Rick Bartow
Ford Kestrel and Crow, 2015/2021
drypoint on Rives BFK
image 13 x 10 in
paper 20 x 14 3/4 in
paper 20 x 14 3/4 in
Edition of 6 plus 2 VE
BAR3241
Copyright R.E. Bartow Trusts
$ 1,200.00
Numbered edition prints are on Rives BFK white, and the two Variable Edition prints are on Rives BFK off-white. Plate created and etched in 2015 by Rick Bartow at the...
Numbered edition prints are on Rives BFK white, and the two Variable Edition prints are on Rives BFK off-white.
Plate created and etched in 2015 by Rick Bartow at the University of Oregon during a printmaking demonstration in Mika Aono's course, which was part of the exhibition program for Things You Know But Cannot Explain - "The Line and Legacy of Rick Bartow," April 17, 2015. Editions were printed by Mika Aono in 2021 according to directions given by artist to Mika Aono.
In 1998, Bartow told this Crow Story
"This drawing depicts the pan-Northwest Native myth of crow and the sun box. The tale is often called Yealth, which is the Tlingit word for crow or raven. In Crow Story, a powerful chief keeps the sun in a box. Crow tries many ways to trick the chief into releasing the sun, and there are several variations explaining how the sun is freed eventually. Beside crow is a sun mask, which resembles a mask made by Lillian Pitt—a close friend and artist, member of the Warm Springs tribe."
In 2006, Bartow spoke about the crow walking:
"A pow-wow dancer-all bustle and proud-crow-hops the dusty circle dance. Falsetto voices chanting - as drum sticks unite - in a thunderous crescendo - of mother’s great heart beat! Sacred fool, keep away from our daughters and get your sticky fingers out of that pick-nick basket!"
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."
Plate created and etched in 2015 by Rick Bartow at the University of Oregon during a printmaking demonstration in Mika Aono's course, which was part of the exhibition program for Things You Know But Cannot Explain - "The Line and Legacy of Rick Bartow," April 17, 2015. Editions were printed by Mika Aono in 2021 according to directions given by artist to Mika Aono.
In 1998, Bartow told this Crow Story
"This drawing depicts the pan-Northwest Native myth of crow and the sun box. The tale is often called Yealth, which is the Tlingit word for crow or raven. In Crow Story, a powerful chief keeps the sun in a box. Crow tries many ways to trick the chief into releasing the sun, and there are several variations explaining how the sun is freed eventually. Beside crow is a sun mask, which resembles a mask made by Lillian Pitt—a close friend and artist, member of the Warm Springs tribe."
In 2006, Bartow spoke about the crow walking:
"A pow-wow dancer-all bustle and proud-crow-hops the dusty circle dance. Falsetto voices chanting - as drum sticks unite - in a thunderous crescendo - of mother’s great heart beat! Sacred fool, keep away from our daughters and get your sticky fingers out of that pick-nick basket!"
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."