Bill Ritchie Artworks in Washington State
in the
Chip Wilson Collection
Placeholder image is that of another work made the same day as Chip's.
This one is in the Carvel and Sarah Sue Zingle Collection.
Specifications: Monotype similar to Chip Wilson's from the same series in 1984. "Two Dog Samurai Coat". Cyanotype assemblage.
Blue, black, brown and brass colored grommets on white Rives BFK 100% rag paper.
Approximately 55 in. high X 36 in wide.
Artist's comment: For several summers in '80s I loved to work with cyanotype, a mid-19th Century photography process (eclipsed by silver-based photo chemistry). For an artist this process has many benefits--it takes a long time to expose and develops in running water. It's almost non-toxic. On a bright, June day I spread my paper out on a deck and lay down on it, arms askew, in a "warrior" pose. That's my face, profiled, in the top. I was doing my handmade dog series at that time, too, in other art mediums. That is, you hold your hand just so to make the "shadow" dogs. also I was thinking about Japanese theater and costumes, the the samurai philosopher Musash, author of "The book of five rings". In time I would meet Chip Wilson in connection with the CD/ROM project, the brainchild of C. T. Chew. Chip visited me in our Halladay home and purchased a work similar to that of the Zwingle family.
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