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A
large influence on my work has been the great visionary
painter Albert Pinkam Ryder. On canvas he created romantic
themes like the Flying
Dutchman, Jonah,
Seigfried and the Rhine Maidens plus numerous depictions
of a single
boat at sea with a glowing moon behind dark clouds.
The powerful images often took years to complete, the
impasto surfaces and unique colors capture the imagination
of those taken by his romanticism. Many of my early abstracts
reveal my reverence for his style. Jackson Pollack said
that Ryder was the only american artist who interested
him. The Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. holds
a large collection of Ryders work. |
