"Main Street" lithograph

"Main Street" lithographNumbered, limited edition, offset lithographs printed on acid free paper, by John Bell, Jr. (1937 2013) Image size 21 x 27 Main Street Van Buren, AR, with the Van Buren Train Depot in the distance. As a child I was shown how to draw stick figures to keep me entertained while my mother went about her chores. This sparked a fascination with the arts that has lasted throughout my lifetime and taken me through several professional careers: illustrator,

He studied with well-known artists like David Leffel

” Edward and his wife Helen

My paintings and illustrations grow out of a love of my garden and the natural beauty around me combined with a compulsive habit of collecting old and abandoned items

All of these elements are combined to capture a moment in time that you can almost remember

and you know the Hogs are playing

mostly throughout the forties

These were followed in 1970 by sculptures of heat-crumpled Plexiglas

The drama is created by the direction in which the diagonal runs: right to left

showcasing his four-decade career with images of landscapes

The Journey

Swedlun painted and taught art classes in the Ozarks until his death

Arkansas in 1971