Lot 10
**Originally Listed At $400**
Rose Walton (American, XX-XXI). "The Fixer" acrylic on canvas, n.d. Initialed at lower right; signed and titled with inscription on verso. A crimson horse with a wild, snowy mane strides across a dream-blue sky, bearing a nude woman who balances lightly on its back, arms outstretched toward the moon. In "The Fixer," Rose Walton conjures a vision suspended between memory, myth, and magic - an imaginative scene that feels at once playful and profound. This painting, like much of Walton's work, reaches into the rich soil of childhood. The verso inscription reads: "Riding on the dreams of childhood, you can reach the moon. My spotted horse has carried me often to places where children can fly. Thank you Jesus." These words, handwritten along the wooden stretcher, are more than an afterthought - they are the map to the painting's heart. Size: 16" W x 20" H (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm)
For Walton, painting is a way of returning: to barefoot afternoons spent building animals from mud near her uncle's spring, to junk-pile safaris with six brothers, to twig-armed people families born of bottle caps and green sticks. Raised with ten siblings in a world alive with castoffs and invention, she cultivated a reverence for discovery that never faded.
Walton is a self-taught artist, and that self - joyful, unpolished, free - shines through in "The Fixer." The work does not follow academic rules of proportion or realism, nor does it need to. Instead, it brims with sincerity and symbolism. The woman's upward gaze and outstretched arms suggest longing or prayer; the horse's polka-dotted hide and lifted head pulse with energy, as if it too is part of the pursuit. The moon, with its childlike face, floats just within reach - a symbol of innocence, faith, or perhaps healing. The title, "The Fixer," hints at repair not with tools but with imagination. The painting suggests that the brokenness of adulthood might be mended by returning - through art, through memory - to the fearless joy of childhood dreams.
Artist statement: "I am a self-taught artist, never having gone to school past the 12th grade, and I have been 'arting' for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories of creativity are of making doll dresses out of candy wrappers and constructing animal figures from the wet mud found down near my uncles natural spring, or collecting discards of bottle caps, string, and old tin cans to make 'people families' with twig arms and green stick legs. I had the luxury of a childhood spent in exploring my tiny world to the fullest. From going on 'safari' with my 6 brothers to white mountain to look for buried treasures (white mountain was a junk pile out in the woods) to exploring natures cast offs of bird's eggs and acorns in the meadow behind our home I was blessed to have parents who provided all of us kids (there were 11 of us) with the freedom to explore, create, and to find our own way in this world. There was never a dull moment in our childhood. This love of exploring and treasure hunting has never left me, because thru my art, I can go back to those memories and recall the sensations of discovery that i felt as a child. My art brings me back to those exquisite feelings of discovery from my childhood. I have been married for 30 plus years and have 5 incredible, wonderful, awesome, cute, kind, patient, encouraging and loving children (see, i am a typical Mom). We have lived here on Walton Road in Pennsylvania for 22 plus years. In our Walton Road home, I have tried to share with my children the freedom and love of discovery that I had when i was growing up. Our home is one big art studio, where you will always find a 'project' in the works. Whether it be 'claying', 'dolling', 'painting' , or just making up banquets out of last nights left overs, there is always a bit of magic involved. Thank you for your support, encouragement and kindness. Thank you for allowing me to share part of my world with you."
Provenance: private Rochester, Minnesota, USA collection, acquired from 1990 -1998
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#195452
- Condition: Initialed at lower right; signed and titled with inscription on verso. Painting is in excellent overall condition with suspension wire on verso for display.
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