Original signed collage by noted Northern California artist and poet Phil E. Weidman (1936-2020).

Medium: collage and paint on panel

Signed on verso and dated 1965

16 x 12 inches

18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches, framed

Good original studio condition; few mild scuffs.

About the artist:

After graduating from Chico High in 1954, he joined the U.S. Army, serving as a medic for two years. He attended CSU Chico, taking courses in art and creative writing and becoming friends with fellow student Raymond Carver. He met his wife Patricia at Chico State. They married on March 13, 1959. He completed his Bachelor's degree in art (1968) and a Master of Fine Arts degree (1970) at CSU Sacramento. He taught art at Sac State, American River College and, for many years, at Mira Loma High School.

His drawings, paintings, collages and short films were shown throughout Northern California. A central figure in the Slant Step art phenomenon, he produced the Slant Step Book in 1969 and participated in the first Sacramento show of Slant Step-inspired art in 1970. The 50th anniversary of the book's publication was celebrated last fall with the exhibit Slant Step Forward at Verge Center for the Arts. He authored 13 books of poetry, most recently Rungs of the Ladder (Cold River Press, 2018), and was active in the Sacramento poetry scene since the 1960s. His poems appeared in three anthologies Revolutionary Poetry (1972), Landing Signals (1985) and At the Gate: Departures and Arrivals (2011)and numerous literary journals, including Wormwood Review, Scree, Pinch Penny, Poetry Now, Pearl and Chiron Review.