Journals categorized as "Notes on Observing"



Writing: Part 1

Published on: 13 July, 2010

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Note: The following discussion is adapted from correspondence with composer Roger Reynolds, whose music I admire. I thank Roger for his interest in my art and for h...

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Views of the World

Published on: 7 June, 2010

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Views of the World For many years I've kept framed prints by Andreus Cellarius hanging at either side of my studio window. The...

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A Window on Philadelphia

Published on: 9 February, 2010

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(Above) Photograph of the artist at the window with his temporary painting table in Philadelphia.

A Window on Philadelphia

The exhibition of

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New Work / New York

Published on: 31 October, 2009

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Photograph of the artist'€™s journals, Book 123 through Book 132, 2004 - 2009. The foreground journal is open to a study for

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Memory

Published on: 27 September, 2009

Beach Walk, Part 1; Book 132 Pages 58 and 59.

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Beach Walk, Part 2; Book 132 Pages 60 and 61.

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During my summer retrea...

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Dreams and Images

Published on: 14 May, 2009

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(above) Charles Ritchie, Astronomical Chart, Bowl, and Candles, (work in progress), watercolor and graphite on Fabriano paper, 4 x 6″

Dreams and Images

I don’t hav...

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Cadence

Published on: 8 April, 2009

(above) Charles Ritchie, sketch after an oil painting by Giorg...

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A Mix

Published on: 13 March, 2009

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A Hunt in the Forest

Published on: 22 February, 2009

A Hunt in the Forest

A few years ago I sifted through family photograph...

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Passage

Published on: 28 November, 2008

Charles Ritchie, Copy after

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One Place / Any Place

Published on: 18 November, 2008

Charles Ritchie, Interior/Exterior, 1987-198...

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Day Dreams

Published on: 1 November, 2008

Self-Portrai...

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Pictures at an Exhibition

Published on: 5 September, 2008

Photograph of the installation of the exhibition From the Inside Lo...

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Risk: Turning Pages, Part 2

Published on: 13 August, 2008

Charl...

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Life is

Published on: 6 July, 2008

Charles Ritchie, No. 1 from the book anyone lived in a pretty how town, 1976,...

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Finding Forbears

Published on: 15 June, 2008

(above) Photograph of the artist copying in his journal at the

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Place to Be

Published on: 7 June, 2008

Charles Ritchie, Window with Moo...

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In the Country

Published on: 27 May, 2008

Book 130, Entries for 25-26 May 2008 with studies of a tree at midday and the bright star Ve...

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The Star Magnolia

Published on: 12 April, 2008

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Charles Ritchie, two Polaroid photographs of a

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Antares Rising: Drawing Seasons

Published on: 23 February, 2008

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Self-Portrait with Night XI: Graphite, first...

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Mapping the Night

Published on: 17 February, 2008

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Figure 1. Digital photograph of the north wall of the artist’s studio displaying a Celestia...

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Goya's 'Third of May': A Childhood Epiphany

Published on: 3 February, 2008

goya4.jpgStudy after Francisco Goya, Third of May 1808, watercolor and graphite on Arches paper in bound volume, 4 x 6&Prime...

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Thursday Night Figure Drawing

Published on: 27 January, 2008

 

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Two Figures, 2007, graphite on wove paper in ring-bound sketchboo...

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Wall/Window/Mirror: 'I dwell in possibility'

Published on: 20 January, 2008

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Self-Portrait...

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Comet Holmes in Perseus

Published on: 19 December, 2007

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Near the end of October 2007 C...

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Lights in the Sky / 1 October 2007

Published on: 16 October, 2007

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Up before sunrise an...

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Bowl of Water in Sunlight / 16-17 September 2007, 7:30 am

Published on: 17 September, 2007

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Epemeral light. For two days in September sunlight shoots through a southeast window of our...

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