Charles Ritchie's drawings and sketchbooks find inspiration in the artist's home, using watercolor and graphite to investigate images in series. The artist's journals have tracked his dreams and creative process steadily since 1977.
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions and Lectures
Dust and Shade: Drawings by Charles Ritchie, Cornell Fine Arts Musuem, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, 28 January to 13 May 2012. Public lecture, Drawing the Edge of Vision, about the exhibition and the artist's creative process, 3 April 2012, 6 pm.
AD2021, The Boston Print Fair, Center Street Studio booth, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, 15 to 18 March 2012.
Idea to Image: Process, States and Proofs from the Print Collection, Joel and Lila Harnett Musuem of Art, University of Richmond, VA, 16 October 2011 to 1 April 2012.
Recent Reviews and References
Charles Ritchie: Where Dreams and Reality Collide, 27 January 2012
Michael Schwartz, The Arcadia University Bulletin
New American Paintings #100, South Edition, Forthcoming Spring 2012
Dust and Shade: Drawings by Charles Ritchie, 27 October 2011
Portia Iversen, Escape into Life
New Online Journal Entry, 17 October 2011
Video Walkthrough of Dust and Shade: Drawings by Charles Ritchie Exhibition
Charles Ritchie, BravinLee programs website
Selected Images, Biography, Press