The drawings, prints, and sketchbooks of Charles Ritchie find inspiration in the artist's suburban home. Small in size and created in series, the drawings employ watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink. The prints are based on the artist's drawings and engage the techniques and materials of printmaking to reinvent the image. The artist's sketchbooks have been kept continuously since 1977 and chart his creative process.
New Work
Journal Study 2009-06-24
watercolor, graphite and pen and ink on Fabriano paper
Online Journal
New Online Journal Entry, 21 June 2009: Erasing
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions
50 Very Small Drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, 3 July to 29 August 2009.
Print Exhibition of the Sciascia Prize, Florence, Italy, Fondazione « Il Bisonte » per lo studio dell’arte grafica, 25 June to 11 September 2009, and traveling to forthcoming venues in Italy. Catalogue available.
Preparations: Artists' Sketchbooks and Journals, The College at Brockport: State University of New York, 8 September to 13 October 2009 and traveling to University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 4 to 27 December 2009.
Charles Ritchie, BravinLee programs, New York, NY, 23 October to 28 November 2009. Opening reception, Friday evening 23 October.
Print Project Published
April 2008 is an artist book in etching, mezzotint, aquatint and drypoint based on a section of Journal 130 kept by the artist during April 2008. Available from Center Street Studio, Milton, MA.
Publication
New American Paintings, No. 81 is available at newsstands. Charles Ritchie is Editor's Pick under Noteworthy.
Recent Reviews and Online References
Press Release, Charles Ritchie, 6 April 2009
Cartin Collection @ Ars Libri, Boston, MA
HOME Exhibition Catalogue, 5 April 2009
Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof's Artblog, 7 December 2008
Charles Ritchie's Shadow World at Gallery Joe
See all reviews and references
New Online Journal Entry, 21 June 2009: Erasing
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions
50 Very Small Drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, 3 July to 29 August 2009.
Print Exhibition of the Sciascia Prize, Florence, Italy, Fondazione « Il Bisonte » per lo studio dell’arte grafica, 25 June to 11 September 2009, and traveling to forthcoming venues in Italy. Catalogue available.
Preparations: Artists' Sketchbooks and Journals, The College at Brockport: State University of New York, 8 September to 13 October 2009 and traveling to University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 4 to 27 December 2009.
Charles Ritchie, BravinLee programs, New York, NY, 23 October to 28 November 2009. Opening reception, Friday evening 23 October.
Print Project Published
April 2008 is an artist book in etching, mezzotint, aquatint and drypoint based on a section of Journal 130 kept by the artist during April 2008. Available from Center Street Studio, Milton, MA.
Publication
New American Paintings, No. 81 is available at newsstands. Charles Ritchie is Editor's Pick under Noteworthy.
Recent Reviews and Online References
Press Release, Charles Ritchie, 6 April 2009
Cartin Collection @ Ars Libri, Boston, MA
HOME Exhibition Catalogue, 5 April 2009
Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof's Artblog, 7 December 2008
Charles Ritchie's Shadow World at Gallery Joe
See all reviews and references