Offered is a collectible fine art oil painting:  “INVERSION LAYERS"  (#16-7966).  The image was created by professional artist, William Helvey.  It is a beautiful  painting that is unframed and created on an archival, heavy gesso-coated stretched canvas.   This is an original oil that is in excellent condition and no copies have ever been made.   Image  size is approximately 16 x 20 inches.  The color of the original art may be slightly different that the one you see on the screen. They  are more vivid with darker, contoured lines.   The painting is presently in the artist’s personal collection. 

This is an oil showing a large number of abstract surreal shapes and colors that are overlapping one another in various angles. From warm colors to cool blue colors, the shapes can sometimes seen other forms if one squints their eyes.   In the upper right hand corner the swirls of color converge making an arch in the lower third of the painting.  Other atmospheric shapes are in the foreground and are made of violets and blue hues.  The bright colors are in direct contrast the colors on the lower left side of the painting. The style of painting is pointillism with loose vibrant colors making up the semi-abstract background composition.  The angle of foreshortening of the composition makes this image very interesting and different than most paintings, especially the method of drawing with brush,  and wet and wet oil painting.  The overall color theme is with vibrating warm/cool colors.  The "museum quality" image emphasizes soft lights and shadows.  

The painting technique that Helvey uses is quite unique.  Multiple vibrant colors make up the oil palette.  Each oil goes through three to four phases of work.  First is the actual drawing done with graphite, ink or charcoal.  Then the subject is bathed with a local color.  The background is thoroughly painted so that a number of colors can be applied with wet and wet areas of the image.  After drying, details of the composition are completed and a final color is applied to the background.  After personally signing the final version, the painting takes as much as two to three weeks to dry.  It is then ready for viewing and/or exhibition.

This “one-of-a-kind”  image is signed on the front and back of the painting by William Helvey.  It is dated on the back side.  Copyright of the image remains with the artist. The unique image was created in 2016.  The artwork is suitable for framing and the canvas will be shipped unframed and rolled in a tube to the successful purchaser. This is a quality painting that would be perfect for displays, exhibits or for your own personal art collection.

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A Certificate of Authenticity will be mailed along with this painting.

This painting is guaranteed to be a one-of-a-kind original artwork and not a reproduction of any kind.

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Biography of the Artist

William Helvey was born in 1942 and is a fine art photographer and professional artist. He has painted and photographed figurative and natural subjects throughout the nation. He holds degrees in studio art and photography, and he currently teaches adult drawing, painting and fine art photography classes. He is also an independent filmmaker and has received numerous awards for his films, photographs and artwork. Helvey has had eighty art exhibits and twenty photography solo exhibits during his fifty plus years as professional artist and fine art photographer. International corporate and private collectors are in the following countries: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, France, Czechoslovakia, and Ireland. Helvey is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the Midwest and listed in America's Outstanding Professionals.

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