Item Description
This one-of-a-kind monotype print is signed in pencil by listed Southwestern artist Jean Richardson:
"Monotype, Richardson '95"
The gold frame measures 21 inches by 26 inches. The opening for the artwork in the off-white linen mat measures 8.5 inches by 13.75 inches.
The artist chose bold teals, burnt and raw sienna, yellow ocher and warm grays for her palette. As Richardson specializes in Southwestern subjects such as the American Indian and horses, we believe this to be a Native American man and woman embraced in a loving kiss. It was professionally framed with a beautiful linen mat.
A monotype is a completely unique work of art, much like an individual painting. Monotype is a printmaking process in which only one impression is made, so the work created is a one-of-a-kind work on paper. A traditional printing press in not a necessity, although one can be used, such as in this s case. (The plate lines are visible from the pressure.)
Ventana Fine Art Gallery had this to say about Richardson:
"Jean Richardson's paintings are a kaleidoscope of raw power, movement, and fractured form and color. Her canvases almost seem a head-on collision between the ancient cave paintings of Lascaux and twentieth century modernism. Horses prance, stomp, run and leap across a Richardson painting. Lines are not drawn, but manifested by fluid ridges of pigment left in the wake of a liberally and deftly implemented palette knife. Her surfaces are pure paint and spring from a completely spiritual and personal source.
Jean's painting style might best be described as 'severe elegance'. Muted earth tones bump into fields of vibrant, joyful washes; graceful, sinuous motion fuses lyrically with passages of erratic, anxious energy. Never sweet or 'pretty', Jean's creations are always uncompromisingly, ethereally beautiful.
Jean was born in Hollis, Oklahoma. She earned her BFA degree from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, and continued study with the Art Students League in New York. Jean is credited in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the South and Southwest. Her work has been exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Minnesota Museum of Art, the Gilcrease Museum and the Philbrook Museum, both in Oklahoma."
Here is some more background information on the artist, from the book about her, "Jean Richardson, Turning Toward Home", written by Joan Carpenter Troccoli, Deputy Director of the Denver Art Museum:
"Jean Richardson is a native of Oklahoma with a long lineage of western forbears. Her grandparents were ranchers and many old family stories of pioneering on the Great Plains are part of her legacy. She began twenty years ago to paint haunting canvases of mounted figures silhouetted against a horizon in the mode of the western photographer, Edward Curtis. She was also influenced by the grand landscapes of the American Luminists. In her reinterpretation of these vast skies and limitless prairies, she has taken the content of her heritage and juxtaposed that with the look of abstract expressionism. Her paintings particularly deal with the heroic image of the horse, which she views as a symbol of the human spirit. Whether in rearing steeds or in thundering herds, these mythical beings are merely the vehicle for motion and energy which underlie all of her paintings. Richardson always paints in series and has evolved over many years to the dynamic paintings of recent exhibitions. Using a palette of jewel tones and deep earth hues, she slashes texture across the color and lets the image emerge from a painterly background. Almost hidden in an explosion of brush strokes and color, the horses of Richardson's imagination plunge and leap across the canvas. Many collectors relate to her paintings, which combine her mastery of color and form with a subject that is apparent and illusive. Richardson maintains that there is a special empathy that transpires when the viewer experiences the movement of the image along with the movement of the brush. Jean Richardson has been an artist all her life. She began painting as a child of seven and has pursued her art without interception since that time. She is married and has three grown children."
Condition
Very Good
Dimensions
Please view the numerous, detailed photos for an accurate appraisal of this items condition. The frame has some discoloration and scratches. "
Categories
Fine Art, Paintings
Buyer's Premium
18%
Seller Info
Clearing House Estate Sales
7433
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