Kermit Oliver

Biography

Kermit Oliver (born 1943) is an American painter who studied and worked in Houston before moving to Waco, Texas. His work reflects his Texas heritage and his interests in mythology, religion, and history. Oliver combines "contemporary and classical elements, resulting in a style he calls symbolic realism." His paintings create "strange, lushly illustrated worlds populated by people and animals realistically drawn but placed in surreal juxtaposition." Oliver was named the 2017 Texas State Two-Dimensional Artist by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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