Philip B. Hicken - Paintings BACK
“South Beach” (Nantucket), acrylic on canvas, signed, c. 1979, 48” x 54”. Dramatic and impressively large. Will frame to suit. $4,500
“Harbor Wall”, acrylic on canvas, signed, c. 1980, 20” x 30”, framed. Hicken's daring and dramatic use of color in nowhere more evident than in this gem. $3,500
“Scotia Coast”, acrylic on canvas, signed, 1981, 20” x 30”, framed. An amazing color palette lends an evocative other worldly quality to this work. SOLD
"New England Quarry", casein on board, 1953, signed lower right, framed. 36" x 48" plus frame. An early painting by the artist when he was teaching at Harvard and The Art Institute after World War II. The use of casein is remarkable and gives the piece an illustrative quality. $4,500
“Promontory Bay” (Nantucket), acrylic on canvas, signed, 1983, 20” x 30”, framed. Strong monochromatic geometric shapes define this work. $2,500
“Bay” (Nantucket), acrylic on canvas, signed, 1983, 24” x 36”, framed. The almost Asian quality of Hicken's 'floating world' of Nantucket achieves a poetry in this work. SOLD
“Table Pattern”, acrylic on canvas, signed, 1983, 24” x 36”, framed. Hicken's tablescape, whether oil or screenprint, derive their impact from the amazing color palette and weightless arrangement of elements. $3,000
“Morning Green” (Nantucket), acrylic on canvas, signed, 1983, 24” x 36”, framed. Similar is feeling to "Promontory Bay", Hicken's title captures the essence of this work. $2,500
“Starlings at Eel Point” (Nantucket), acrylic on canvas, signed, c. 1980, 24” x 36”, framed. Hicken captures an incredible moment of birds in migration and a season on the verge of transition. SOLD