The artist Paul Harris (1925–2018) evades definition materially, thematically, and aesthetically. Having come of age as an artist in the effervescent 1950s, when stylistic allegiance was paramount, Harris was unusually comfortable across the spectrum of abstraction and figuration in two or three dimensions. In drawing, printmaking, and painting, his mark-making is richly lyrical, with spirited colors in vibrant dynamism; his bronze and soft sculptures are expansive in form and shape, their intricacies in surface betraying his early training in painting. A popular teacher, mentor, and colleague in the Bay Area art community, Harris was more than a maker—he inspired an championed a generation of artists at a pivotal time in American culture.
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Working with our partner on artist foundations and estates, Brent Foster Jones we developed a comprehensive identity for The Paul Harris Estate, creating a graphic system reflective of his colorful and dynamic output, an Estate website, and …