Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Rick Bartow was an American artist, sculptor and painter, born in Newport, Oregon, on December 16, 1946. His father's family was of Wiyot heritage. In Oregon, the family developed close ties with the local Siletz Indian community. When Bartow was five, his father died. His non-Indian mother then married Andrew Mekemson, whom Bartow considered to be a beloved second father. He became interested in art at an early age, encouraged by his aunt Amy Bartow, who was studying art and art education at the University of Washington. His love for art continued through high school and extended to music when he took up the guitar and bongos. Bartow attended Western Oregon University and graduated in 1969 with a degree in secondary art education. In 1969, he was drafted into the army and sent to Vietnam. He served in the Vietnam war from 1969–71 as a teletype operator and as a musician in a military hospital, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. He primarily created pastel, graphite and mixed media drawings, wood sculptures, acrylic paintings, drypoint etchings, monotypes and a small number of ceramic works. Bartow died on April 2, 2016, at the age of 69, of congestive heart failure.
1990s Contemporary Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1980s Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1990s Contemporary Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1950s Abstract Expressionist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
India Ink, Handmade Paper
Early 1900s Realist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
1960s Abstract Expressionist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Contemporary Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel
Early 20th Century Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel
2010s Contemporary Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mixed Media, Board, Permanent Marker, Offset
20th Century American Realist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel
1940s Surrealist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pencil
2010s Modern Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Graphite, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Wax Crayon
1980s Expressionist Rick Bartow Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Pastel