Douglas Denniston (Arizona, 1921-2004) abstract expressionist oil on canvas painting titled "Bird and Fish", featuring a brightly colored geometric rendering of a bird and a fish, arranged in four vertical columns. Signed and dated "Denniston '48" lower right. Eric Firestone Gallery, Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ paper label, en verso. Housed in a white painted frame. Sight: 21 1/2" H x 39 1/4" W. Framed: 24" H x 42" W. Provenance: Estate of Russell McAdoo, Murfreesboro, TN. Biography: Douglas Denniston studied painting with Raymond Jonson and co-founded the Transcendental Painting Group with Emil Bistrram in 1938. In 1945 he came to New Mexico and became involved in the Santa Fe/Taos Art Movement. His work during this period was mainly abstract. By the 1950s, when he began a teaching position at the University of Arizona, he began working in a more representational style. His work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Butler Institute of American Art.

Overall good condition with craquelure, primarily to red, green, and pink areas of bird.