Saturday, December 3, 2011

William Irving Drawings and Sculptures




Portrait of Buddy
This painting is by Cora Chambers Ostrom, father's maternal grandmother
Oil on Canvas, 1927
Portrait of My Mother, Ann Ostrom Irving
Charcoal on Paper, 1944

On the back of this portrait, my father wrote "To Grandmother, with all my love, Buddy"
Untitled
Oil on Paper, 1961
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Graphite on Paper
Granite Sculpture

Wood Carving of Primitive Man, December 28, 1976
 
Two Sketches
Graphite on Paper, October 9, 1966




You're a Song to Me
Words and Music by William Irving, 1943

Young Cowboy
Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 1938

 
Battle in the Big Trees (Detail)
Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 1963

 
Ghost Rider
Pen on Paper, 1963

The Etruscan
Graphite on Paper, 1961

Corvus Corax
Pencil on Paper, 1968







This marble sculpture was most likely complete when we lived in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1957.
 My father's  inspiration was George Washington.