Colin Halliday, Impressionistic English River Landscape Original Oil Painting by British Artist, 2007

Details Details Close Description “No. 3080” Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker Miniature abstract paper collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is created from a few pieces of antique paper and currency, assembled in an aesthetically pleasing ratio. Numbered “3080” on the back – these are all numbered sequentially, into the thousands. Pauker created a series of these pieces over the course of a decade. Titled/numbered, signed, and dated 2007 on verso. Acquired with a collection of the artist’s work. Presented in a new mat with foamcore backing. Art size: 2.25″H x 1.88″W (mounted on a piece of heavy watercolor paper, measuring 8″H x 6″W) Mat size: 10″H x 8″W “I’m driven by curiosity…where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” – Michael Pauker Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibitions include: 2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA 2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY 2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) 2002 Judith Litvich Contemporary Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo) 2001 William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA 2001 “22nd Annual Paper in Particular,” Columbia College, Columbia, MO 2000 “Variations on a Theme,” Century Gallery, L.A. Mission College, Sylmar, CA 2000 “Altars and Installations,” Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA 2000 “Text,” Ron Breeden Gallery, Orange, CA 2000 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA (solo) 2000 Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (solo) 1999 “Pieced Together: Explorations in Collage,” San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art Rental 1999 “Artist Book Show,” Gusto Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1999 “15th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 1999 Two Person Exhibition, Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, NV 1997 Judith Litvich Contemporary Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo) 1996 Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR (solo) 1994 Mace Space for Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) 1993 Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA (solo) less DIMENSIONS 10ʺW × 0.25ʺD × 10ʺH STYLES Contemporary ART SUBJECTS Abstract FRAME TYPE Unframed PERIOD 2000 – 2009 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN United States ITEM TYPE Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned MATERIALS Paper CONDITION Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections COLOR Green TEAR SHEET CONDITION NOTES New acid free mat. See less