🔥 Vintage Modern Geometric Hard Edge Abstract Op Art Painting, Tom

This is a fantastic and visually striking Vintage Modern Geometric Hard Edge Abstract Op Art Painting, Oil or Acrylic on Masonite, by acclaimed Santa Barbara, California Modernist painter and architect, Thomas "Tom" Kress (b.1943.) This artwork depicts a geometric and mechanical Futurist Hard Edged image, with various machinery and bands of color converging in an unorthodox and dynamic way. When looked at from multiple angles, this painting channels the motifs and designs of Op Art luminaries such as M.C. Escher and Vasarely. Signed and dated: "Tom Kress 1974" in the lower left corner. Additionally, this artwork is titled, signed, and dated on the verso: " Indivisual I
...Tom Kress 1974." It also retains its original exhibition label from Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California. Approximately 34 1/2 x 60 5/8 inches. Good condition for decades of age and storage, with mild - moderate scuffing, edge wear, and soiling throughout (please see photos.) Acquired from an old collection in Pasadena, California. Due to the large size, and heavy weight of this piece, S&H costs will be unavoidably high. However, Free Local Pickup from Los Angeles County, California is also an option. If you like what you see, I encourage you to send an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!
About the Artist: Thomas Kress Born :  1943 Known for
:  Painting Thomas Kress (Born 1943) was active/lived in California.  Thomas Kress is known for Painting.
Tom Kress 1943- ; listed American Artists of Renown, 1981-82, ed by Anne Avery, per OMG. Paintings by Kathleen Crawford and Thomas Kress, Palos Verdes Art Museum, LAT, March 2, 1973, page CS 7; exhibited Nine from California, Occidental College, LAT, March 2, 1975, page U 27; and other refs. to art exhs. in historic LAT (ProQuest).
Source: Nancy Dustin Moure, "Publications in California Art No. 11 , Index to California Art Exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1972; 2015 edition" Tom Kress’ credits as both an artist and building designer with architects and engineers include the remodeling of The White House Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, the UC Berkeley and Stanford University dormitory buildings, the Transamerica Building in San Francisco, and the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport in 1969.
A statement from the artist: “The question comes up as to how I choose painting subject matter. I don’t copy or render something I’ve seen, but invent new subjects that relate the paintings to what we already know.
All the paintings and drawings have the same structure, though, as buildings, have framing and we have our skeleton. The new skeleton of the paintings and the drawings is the new drawing system in 3-dimensions that I’ve invented and named: ‘Tom Kress Projective Drawing System’.” Hospice of Santa Barbara Hosts Reception for Tom Kress’ Architectural Paintings Tom Kress’ career as an artist and building designer has taken him around the world, working on architectural design projects including the Santa Barbara Airport, the Transamerica Building, and even the White House. On April 30, the Montecito resident’s artwork took him to Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Leigh Block Gallery for an opening reception to celebrate his Architectural Paintings exhibit. Kress earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts, and master of fine arts from UCSB. In the 1960s, he invented a new method of structuring paintings in a three-dimensional way he calls the Projective Drawing System, and he has been working to perfect the system ever since. “The question comes up as to how I choose painting subject matter,” said Kress. “I don’t copy or render something I’ve seen, but invent new subjects that relate the paintings to what we already know. “All the paintings and drawings have the same structure, though, as buildings have framing and we have our skeleton. The new skeleton of the paintings and the drawings is the new drawing system in three-dimensions that I’ve invented and named Tom Kress Projective Drawing System.” Kress’ Architectural Paintings will be on display in the Hospice of Santa Barbara Leigh Block Gallery through July, and 25 percent of all artwork sales will go toward Hospice of Santa Barbara programs. — Andy Silverman for Hospice of Santa Barbara.