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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Jack Whitten: Mosaic Tributes

Around 1990, Jack Whitten invented another form of art, using dried sheets of acrylic paint cut into small tiles.  With acrylic tiles he created large, abstract, intricate mosaics.  Many are tributes to musicians and other heroes.


E Stamp II (The Black Butterfly): for Bobby Short, 2007



Flying High for Betty Carter, 1998



Homecoming: for Miles, 1992




Natural Selection, 1995


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