Richard Iams (American, b. 1950), Still Life with Corn and Blanket

Oil on panel, signed at lower left, presented in a contemporary giltwood frame.

Panel 9 x 12 in.; Frame dimensions 16 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Wayne Morrison, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Richard Iams was born in West Virginia and attended Marietta College, intending to major in mathematics until he was exposed to the arts, inspired by the works of John Singer Sargent, Sidney Laurence, and Richard Schmid.

After teaching junior high and community college art courses for five years, Iams moved to Texas where he began to paint full-time. Although trained as a portrait painter, his renderings of Texas landscapes launched his career. In 1979 Iams moved to Tucson, Arizona where he painted the Grand Canyon, and traveled around the world. Today, Iams' studio, just East of Tucson, Arizona, offers him views of the mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson Valley.

Good estate condition.