Richard Hellman
My interest in printmaking stems from growing up seeing my dad’s collection of prints that he acquired from the 1940s on. Although his personal sensibility to art was quite different from mine, "Thanks Dad."
"As a kid, there were many visits to the beaches to play in the sand and swim in the ocean. The power of the "under-tow" of the waves could only be understood by experiencing it. To paint a picture of turbulent water gives a hint, but doesn't really "get under the surface" of things.
It is the "under the surface" that I am interested in, and for me, it is best expressed by the relationships of forms and the marks themselves. Paradoxically, the way to reality is through abstraction".
EDUCATION
BFA SyracuseUniversity (1972)
MFA Northern IllinoisUniversity (1977)
Study with David Driesbach, Krishna Reddy, Don Cortese, Hanlyn Davies
INFLUENCES OF OTHER ARTISTS:
Hanlyn Davies, Krishna Reddy, Stanley Hayter; Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Gauguin, Franz Marc, Miro, Oedilon Redon, Picasso, Al Held
SOME PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS
TEACHING
Taught printmaking courses & workshops at: Maryland Institute College of Art, University of Maryland College Park, Towson University, Loyola College of Maryland, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
COLLECTIONS:
- Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Southern Graphics Council Print Study Collection
- Graphic Chemical & Ink Collection
- Weinberg and Green Collection
- Loyola College of Maryland
- Arkansas StateUniversity
- LaGrange College, GA
- Quincy IllinoisSchool System
- Tulsa, Okla. City Library
- Pharmaceutics International, HuntValley
- Many Private Collections
Link to full-color informational brochure:
http://webfarm.foliolink.com/Artists/22873/New%20Brochure.pdf
