Don Suggs

American
(1945–2019)

Annunciation
1995-1996

Acrylic on canvas
96 x 78 x 1.25 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2007.53

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• cross
• Exclamation point - Sources:
  - Work cat: An admirable point, 2023:
  - Collins English Dictionary, viewed online October 19, 2022:
• figure
• geometric abstraction
• hot-air balloons - Balloons of nonextensible material, usually spherical or pear-shaped, open on the bottom and held aloft by the introduction of heated air; they are designed to rise and travel into the atmosphere. Hot-air balloons typically have a container, usually a basket large enough to carry people, suspended below.
• mountains
• scrolls - General term for motifs consisting of a spirally wound band. For simple motifs of coiled lines, use "spirals"; for scroll-shaped architectural elements use other terms, such as "consoles" and "volutes"; for a series of scrolls, in running or allover patterns, use "scrollwork."
• wings

• Uses of the Real Part II , 7/1/2009 - 8/30/2010
• Transcendence: Abstraction & Symbolism in the American West , 9/1/2015 - 12/10/2016

Paintings

The Day After Tomorrow: Art in Response to Turmoil and Hope