ARTIST: Joan Landis (New York, born 1928) NAME: Figures - Explorer Matthew Alexander Henson on the North Pole YEAR: 1986 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 18 x 24 inches / 45 x 60 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 118228 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: In all of her large and small scale paintings, Joanne Landis works exclusively with the figure. She attempts to create an environment for each figure that matches its internal geography. Landis primary interest is in that space between worlds; the internal and external, the physical and mystical. According to the artist, every element in my paintings speak of moments and events which saturates each canvas. Landis has an impressive exhibition record, spanning her twenty year career as a painter.Joan Landis is known for her work as an illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Life and the New York Times Magazine. She also was commissioned to do work for Exxon, IBM, and Smith Kline and Beckman.For the past eight years, Landis has been associated with the Frank J. Miele Gallery in New York.The late Jay Johnson Folk Art gallery in New York City showed her paintings for many years, and her work is in private collections throughout the world.Joan Landis is an exciting artist, whose colorful, bright paintings reflect her rich imagination in a unique perspective. Her technical expertise, whimsy and humor touches each of us in an uncommon personal way.