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.

Les Fleurs De Le Soleil and Rocky Ridge

Two more great paintings from private collections have recently been sent in.  The first is actually featured on one of the Ruth Dicker postcards.  It is called Les Fleurs De Le Soleil from 1991:

The second one is called Rocky Ridge from 1988:

I believe this is a companion piece to a few more like it, but I have to track down photos.

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.

Fragrance of Nature

A Ruth Dicker fan from the Pacific Northwest sent in this photo.  The painting is called Fragrance of Nature and it is from 1963.  It is a nice example of mid-century modern style.

More slides coming soon…

I am planning on scanning a large box of slides soon.  Should be some interesting stuff in there including rarer styles, wood constructions, and photos from shows.

Yellow Field

A Ruth Dicker painting recently showed up on Ebay. The painting is called Yellow Field and is from 1965. It appears to still have its original tags on the back and it was sold at the Christmas Festival Sales Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1966. Happy Bidding.

More Morning Sun

I thought I had remembered a picture that showed an entire wall of paintings similar to the Morning Sun and The Walnut Tree from the previous post. I looked through my photos and didn't find the picture I was thinking of, but found at least four more instances of similar paintings. I will have to look through my slides again at some point.

These two paintings are both labeled Blossoms from 1994. The bottom painting is clearly printed from the same original as Morning Sun. The show flyer on the left is from a show at the Marin County Civic Center from 1994, so I assume that is where these were pictured:

Two more paintings without any context or names:

The last example is from a picture labeled "1990 Exhibition, Danny & Co., Santa Rosa". Danny & Company was a clothing store in Santa Rosa that often showed Ruth Dicker paintings. The third painting in second row is in the same family as Morning Sun and the first painting in the second row might be as well with additional branches filled in: