NYC Pigeon # 2, 2024

Acrylic underpainting with finish in oil on gessoed MDF

10 3/4 x 8 x 13 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,500

Starting Bid: $1,050

Buy It Now: $2,250

BOB CULVER is a painter from Omaha, Nebraska. He served on the Bemis board of directors for many years, currently serves on the board of Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and is former president of the Museum of Nebraska Art board of directors. His body of work is distinctive for its seamless weaving of close-to-home influences and worldwide events, inspired primarily by pop artists of the '60s and '70s with a dash of great portrait painters such as John Singer Sargent. He creates richly detailed paintings, 3-D cutouts, and automata that all work on multiple levels. Simultaneously culturally idealistic and socially critical, they provide insight into the artist and the subjects that have informed his creative practice over the past five decades. Culver's work has been featured in numerous private collections. He has exhibited in solo and group shows at Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska. Culver did two summer residencies at Kent State Blossom Center where he studied with Wayne Thiebaud, Alex Katz, Frank Gallo, Phillip Pearlstein, James Melchert, and Jack Tworkov and was a studio assistant with Red Grooms from 1969-1972. Culver received his BFA from the University of Nebraska.