Rex Sexton
(1946-2015) was a Surrealist painter, who exhibited in Chicago
and Philadelphia. His award-winning art has been exhibited
in museums, televised on PBS, written about in newspapers,
reproduced in magazines and included in national and
international exhibitions. His poetry and prose have
appeared in cutting-edge literary magazines. His short
story "Holy Night" received an Eric Hoffer award and was
published in Best New Writing 2007. His poem "The Orchard" received the 2012 Annual
Editor-in-Chief Award from Mobius: The Poetry Magazine.
His poem "Ashes of Winter" was runner up for The 2011 Doctor
Zylpha Mapp Robinson International Poetry Award. His poem
"Gift Wrapped" was nominated for a 2013 Pushcart Prize by Kind
of a Hurricane Press. His book of artwork, stories and
poems "X-Ray Eyes" received acclaim by Chicago Art Magazine:
"Sexton's work... brings to mind the flattened forms and spaces
and line qualities of Miro ... [and] the bizarre figures and
spaces of Chagall. Bridging reality and fantasy through
vaguely chimera-like figures/personified animals, and oddly flat
... pictorial spaces, Sexton's paintings emotionally engage
viewers directly with multitudes of figures and multitudes of
vivid expressions." He was married to the neuroscientist
Dr. Rochelle S. Cohen.
The full text of his books is available at this website:
Works
now in private collections.
Works
available
for purchase appear below.
Prices
available
on request
Contact:
Rochelle S. Cohen, (312) 919-8619, rochellecohen19@yahoo.com
Bull Fight, 1991.
Acrylic on canvas, 36”X48.”
Carnival, 1990. Acrylic on canvas,
36”X48.”
Casino, 1998.
Acrylic and collage on paper, 19”X21.”
In-laws, 1986.
Gouache on paper, 30”X20.”
Love Equation, 1988.
Gouache on paper, 30”X20.”
Meltdown, 2001.
Acrylic on paper,
40”X30.”
Music Box, 1991.
Acrylic on canvas, 36”X48.”
Nadya, 2009.
Acrylic on paper, 30”X24.”
Night Without Stars,
2009. Oil on canvas, 48”X36.”
Penned, 1986. Gouache on paper,
30”X20.”
Pet
Shop, 1991. Acrylic on canvas, 36”X48.”
Queen of Hearts, 2004. Acrylic on canvas,
36”X48.”
Swept Away, 1990. Acrylic on canvas,
36”X48.”
