Artist Jack Lee Cowin
Title Dark Waters / Walrus Study #A.P.
Media hand coloured etching on paper
Dated
1994
Size 17.75 x 23.75 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 cm.
Sold $200
Estimate $400 - $600
Notes
signed, titled, dated, and numbered along bottom; unframed; some handling marks noted
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Jack Lee Cowin ~ [1947-2014] Canadian
Cowin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He entered Indiana University with an eye on a career as a medical illustrator. Later transferring to fine arts and specializing in printmaking, he completed his BFA in 1969 and received his MFA from the University of Illinois in 1971. He then accepted a position in the Fine Arts Dept. at the University of Regina, teaching for 36 years, retiring in 2007.
for more biographical information and examples of his work see www.slategallery.ca/jack-cowin; see Country Pleasures, The Angling Art of Jack Cowin, by A.Oko, Fifth House, 1984 and N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.222; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.55, Fifth House Pub., 1994; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibited at Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina and Masters Gallery, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website