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Ruth Kolker is a St. Louis artist best known as a painter and printmaker. She has a BFA in painting from Webster University. The last 17 years Ruth has taught drawing for the St. Louis County Community College, Continuing Education. For over a decade she has exhibited in regional, national and international exhibitions. Her work is in many public and private collections.
Art St. Louis Honor Awards 2009
These Five Works, Mixed Media Paintings on Paper, Were Juried Into This Exhibition
"Layered City X"
"Winterland"
"Layered City XI""
"Landing"
"First Time""
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"Row Houses 1905"is a mixed-media painting on paper. This Painting was juried in a national "Painting" exhibit at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles,MO in 2008. |
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"Row Houses 1905" was inspired by my interest in landscape and natural forms. By combining printmaking and painting an exciting journey of discovery can be reached. How the two disciplines are layered is key to the composition. Pattern, texture, shape, line and color are woven together to create a visual texture. I invite the viewer to respond. Abstracted cities offer a place of escape, a space for introspection. I want the viewer to be pulled in different directions, drawn into the real and imagined images of nature. The place where living naturally occurs can be interpreted in different ways. It is my focus to transpose the mood and spirit of each painting into a tactile fabric of paint. The viewer is welcome to determine his or her own narrative. |
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"Lyrical V"is a mixed-media painting on paper that was exhibited in a regional show titled Art St. Louis XXIV, The Exhibition, St. Louis, MO from November 3-December 30, 2008. |
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"Lyrical V" was inspired by my interest in landscape and natural forms. By combining printmaking and painting an exciting journey of discovery can be reached. How the two disciplines are layered is key to the composition. Pattern, texture, shape, line and color are woven together to create a visual texture. I invite the viewer to respond. |
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