Rick Bartow
Night Hawk, 2000
drypoint on handmade Mitsumata
image 7 x 4 in
paper 12 x 9 in
paper 12 x 9 in
Edition of 20 plus 3 artist's proofs
BAR1016
Copyright R.E. Bartow Trusts
$ 700.00
Mitsumata Paper size approximately 12 x 9 inches. Published by Moon and Dog Press, Tokyo / South Beach. Likely an homage by Bartow to Gustave Klimt. In 2000, Rick told...
Mitsumata Paper size approximately 12 x 9 inches. Published by Moon and Dog Press, Tokyo / South Beach.
Likely an homage by Bartow to Gustave Klimt.
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."
Likely an homage by Bartow to Gustave Klimt.
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."
Exhibitions
2025-26 Mark Makers: Rick Bartow & Seiichi Hiroshima, Moon and Dog Press, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR (Ed. #17/20)2024 He Will Say he Knows Nothing: A Rick Bartow Exhibition, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA (Ed. #19/20)
2011 Art for Japan benefit exhibit, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Envoys: Prints by Rick Bartow, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA