in mythology, religion, and history. Oliver combines contemporary and classical elements, resulting in a style he calls symbolic realism, and remains the only American artist to ever design scarves for Hermes Paris.