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Rick Bartow

Nationality: American
Birth Year: N/A
Birth Place: Newport
Current Region: West

Genres of Speciality: Contemporary

Represented By: Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary

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Biography

Born
1946 Newport, OR

Education
1969 B.A. Secondary Art Education—Western Or...More

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Changing Raven V	Coyotes Going Witkot	Crows Flight in Shadow
Works on Paper	Works on Paper	Works on Paper
22" x 30" $2,730	30" x 22" $2,750	22" x 30" $2,750



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Kestrel and Landscape	Dreaming Hawk	4 Crows of Direction of Dark Field
Works on Paper	Works on Paper	Works on Paper
30" x 22" $2,750	22" x 30" $2,750	22" x 30" $2,750



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Bird in Green Landscape (A Prayer)	Bullman	Blue Buck
Works on Paper	Works on Paper	Works on Paper
22" x 30" $2,750	30" x 22" $2,600	40" x 26" $5,250



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Shaman III	Mask of Gratitude	Hawk on Yellow Field
Works on Paper	Works on Paper	Works on Paper
30" x 22" $2,750	40" x 26" $5,250	30" x 22" $2,600

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Artist Statement
"Using Coyote's tail for a brush and Raven's beak to make my marks, I am blind to my destination. I begin to erase marks, attempting to cover my tracks and, like forgetful Coyote, I lose my way. Yet the record of my comings and goings is visible like the lines left by the tide as it advances and recedes.

Drawing comes from inside my head, down my arm, to my hand. As the work begins to intensify, there is little of importance below the armpits. My legs carry me back and forth in front of the drawing. Occasionally I blindly run into objects, cussing and moving on from the shock of the collision.

The marks become little dictators. They demand my attention and, sometimes, even my blood as fingers crack and bleed. Still I believe in the power of drawing as medicine.

In my life I have used this medicine to overcome many obstacles—alcohol, drugs, cigarettes—everything but the death of my beloved wife. Here I found the therapeutic limit, the end of the rope... or so I thought. For even as I dangled over the dark abyss, clinging to the end of that rope with my left hand, the right hand began to draw the horrifying final moments of my lover's life.

Eventually I worked free of that great sadness. Drawing wouldn't allow it to be more than what it was: a cold, hard fact that all of us—like the lines I draw—come to an end, some more abruptly than others. Then the eyes and hand move on to a new sheet of paper, to begin yet another work. I draw because I have no choice—it is my blessing, it is my curse."

Rick Bartow

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Works on Paper (27)

Animals + Wildlife (27)
Abstract (25)
Nature (7)
Figurative (6)
Flowers + Botanical (1)
Beach + Ocean Scenes (1)

$1,000.00 - 3,000.00 (22)
$3,000.00 - 7,500.00 (5)

Contemporary (26)
Art Nouveau (9)
Art Deco (1)