Acrylic on canvas, 1982, signed and dated at lower left, retains label to stretcher, framed.

SS 36 x 48 in.; DOA 37 1/8 x 49 in.

From the News & Observer Art Collection, Raleigh, NC

A former art instructor at UNC-Wilmington alongside Claude Howell, Minnis' work is present in the collections of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh and the Mint Museum, Charlotte. Beginning as a successful ceramicist, Minnis later devoted himself to painting in the early 1980s and he continued receiving accolades and commissions.

Several minute and stable punctures to canvas upper edge likely present during painting process; some soft scratches to frame.

$1,000 - 2,000