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
Work in Progress 2008-04-06
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on Fabriano paper
Online Journal
New Online Journal Entry, 19 August 2008: The Bend
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions
From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie, The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 21 August to 8 October 2008.
Artist's Lecture: Staring Back, 5 pm Thursday 21 August with an opening reception immediately following, 6 to 8 pm. An exhibition catalogue will be available from the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. The exhibition travels to Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA, 1 November to 20 December 2008
Forthcoming Lectures and Gallery Talks
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Lecture: Peter Turchi, author of Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, 1 October 2008 7 pm,
Lecture: Charles Ritchie, The Invisible, 2 October 2008, 7 pm
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gallery Talk, 1 November 2008
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, Lecture, 10 November 2008
Awards
2008 Maryland State Arts Council Award in Visual Arts: Works on Paper
Recent Reviews and Online References
PeterTurchi.com web site launch, 12 August 2007
Author Turchi discusses his collaboration with the artist
The New York Times, 1 June 2007
Holland Cotter on Ahuja and Ritchie at BravinLee programs
The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Spring 2007
Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Artists
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