WALTER EDWIN MCCOWN LANDSCAPE

A large (4' plus) and particularly moody landscape by listed Texas artist, Walter Edwin McCown.  The work is painted on masonite in shades of green, ochre, and pale pink, accented in black, using broad brushstrokes and possibly a pallet knife.  The subject appears to be a sheer cliff face that dominates the central two thirds of the picture plane, rising from either a placid body of water or a stony flatland, to wedge two trees against a pinkish sky in the uncomfortably tight space between the cliff's plateau and the hard edge of the frame.  Signed lower right corner. WALTER EDWIN MCCOWN was active in Texas in the last century's second half, chiefly in the '60s.  He is especially noted for his abstract and landscape paintings, many of which are rendered on masonite with a pallet knife in a rich impasto style.  Born in Whitney, Texas, McCown lived at various times in McAllen, Harlingen, and finally Waco.  He studied early on with fellow Texans Dollie Nabinger, Eleanor Roth, and Norma K