Trucks &Truck Stops — VAL LEWTON

Trucks & Truck Stops

Western Star Profile Yellow Truck, side view, acrylic on canvas, 20 1/2" x 20 1/4", Private Collection

White Truck, Purple Reflection, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 23 1/2"

Trucking on Route 404, acrylic on canvas, 44" x 24", on loan, promised to Federal Reserve Board Collection

White Truck & Demolition, acrylic on canvas, 30 1/2" x 38 1/2", Private Collection

Breezewood Truck Stop #1, acrylic on canvas, 27" x 52 1/2", 2011, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center

Yellow Tank Truck (hose), acrylic on canvas, 15 1/2” x 21 1/2”, 2008, Private Collection

Mack in Black and White, Door Open, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"

Tractors & VW Truck, acrylic on canvas, 41" x 41"

Blue Mack, Private Collection

Girder & Truck, acrylic, gouache & charcoal on paper, 31" x 26 3/4", 2014, Private Collection

Books Yellow Delivery Trucks, watercolor on paper, 17" x 23", Federal Reserve Board Collection

Butte Trash Truck, Greenlight, watercolor on paper, 18" x 36"

White Truck/White Wall, acrylic on paper, 30" x 38"
Private Collection

Print Truck, watercolor on paper, 11 1/2" x 15", 1980, Private Collection

White Truck (unfinished), charcoal & acrylic on paper, 23 1/2" x 20 1/2"

Pink & Blue Truck, acrylic on canvas, 17 1/4" x 16 1/4", Private Collection

Green Trash Truck Driver, acrylic on canvas, 20 1/2" x 18 1/4", on loan, promised to Federal Reserve Board Collection

White Cement Truck, acrylic on canvas, 13 1/2" x 18 1/2", 2000, Private Collection

B&W Trash Truck, acrylic on canvas, 42" x 99", 1999

B&W Trash Truck, acrylic on canvas, 42" x 99"

Breezewood Truck Stop #5, acrylic on canvas, 21 1/2" x 28", 2011

Breezewood East West Truck Stop #3, acrylic on canvas , 11 1/2" x 17", 2011

Girder & Red Truck, acrylic on canvas on bars, 32" x 36 1/4", Private Collection

White Truck with Figure, acrylic on canvas, 26 1/2" x 31 1/2", on loan, promised to Federal Reserve Board Collection

White Truck, Tunnel, acrylic on canvas, 28 1/2" x 36", 2014

Rose, back of cement truck, acrylic on canvas, 19 1/2" x 16"

White Truck 176, acrylic on canvas, 22 1/2" x 21 1/2"

Red Truck and Synagogue, acrylic on canvas, 26" x 28", Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection, Private Collection

Breezewood Traffic Lights, acrylic on canvas, 26" x 26 1/2", 2014, Federal Reserve Board Collection, Washington, DC

Breezewood East West Truck Stop #2, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 32 1/2", 2011. UNC Ashland Museum of Art

Breezewood Blue and Yellow Fauve, acrylic on canvas, 22 3/4" x 25"

91K Tractor, watercolor on paper, 16" x 18", 2014. Private Collection

Blue Mack Truck/Yellow Canvas (MDC), acrylic on canvas, 21" x 28", 2007, Private Collection

Great Western Star, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"

Landfill Tractor, detail, watercolor on paper, 10" x 18", 2007

Old Yeller (truck front), acrylic on canvas, 24 1/4" x 23 1/2", Private Collection

P&H 100, acrylic on canvas, 21 1/2" x 15 1/2", 2013

Pilot All American, acrylic on canvas, 37" x 29 1/2"

Stripe Homage (Blue), acrylic on canvas, 22" x 25", 2014
Private Collection

Truck Back Detail Abstract, acrylic on canvas, 21" x 28", 2014

Two Trucks, Blue Truck, acrylic on canvas, 27" x 25", Bates College Museum of Art

Under Carriage, acrylic on canvas, 10 1/4" x 16 1/2", 2014, Private Collection

White Cement Truck 177 Split, acrylic on canvas, 35" x 51", on loan, promised to Federal Reserve Board Collection

White Cement Mixer, acrylic on canvas, 24 1/2" x 24 1/2"

Yellow Cement Mixer, acrylic on canvas, 21 3/4" x 24",
Private Collection

Machines, Trucks and Cars were a compelling subject for Val Lewton's suburban and urban painting: the building of the suburbs, the decay and revitalization of the city, the constant flux in and out of the city... a story of movement and change. Lewton documented what he witnessed. He created beauty out of the mundane. With the help of his West Coast sense of light. shadow and color, he saw "still life" and landscape, where others might see worn out vehicles. At first, images were transformed from newspaper photos. Later Lewton, a talented photographer as well as painter, was prodigious in capturing these images himself, forming his own library of possible painting subject matter. He studied them, experimented, cropped, and changed them in an effort to create a thing of beauty.