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Robert Richter
"Tree in Parking Lot" Original Suburban Landscape Oil Painting by Robert Richter

2013

$2,800
£2,140.75
€2,465.71
CA$3,923.66
A$4,380.40
CHF 2,295.26
MX$53,620.34
NOK 29,149.84
SEK 27,484.60
DKK 18,401.85
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"Tree in a Parking Lot" is an original oil painting by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter, signed on the verso. The frame was chosen and hand-carved by the artist, making it an integral part of the piece. The image shows a familiar picture of suburbia: a raised bit of landscaping at the edge of a parking lot, dotted with flowering shrubs, grass, and dominated by a single tree. In the background, a brick building with large glass panes on the upper level. Art size: 16 1/4" x 12 1/2" Frame size: 23 1/2" x 19 1/2" Artist statement: "I was born in Milwaukee over half-a-century ago in the year of the horse. I started painting in earnest when I was eight years old. My parents saw that it might be nice for me to take some art lessons. I spent Saturdays in those days drawing Superman and Batman (Batwoman too, Ha!) from comic books. My formative brain was stamped with the creedo that one cannot make a decent painting without making a decent drawing. To this day it is a self-imposed limitation (?) that opens my world. Later I would graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and then off to New York City with a Fine Art degree. I painted store front windows, speak easy murals for gangsters, lithographs from aluminum plates for actors, wood paintings for funk musicians, stage sets for theatre, T-shirts, costumes, curtains, wall hangings, furniture, floors- I painted everything, literally. Years later in a distant city, I received a Masters degree in Contemplative Buddhist Studies. I draw and paint from memory. When I am satisfied with a drawing, I incise it on wood panel. I color it in not too unlike a coloring book, staying pretty much within the lines. It keeps me from getting too carried away. It is a forgiving technique. I do not use photographs. I try to paint the snapshot in my head and heart. Another little thing I like to do is incorporate the sensations of many colors in a single application. A black top road for instance is noted for its peach, lavender, smoky gray yellow and dry blue- to create the sensation of all these colors in a single application. Now that would be some crayola crayon! Another painter once remarked to me, "Why bother". And here is why. I want my paintings to be stunning from across the room, to beckon, as all good paintings should. And then up close, what a surprise! So simply done! Even a cave man can do it! I am pleased and honored to be currently represented by David Barnett." 2009
  • Creator:
    Robert Richter (1954, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2013
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23.5 in (59.69 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 12077c1stDibs: LU60534088372

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