{"product_id":"witco-candle-holder","title":"Witco Fire Dancers Overpainted by Famous Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis original Witco Fire Dancer became the canvas for Northwest Modernist Artist Jay Steensma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting was featured in his book, ‘Jay Steensma, It was about Painting’. Out of Print. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eASIN ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB0006RKPY8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhatcom Museum of History and Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 1, 2000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e64 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"text-center text-md-left pt-8 pt-md-0 text-uppercase\"\u003eJAY STEENSMA\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"row mx-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-blocks w-100\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-block row mx-0 no-image d-block d-lg-flex upper cropped-image\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content-block-content col-12 text-center text-md-left px-0 upper cropped-image\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e1941–1994\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNationality:\u003c\/strong\u003e American\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAffiliation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Northwest Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJay Steensma was born in 1941 in Moscow, Idaho and died in Seattle in 1994. He received his B.F.A. from the University for Washington in 1962 and painted steadily for the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough primarily a painter, he also made sculptures, prints, and photo-collages. Chalices, snakes, houses, clouds, and fish were some of his predominating subject matter. He usually painted in shades of gray and added small bits of primary colors for shock value. He was well known for using the motifs of his mentor Morris Graves. According to friend and colleague Charles Krafft, Steensma loved the idea of whipping out drawings and paintings in a frenzy of creative energy. He was also a master of scale. His work ranged from wall-filling oils to postage stamp size drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Northwest Museum of Arts \u0026amp; Culture owns sixteen drawings and etchings by Steensma, a collection largely created from donations from Wesley Wehr and Dale Stenning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Cassera Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50941040558386,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/5653\/4834\/files\/5CE011B2-EA92-488B-A1C9-29D6A36496D5.jpg?v=1772386336","url":"https:\/\/shopcassera.com\/products\/witco-candle-holder","provider":"Cassera Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}