Pastel Drawing of Onions and Pepper [R]

William Acheff is internationally known for his still life paintings of objects, primarily Native American objects.  He combines such things as a photograph of a Native by Curtis, beaded moccasins, pueblo pottery, Native textile, and, perhaps, an item of jewelry.  He groups those items in a pleasing arrangement and then commits them to canvas.

Earlier in his career, perhaps when he lived in California, he painted still life images of fruits and vegetables and other such groupings.  In this painting, he grouped two onions and a pepper in a pleasing arrangement and presented them in pastel.  This pastel of onions and a pepper is dated 1985.

Acheff now lives in Hondo, a small town near Taos, New Mexico, and has concentrated on painting Indian objects since that move.  His paintings are carried by famous galleries and routinely fetch in the tens of thousands of dollars.

Condition: original condition

Provenance: from a gentleman in Albuquerque

Recommended Reading: Masters of Western Art by Mary Carroll Nelson