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THE RAGDALE BOOK ©2014 Edition of 10. Based on The Ragdale Series, 45 works on paper created in 1999 at the Ragdale Foundation and reproduced in a 12" x 12" limited edition book of 50 pages. The pages unfold an adventure with art and text set among a design of tinted pages. THE RAGDALE SERIES I took on the problems of the world Five angels came but it felt like a room full Wake up, wake up, we have something to tell you Light came down like a wave into my stomach. it lit me up and also joel I met god I was up for five days wondering I didn't have eggs for breakfast, but perhaps there was one in the oven I thought if I rubbed stella hard enough she wild become young again The cat told him everything as he was tying his shoes I Iet all the doves out to fly After the light darkness can follow They told me to unplug things & to draw the shades. others told me not to listen Inside the loft was an ark while outside there was paper being cut and a baby cried like a lamb The windows started to shake Vultures flew northeast in the sky There was stomping in the hallway and up the stairs There is a wild beast in all of us that doesn’t need to come out Wine was tossed but it was not red I went deep I dropped all of my baggage Everything came in twos, everything was opposite I climbed right back out We rushed to rush in the middle of a storm I heard the music of drums down the hallways The whales called out. my hands together became their tails I swam with the fishes, their noise was like opera A strong and beautiful owl flew into my chest Some call it luck. I do not The world is a beehive. I am sweet, my friends are sweet, people in general are sweet. The world can be a lovely place Some thought I was jumping on trampolines Others threw their arms up Some thought that I came apart at the seams A few turned green A few were cold Some thought I bit off too much Some people have silly big mouths People offer dishes, some may be poison, some are messages of god There are many ways to digest this I left a big impression I see the world differently I see you as an act of kindness Different ponds, always a fish Could be balance, sacrament or a crown Sometimes we break things to let light in I am not afraid of dying I just leap over hurdles. now I don't even see them It is an experience, a swim into the tide It is story like a river, long and sometimes silent Read other book text here. | PAINTING 1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 2006-2010 2011-2014 MINI-SERIES 1990 Peppers, Seeds, and Rotting Vegetables 1996 What I painted when I could not paint 2005 For the Birds 2007 Butterflies are free 2011 The Year The Permafrost Softened WORKS ON PAPER 1988-1989 Chairs 1989-1990 Umbrellas 1991-1998 1997 The Chase 1998 Dismantled Sketchbooks 1999 Ragdale Series 2000-2004 Collage Art 2002 Charcoal 2000-2004 Figure Drawing 2000-2005 Project Art 2000 Spinning Plates 2002 Fan Collages 2001 Screaming In Places Where I Can't Be heard 2004 Wonderscapes 2005-2006 The Story of the Universe 2008 Buddha Was Here 2009 Life On Hold (NFS) 2010-2016 The Demandments (NFS) MIXED MEDIUM 1995-1998 Sectioned panels 1997-1998 White Paintings and Furry Work 1998 Red Dot Series 2001-2009 Wax, Wire, Gold, Globe, and Glass 2001 How Things Pile Up 2002 Retablos, oil on metal OBJECT ART 2002-present Project Items Historic-present Fane Items 1550-1560 Ancestral Figure Drawings INSTALLATION 2002-2016: Paradise 2006: Negative to Positive 2007-present: Four walls* 2008: Found 2010-present: Teacups for Reading Tea Leaves 2011-present: Waterworks* 2000-present: My Crates PERFORMATIVE 2004: White Sands 2006: Blue Clouds LIBRARY OF BOOKS 2000-present Painting Inventory Book of Days Whitewash The Ragdale Book Brain Book Ransom Magazine Box of Tears Pocket Full of Cries Europe Mongolia Flower Book Retablos: How I Got From Here to Here The Fane Pamphlet Scroll of Influence The Story of Red Trees Red Trees History Red Trees Chronicle Red Trees Prayerbook Red Trees Kakemono Book of Leaves Elemental Communion Found: Journals from the future Symbol Book Books of Sense Organ Origin The Wedding Program The Wedding Book I Must Go Ladder Book* Book of Stairs* The Studio Visit Playbill* Flower Book 2* ...continued STUDIO PRACTICE Studio 1: Dayton and Blackhawk Studio 2: Hubbard and House Project scouting and on location Works in progress Exhibits, happenings, homes Studio clippings and announcements Artist WORLD RIVERS PROJECT overview World Rivers: Curtain World Rivers: Participants World Rivers: Rivers World Rivers: Cloth Visit the River Log TEXT ARCHIVE Artwork Installation Books * documentation is forthcoming This archive is a creative history spanning two decades. The documentation is comprised of many technological formats ranging from slides, 4x5s, photographs, and straddles the introduction of digital formatting of the time. The goal was to preserve images, whether high or low resolution. |
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