Bill Ritchie's art in the

Gloria Abbenhouse Collection

"My Father's Farm"

Print. Intaglio and relief from etched zinc plate printed in thalo green w/black, blue and yellow. Image 16 1/4 X 22 3/4 in on 20 3/4 X 29 3/4 in Arches Cover. Number 19 from edition of 20. Signed lower right.. 

My Father's Farm is named for the real thing, inthe Yakima Valley, where we used siphon hoses for irrigation. Those bright, early mornings were just a memory when I made this print, and when I made this print I was in a very different environment, indeed! I composed the image from a video photograph made in the first "video art" experiments, using film of a sunrise over the Cascades and a drawing of the same title.  See this work in the Lee Altman, Rick Asher, Dr. Charles McCann, Kay Pruvich, Lynda Ritchie and Kathy Sharp Collections, as well as the Everett Public Libary and the Seattle Juvenile Center. ritchie@emeralda.com.