Image of "Impossible Art" Painting Found Akin to Work by M.C. Escher

In a periodic sweep of the web, we identified a black and white image of a Francis Quirk painting. It is entitled Four Step Gantry Gated. Given the "impossible" nature of the work we suspect that it may have been included in the Impossible Art Exhibition of 1970.

Four Step Gantry Gated by Francis J. Quirk

This painting is reminiscent of the work of M.C. Escher. 

Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically-inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for long somewhat neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective exhibition was held.

Impossible Cube by M. C. Escher

Quirk's impossible art paintings are another illustration of his versatility in being able to produce yet another type of painting.