Dueling Flowers 2012 26x22

Year2012

Hand SignedLower Right in Pigment and on Verso w/ Handprint 

Condition Excellent 

Framed without GlassFloated in Black Box Frame 

Purchased fromGallery 2012 

Provenance / HistoryAutumn de Forest was in attendance during purchase from Wisby Smith fine Art in Dallas, TX in 2012. Original owner. 

Story / Additional InfoSeller purchased "Dueling Flowers" at an art gallery in Dalas, TX, and had the opportunity to spend some time with Autumn after the purchase. The story behind Dueling Flowers involves two men attempting to capture the heart of a beautiful woman. The two continuously try to outdo the other and ultimately ask her to decide which man she chooses. The woman decides she doesn't want either one of them. They were too busy trying to outdo one another and missed that their energies should have been spent capturing her heart versus competing with their foe. 

Certificate of AuthenticityWisby Smith Fine Art 

LID163796

Autumn de Forest - United States

Art Brokerage: Park West Artist: Autumn de Forest American Artist: b. 2001. Autumn de Forest (born October 27, 2001) is an American painter from Las Vegas, Nevada. The Discovery Channel referred to her as "an artistic genius" when she was eight years old. Members of the art community and other media outlets, such as the Huffington Post and Forbes, have referred to de Forest as a prodigy. De Forest began experimenting with a paintbrush at age five when her father was staining wooden furniture. Given scrap wood at her request, de Forest painted a design that her parents felt surpassed the average child's artistic ability. De Forest's parents encouraged her, providing her with brushes, canvases and acrylic paint. The de Forest's repurposed their music studio into an art studio. When she was seven years old, de Forest wanted to display her art. Her parents rented a space at the 2009 Boulder City Fine Arts Festival, where she received an honorable mention. De Forest paints with acrylic paint, oil paint and encaustic (melted wax) on canvas. Dreams, and other things she notices in passing and even commercials have provided inspiration for her painting. De Forest cites as inspiration Andy Warhol, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Grant Wood, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns and Henri Matisse, contributing to her assortment of styles. Listings wanted.