{"id":417,"date":"2007-06-15T09:30:54","date_gmt":"2007-06-15T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2007\/06\/15\/roy-deforest\/"},"modified":"2015-02-10T21:49:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T04:49:04","slug":"roy-deforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2007\/06\/15\/roy-deforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Deforest – My Life As a Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

This posting on the passing of Roy Deforest<\/a>, the California artist is a few weeks late.<\/p>\n

Fred<\/strong>\"Roy
\nRoy DeForest, Fred, 1978. Varnished polymer on canvas. 30\u201d x 30 \u00bd\u201d.<\/p>\n

Painter, Roy DeForest Dies at 77<\/a> (via Stepen Vincent includes large panel work by Roy)<\/p>\n

Roy, indeed, was a man of letters. He loved to collect and read books. He was particularly a student of the West, deeply imbued in the spirit and work of Mark Twain. I knew him as a quiet man, not given much to lengthly articulation. He talked through his work. A incredible draughtsman. Miriam Schapiro said to me once, \u201cRoy can draw in his sleep.\u201d In fact he probably did draw in his sleep! In the brief period that I knew him, Roy was generous to a fault. Though a kind of career and success came to him, I do not think he was ever interested in manufacturing a career in the contemporary manner. I think he was always in it for the challenge and the pleasure of the work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Untitled (Shooting Gun and Devil)
\n\"Roy<\/p>\n

Obit from UCDavis<\/a><\/p>\n

Untitled (Wolf)<\/a> (I like this one a lot.)<\/p>\n

“Dog Eared Cadillac”<\/a> (Cool Cadillac)
\nArtist: Margaret Dodd pays tribute to Roy D.<\/p>\n

\"Roy
\nMemoirs of Young Man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This posting on the passing of Roy Deforest, the California artist is a few weeks late. Fred Roy DeForest, Fred, 1978. Varnished polymer on canvas. 30\u201d x 30 \u00bd\u201d. Painter, Roy DeForest Dies at 77 (via Stepen Vincent includes large panel work by Roy) Roy, indeed, was a man of letters. He loved to collect … <\/p>\n

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