Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You, Rick Washington

A memoir of Rick Washington as duly noted by befriending him on facebook. Facebook has it's perks, where else would I have gotten the opportunity to get a intimate peek at this long time artist. Weird haunting art. When I told him I wanted to share his skill he gave this statement. Rick is a Dayton, Ohio artist that studied fine art at the Dayton Art Institute. On facebook he shares his work, of course you got to 'friend' him first.

'My work is all paper construction, reliefs based on the slab.Various high quality paper boards and raw paper pulp built in layers and painted with oils and metallics to make them glow in certain light. For decades I have done surrealist and abstract work, but now my heart has turned to portraits.
Specifically portraits of classic film stars from movie scenes or posed photos, also historic figures have now creeped into the mix and I make the frame to relate to the image I have to have challenges and translating an old forgotten black and white photograph into a vibrant colorful relief is now quenching my thirst."


Interestingly enough above is one of his artworks.
Below you can check out the detail of a piece that the frame is a part if the art.