Native American Hunter by Michael Codd

Fantastic foliage!  

Great detective work buddy! I love everything about this!

Awesome art sleuthing work here, kudos on the great deal for an impressive painted piece and nice work on sorting out the provenance and solid artist credit. Surprised to see there's even 2 other pieces by the artist up here on CAF! 

Thanks buddy!  Yeah, getting the right name pretty much broke it open.  Apparently he is (or was) quite a prolific painter.  His date of birth is given as 1938, so if he's still with us, he'd be 88 now.  And thanks for the tip on the two CAF pieces.  I got to see two more fabulous paintings, not to mention the treasure trove of additional information about Mr. Cobb.  I'll tell you this, if there was an art book on his works, I would definitely buy it.

Thank you, as always, for the great story behind this purchase!  Your keen detective work on this one would do Mystery Inc. proud!  Congratulations on acquiring this dramatic painting at such a bargain price!

The textures rendered...unreal stuff!  Way to set a scene.  And I'm sure looks that much better in person.  Congrats, Eric!

I like it!  Challenging environment to paint, but Codd directs our eye to the hunter and prey despite all the shrubery etc.  So glad Bill tolerates and even encourages non-comics related art on CAF!

Whatever lines exist between comic art and every other type of art are constantly getting blurred.  As are the degrees of separation.  So I would think it doesn't require as much "tolerance" as you'd imagine.  But you're right.  We're lucky that Bill isn't some jerk who would ban anything not comic related.

Congrats on a Conidis piece!  I guess a coat of green paint will get you to buy it!

Not this time (and lesson learned there).  Codd is a published illustrator who war born in Wembley in 1938.  He was most prolific from 1970 through the 1990's.  His work has appeared in children's books, civil war books, medieval history books, Wayfair magazine, and the UK Modesty Blaise hardcovers, among others.  His wife is also an artist (sculptor) and his son works in the film industry.  As for Conidis, both his CAF gallery and eBay account have been long closed.  Good riddance.

I could do without the dead prey but I'll recognize that the sense of intensity of the deep forest, playing on fore/backgrounds and depth, is amazing.

I get where you're coming from, but two points in response to that.  First, based on everyone else's reactions, I think the focus so far (and rightly so) has been more on the work.  The skill, the technique, the colors, the detail, the foliage and vegetation, the theme of man vs. nature.  Yes, death is involved here.  But the piece IS called Native American Hunter.  I might argue that the hunt could have been portrayed in a much more graphic and violent way.  But at least Codd spares us that. 

I was mainly expressing my own subjective preference as regards the subject while praising the technique so I think I'm in agreement with the crowd ;)

Some familiar themes for Codd, especially with the loose and light touch for the vegetation. It's intriguing to see areas that barely have any paint on, and yet there is a deep and lush feel to it with quite intense colours.

Thank you for that excellent observation Paul.  After reading your comment, I had to go to the other room and look at the painting again.  I love what he did with the lighter and darker paint.  The brightness is focused on the center, but as you extend outward, it gets darker and darker which creates the illusion of extending the depth and density of the lush forest.

Zoom in on any I've area and you're blown away. 

Fine Art alert! Fabulous addition!

I know, right?  Where is the site moderator?  Get this chichi, frou-frou, crap outta here!  We want capes and bulging muscles.  You know, the good art.

LOL!  Seriously though.  Thanks for the comment.  Just trying to follow your lead buddy.

Worth the impulse buy. This guy knows how to move paint.

Love the story. I always enjoy a research piece. Congrats!

I remember that from our first meeting.  If I would have hit another dead end, I was going to hire you to take the case.

I really love this painting. The hunting scene in the middle of that shining but dark too wild forest is simply great. A real piece of art which deserves the highlight range for sure. My highest Congratulations!

Wonderful! No desription needed with such a great image, but I always appreciate your thoughtful write-ups. Makes me think of the Preadtor Prey movie, just a bit. Congrats!!

Ha!  I feel so stupid that I never picked up on that.  Great movie by the way.  And I'm thinking too that if this were an actual Predator piece, it might get a bigger reaction.  But as is, the reaction it's getting has been a wonderful surprise.  Well, not counting Marcus.  LOL