Title
Painted paper.
Coverage
Jack Townes (b. 1953)
Date
2009
Subject
Golden acrylic and Gamblin metallic gold powder on Permafiber Permalin Multicolor paper
Description
Jack Townes, active 1978–2011, is the life and business partner of Peggy Skycraft, who entered the field in 1969. Skycraft and Townes specialized in making and licensing decorated papers and fabrics under the aegis Skycraft Marbled Designs. Townes’ artistic and business acumen and his talent as an equipment fabricator allowed them to fulfill commissions of up to 30,000 sheets per year.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Peggy Skycraft and Jack Townes