The Studio Wall

Recently, I've been thinking more about Ruth's studio.  I didn't think I had any pictures of the floor, which was one of the most interesting things in the house.  Ruth's painting process involved a lot of splatter and drops of paint and it all ended up on the floor.  The large wall was where new paintings and works-in-progress would live.  Looking though the latest set of scans, I see that I actually have many pictures of the wall and floor, so here are a few.

Slide Scanning Complete

I just got back a set of over five hundred slides that I had scanned.  There is a great variety of different periods and styles.  There are paintings that I know and paintings I have never seen before.  It will take a while to go through and crop and adjust them, but here is a small sample to start with.

I believe this was a commission for a Sonoma County bank that has since closed.

This is the mural that now hangs in the Yosemite Arts Center before it made its trip from Santa Rosa.

This might be the Marin Civic Center show.

A large six-panel polyptych.

I think this is the Ampex show in Redwood City, CA (with artist).

An early abstract style.

A wood construction.

A classic tree painting.

The Artist's Studio

The memories I have of Ruth Dicker's house are like a museum. It was filled to the brim with her art, the art of her friend's, and everything that inspired her. It was full, but everything had a place. Her studio in particular was good representation of her creative process. The plywood floor of the studio was covered in thousands of drops of paint. The shelves were packed with sketches, photos, and magazine clippings; mostly of trees. I wish I had more pictures to share, but I do have some pictures that show what I am talking about.

Here is the desk in her studio:

Her kitchen. Note the glass bottles on the shelf were a mix of colored glass and clear glass with colored water:

There was even art hanging from the trees in the backyard: