Rick Bartow
Me & Spegi, 2000
drypoint on handmade Japanese Mitsumata paper
image 12 x 10 in
paper 18 x 12 in
paper 18 x 12 in
Edition of 10 plus 1 artist's proof
BAR0980
Copyright R.E. Bartow Trusts
This print is sold out.
Published by Moon & Dog Press.
Spegee is a fish hawk or "chicken hawk" in Yurok language.
Two states of this image were published:
Roman Numeral edition of 10 with black ink on kozo paper.
Arabic edition of 10 with brown ink on mitsumata paper.
In 2000, Rick told the story of The Hawk of Achill:
"An Irish epic inspired this series of images. Fintan and Cessair, Noah's granddaughter, fled the flood to Ireland. They were the first people. Fintan was an Eagle, Falcon and a Salmon. Also known as the Blind One of Assaroe, Fintan lost his eye to the Hawk."
And also in 2000, Rick's observations:
"Around here—the coastal Pacific Northwest—red tail hawks are so thick that I will look up and there’ll be one just looking right down at me. They’re auspicious. They’re eavesdroppers. I think they’re quite special. They are cautionary: warn of impending danger. If I’m about to run across the road and I see one, I start looking around. They remind me to be vigilant."
This title is sold out.