Mark E. Ritchie
Mark E. Ritchie is an artist and educator living and working in Laramie, Wyoming. Ritchie uses printmaking and drawing to move easily between large and small scale works presenting a personal narrative through animal metaphors exploring the thin line between domesticity and untamed wildness.
Background
MFA, printmaking, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1990)
ISEP Study Abroad Program, South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. (1986-87)
BFA, printmaking, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS (1986)
Professor, University of Wyoming, Department of Art, Laramie, WY (2001-present)
Wyoming Arts Council Individual Fellowship (2006, 2004, 1999)
Normal Editions Projects
Mark E. Ritchie participated in a collaborative print project at Normal Editions Workshop in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University with partial support from a Fell Trust Award October 28-November 1, 2019 and gave a public lecture on October 30, 2019.
Prints from Normal Editions
Earth & Air I
Mark E. Ritchiefour-color lithograph
17" x 26"
copyright 2019
N.E.W. work #19-104
Available for sale
$1000.00Purchase Print
Earth & Air II
Mark E. Ritchiefour-color lithograph
15 1/2" x 30"
copyright 2019
N.E.W. work #19-105
Available for sale
$1000.00Purchase Print
Collaboration with Mark E. Ritchie
prepared sketches in review
Mark Ritchie’s many prepared sketches are reviewed to select ones to transfer to the mylar.
checking the transfer
Mark Ritchie and Veda Rives Aukerman assessing the success of the transfer of the sketch to the mylar after it was run thru the press.
drawing on the mylar
Mark Ritchie drawing with litho crayon onto mylar to add to the composition
ink mixing
Toni Diprima, Nicci Arnold, Halie Hugenberg, and Mark Ritchie mixing ink to achieve the desired colors for the various layers of the lithographs.
mylar drawing in progress
Mark Ritchie reworking drawings on the mylar with water and litho crayons
reviewing sketches and progress
Mark Ritchie, Visiting Artist, showing sketch possibilities to Lisa Lofgren, University Galleries Registrar and Office Coordinator.
collaboration discussion
Sarah Smelser and Mark Ritchie discussing the artist's goals in the collaborative print project.
color trial proofing
Peytin Fitzgerald sponging the key image plate during the testing of the inks and plates in the color trial proofing session.
pulling up a fresh impression
Peytin Fitzgerald assists at the press while Veda Rives Aukerman pulls up a freshly printed impression during the color trial proofing session
reviewing impressions
Impressions from the color trial proofing are laid out on the table for review while looking for the best representation of the artist's vision to be selected as R.T.P. (right to print)