Monday, August 28, 2017

ERIC OLSON


Erik Olson, Christoph, 2015

Erik Olson, Fentanyl, 2017

Erik Olson, LALA, 2017

Erik Olson, Lou, 2017

Erik Olson, Programmer, 2017

Erik Olson, Vitamin D, 2017






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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

SUMMER WHEAT - Sculpture




Summer Wheat, Prada and Payless Pretzel, Acrylic, Plaster, Etc




SUMMER WHEAT
Sculpture
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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Etching Workshop @ FINE ARTS WORK CENTER, Provincetown



There it is (Fine Arts Work Center), all bathed in sunlight on this sandy patch of earth


Getting started

My work space, in construction of 'films' to be used for the photo etching process

Finished 'films' with some monoprint/collages I brought along

James Straud, the master printer inking my plate, thanks!

James Straud printing my plate

Wow-zy


Me (Brent Ridge) doing my best act of a being a real printmaker

Me (Brent Ridge) doing my best to crank this press

Here's one plate run through with black intaglio and orange ink roll-over

Here's the second plate run over the same print with black intaglio ink


Robert Mother's former studio etching press at the Fine Arts Work Center


Open Studio for the Fine Arts Work Center, and prints from all the etching students is up to show off

Brent Ridge, Leah Wong, and Sarah Laurie (left to right) prints displayed for open studio


My three prints

Brent Ridge

Brent Ridge


Brent Ridge

Back at the press with a 3-color plate

Brent Ridge

Rolling out a gradient for a roll-over technique

Gradient roll-over with black intaglio ink

Gradient roll over technique with 2 plates, one in green intaglio ink and the other in black intaglio ink


James Straud with Brent Ridge at an art opening at the Fine Arts Work Center, at the end of the workshop week




FINE ARTS WORK CENTER
BRENT RIDGE
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JAMES STROUD - CENTER STREET STUDIO
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

THE COLOR OF LIGHT @ Edgewater Gallery, VT




The piece included in the show, Untitled (BR13-117), by Brent Ridge


Edgewater Gallery

The falls at the center of Middlebury




The Color of Light, curated by Andrea Rosen and Claudia Fiks
2017 Juried Group Show @ Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT





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Boston, MA, United States
I'm an artist originally from Flint, MI now residing in Boston, MA. In-between I practiced my art in NYC and overseas in Scotland. I've been using this blog to situate Boston art and artists amongst the International scene of contemporary art. You can find my art on www.brent-ridge.com