Tip for Rapidograph users.

I broke my brand new .13 rapidograph pen.

The .13 makes the smallest width of line from Rapidograph. When I was in the middle of IT'S YOU, NOT ME, I realized I needed a pen that could detail and corner text beyond what my .25 could do. I was very excited to get it in the mail and was very happy with its detailing ability (which can be seen in the vertical stripes in the shirt of You Germ: D).

These pens get clogged and you're need to clean them often...

So Many Projects, So Little Time

"You Germ: E"  | ink on clayboard  |  6 x 6 inches  | © Darick Ritter. All Rights Reserved

"You Germ: D"  | ink on clayboard  |  6 x 6 inches  | © Darick Ritter. All Rights Reserved

My plan: 2 panels a week for the You Germ series...

You're MY MIND Reader

"You're MY MIND Reader"  |  ink on clayboard  |  6 x 6 inches  |  © 2012 Darick Ritter. All Rights Reserved.

This is the second work in my new improvisational art-as-comic series, lightly dubbed "You Germs". I believe they are going to be about the outer edges of identity.

I could yammer on, but instead, I'll let you look.

Enjoy.

I Had No IDEA

"i had no IDEA"  |  ink on clayboard  |  6 x 6 inches  |  © 2012 Darick Ritter. All Rights Reserved

Art is a cryptogram...

New Series ::: New Work

"IT'S YOU, NOT ME"  |  ink on clayboard  |  6 x 6 inches  |  © 2012 Darick Ritter,  All Rights Reserved

"YOU grow a HEAD"  |  ink on clayboard  |  6 x 6 inches  |  © 2012 Darick Ritter,  All Rights Reserved

Preview video to the creation of

 "IT'S YOU, NOT ME"

These pieces are the beginning of a new series about the relationship between the viewer and the artist. I have tenderly dubbed them "YOU Germs" inside my own head (more about, forthcoming).

The included texts in both pieces emphasize the importance of the viewer's projections and expectations in the experience of art. Your pre-set ideas can overpower any communicative intention that I - the artist - have while making it...

Jonah

Jonah
ink, acrylic on clayboard
8 x 8 inches
© 2012 Darick Ritter
All Rights Reserved

This piece is resolved by combining two very un-combinable thoughts:

"And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land." Jonah 2:10

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a scene from the Thai film, "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives",  involving a princess, pillow talk, and a catfish.

You can catch...

What Asks the Question (Telephone)

What Asks the Question (Telephone)
acrylic on canvas
26 x 28 inches [at the widest points]
© 2012 Darick Ritter

I painted this work, mostly, over Christmas break. But I’ve been sitting on it for this long because I’ve been wondering what to do with it. I always have to fight the urge to overwork, but its triangular format has helped saved me from the usual suffering I undergo by shocking my system with a subtle overlay of content.

It feels like more with less and that seems to please me...