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Normal Editions

Collaborative Printing Since 1976

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.

Mark E. Ritchie drawing in the studio.

Mark E. Ritchie drawing at Normal Editions in 2019.

Resources

Artist Website

Prints from Normal Editions

Earth & Air I

Earth & Air I

Mark E. Ritchie
four-color lithograph
17" x 26"
copyright 2019
N.E.W. work #19-104

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Available for sale

$1000.00

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Earth & Air II

Earth & Air II

Mark E. Ritchie
four-color lithograph
15 1/2" x 30"
copyright 2019
N.E.W. work #19-105

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Available for sale

$1000.00

Purchase Print

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Collaboration with Mark E. Ritchie

prepared sketches in review

prepared sketches in review

Mark Ritchie’s many prepared sketches are reviewed to select ones to transfer to the mylar.

checking the transfer

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

drawing on the mylar

Mark Ritchie drawing with litho crayon onto mylar to add to the composition

ink mixing ​

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​

mylar drawing in progress​

Mark Ritchie reworking drawings on the mylar with water and litho crayons

reviewing sketches and progress

reviewing sketches and progress

Mark Ritchie, Visiting Artist, showing sketch possibilities to Lisa Lofgren, University Galleries Registrar and Office Coordinator.

collaboration discussion

collaboration discussion

Sarah Smelser and Mark Ritchie discussing the artist's goals in the collaborative print project.

color trial proofing

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

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

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)

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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