Allen Cox
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Paleo II
oil and wax on linen, 18 x 20 inches, sold

Unspoken
oil and wax on linen, 20 x 40 inches, $4000

I Remember
oil and wax on linen, 35 x 48 inches, $6500

Maestro Redux
oil and wax on linen, 20 x 16 inches, $2200

Enlightenment
oil and wax on linen, 24 x 36 inches, $3800

Crema
oil and cold wax on canvas, 8 x 8 inches, $400

Prairie
oil and cold wax on canvas, 34 x 20 inches, $3200

Nile's Edge
oil and cold wax on canvas, 24 x 30, $4500

Circulum
oil and cold wax on canvas, 36 x 48 inches, $6500

Miele D' Oro
oil and cold wax on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, $6500

Deep Blue Sea
oil and wax on board, 16 x 12 inches, $1800

Paleo
oil and wax on board, 12 x 16 inches, $1800

Silver and Gold
oil and wax on board, 24 x 12 inches, $2000

Red Hammer
oil and wax on linen, 25 x 35 inches

Aria I
oil and wax on linen, 48 x 37 inches

Palimpset
oil and wax on linen, 36 x 34 inches

Demeter
oil and wax on linen, 36 x 48 inches, sold

Untitled
oil and wax on linen, 20 x 30 inches, $3200

Cathedral
oil and wax on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Helio
oil and wax on canvas, 30 x 40 inches

Regatta II
oil and wax on canvas board, 14 x 20 inches

Regatta III
oil and wax on canvas board, 12 x 20 inches

Wintering
oil and wax on canvas, 72 x 48 inches


About the artist...
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Allen Cox is a long-time West Coast contemporary and abstract painter. Cox has been showing his work nationally since 1982 and internationally since 2003. He holds a BS in Anthropology (Archaeology), a BFA in Fine Art and an MFA in Painting, all from the University of Oregon.
Allen’s painting is rooted in 20th century abstraction. Elements of modernism, surrealism, and abstract expressionism along with minimalism and postmodernism all inform his work. Often a painting will include pictorial elements not usually found in pure abstraction. These paintings also reflect Cox's experience as an archaeologist in Oregon. Multi-layered surfaces echo the stratified remnants of past events, textural paint techniques create a worn and weathered patina of age and history. All of these details add to the complexity of his densely constructed images. The result is a unique approach to 21st Century painting.