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Lives in the U.S. Working with digital, lithographic and etching media for more than 12 years. Painter for 20+ years. |
| About the Artist | |
Rick Simpson lives in Seattle, and is a member of several international artist groups, includin The Society for Art of Imagination in London, The Malaspina Printmaking Society in Vancouver BC and the Museum of Computer Art in New York City. Rick Simpson’s work is characterized by innovation and experimentation, and is primarily intuitive. He “invents” and portrays imaginary objects and figures not found in reality. To determine the course of his creations, he draws from both representational and nonobjective genre, and the resulting works display contrasting images of fantasy, beauty, and sometimes disturbing darkness or humor. The individual viewer’s personal vision, imagination, emotions and experiences determine the interpretation of each image. Rick’s themes involve deeply personal and current social issues, but also include invented or interpreted elements of nature. Rick has lived abroad for more than 20 years (Europe, Asia, Middle East); his exposure to numerous foreign cultures, religions and art forms has forged a very eclectic artistic perspective. His many years of travel and immersion in the world’s foremost galleries and museums have directly shaped his approach to creating art. Many of his works reflect his lengthy stay in Germany (13 years), where he studied the works of classical German Masters and contemporary European artists. |
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Eximius Lectio
2006 |
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| Describes the impact of adult's disrespect or abuse of children. |
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Partum
2006 |
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| The title shows the death of dreams (depicted by the dead fish) and the imprisonment we feel from trying to fit into our prescribed social roles. The title means "what is conceived is created," indicating we create our own psychological prisons. |
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Heart of Darkness
2007 |
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| Illustrates the callousness some individuals display regarding the love others show for them. |
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Neighbors
2007 |
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| Represents the state of humanity and its desire to be silent, hear nothing or see nothing regarding social conditions. The chessboard represents our respective places in life - we are each allotted a space that defines us, but we are connected by blood, belief, emotion, and many other ways. |
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Fish Board
2007 |
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| The fish represent individuals who normally are free to pursue their lives, but find themselves chained to their "roles" as members of a regimented society. The chess board represents the niches we are assigned by society - we are chained to our positions in life. |
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Cold Heart
2007 |
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| Represents the cold nature of the human heart regarding love and relationships. We present ourselves as warm and caring, but in fact are cold and plotting the pain of others. |
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Perseverantia
2007 |
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| Represents an almost universal wonder or fear of mortality and the passage of time. |
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Personal Demons
2007 |
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| Illustrates how we are often burdened by our own thoughts and actions. The multiple figures on the head indicate how we vary our social facades. |
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Check Mate
2007 |
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| Each of us has an assigned place in life - some of us learn to live in more than one space until we expire. |
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A Brilliant Idea
2007 |
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| Depicts the fallacy, irrationality and lack of logic of some of our ideas. |
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Reach
2007 |
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| Sometimes we reach for things we should not have. |
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Overload
2007 |
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| Depicts the stress of daily life and how we react as individuals to uncontrollable external pressures. |
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The Cauldron
2008 |
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| Describes the failure of human relationships. |
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Wasteland
2008 |
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| Illustrates the inexorable process of decay of a relationship. |
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When the Horse Dies
2008 |
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| Illustrates the tendency for individuals to cling to love and relationships long after their demise. The title is from the adage "When the horse dies, get off." |
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CAROUSEL
2008 |
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| Depicts a couple trying to hang on to a dying relationship; the horse represents the foundation, but it is dead and fossilized and splitting further and further apart. |
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REVERSAL
2008 |
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| The continued disintegration of a relationship. The characters are riding a disintegrating foundation and are facing away from each other - an acceptance of the inevitable, final break. |
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LOSS OF REASON
2008 |
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| The loss of rational thought and wisdom. The owl represents wisdom; it has escaped from the confines of the mind and rendered us incapable of rational thought. |
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Downfall
2009 |
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| Disintegration of human relationship. |
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Deadfall
2009 |
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| Dissolution of personal relationship. |
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Wasteland
2009 |
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| Two individuals retreating to their own worlds and moving away from each other physically and emotionally. |
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Shroud I
2009 |
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| A dream about temptation and the death of emotionality. |
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Harlequin Rebirth
2009 |
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| Education and biography | |
| Master of Fine Art in Printmaking - University of Oregon. | |
| Website: altkunst.com | |
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