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Rita Deanin Abbey
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Discover a multidisciplinary artist known for painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, porcelain enamel fired on steel, stained glass, and computer art. Abbey is known for her abstract expressionism, figures, landscapes, and non-objective subject matter.
We have been examining the Rita Deanin Abbey`s Gan Or Series or Architectural Experience, which combines imaginative architectural perspectives and the open space of desert landscapes.
These drawings and photos give an insight into Abbey`s thought process and how she used drawing as a form of expression to explore compositional elements.
Gan Or Living Room Fireplace, 1982-83
63 x 89 x 41 inches
Rebar, metal lath, structo-lite, marble hearth
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
We have been examining the Rita Deanin Abbey`s Gan Or Series or Architectural Experience, which combines imaginative architectural perspectives and the open space of desert landscapes.
These drawings and photos give an insight into Abbey`s thought process and how she used drawing as a form of expression to explore compositional elements.
Gan Or Living Room Fireplace, 1982-83
63 x 89 x 41 inches
Rebar, metal lath, structo-lite, marble hearth
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
The Gan Or Series or Architectural Experience are drawings that document and express personal fantasies and feelings concerning the experience of building a home and studio in the desert. Gan Or means "The Garden of Light" in Hebrew. The works combine imaginative architectural perspectives and the open space of desert landscapes.
Abbey explains, “I work in diverse media, such as painting, enameling, printmaking, and sculpture, but return to drawing as a form of expression and explore compositional elements."
To experience the Gan Or Series visit the Rita Deanin Abbey Museum. RitaDeaninAbbeyMuseum.org
The Architectural Experience , Gan Or Fireplace #31 and #39, 1984
Oil pastel, graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 30 inches
Art Series: Gan Or Series: The Architectural Experience (Drawings on Paper) 1984–1986
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
The Gan Or Series or Architectural Experience are drawings that document and express personal fantasies and feelings concerning the experience of building a home and studio in the desert. Gan Or means "The Garden of Light" in Hebrew. The works combine imaginative architectural perspectives and the open space of desert landscapes.
Abbey explains, “I work in diverse media, such as painting, enameling, printmaking, and sculpture, but return to drawing as a form of expression and explore compositional elements."
To experience the Gan Or Series visit the Rita Deanin Abbey Museum. RitaDeaninAbbeyMuseum.org
The Architectural Experience , Gan Or Fireplace #31 and #39, 1984
Oil pastel, graphite on paper
20 1/2 x 30 inches
Art Series: Gan Or Series: The Architectural Experience (Drawings on Paper) 1984–1986
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Art Series: Gan Or Series: The Architectural Experience (Drawings on Paper) 1984–1986
Bristlecone Pines don’t decay…they erode like stone.~ RIta Deanin Abbey
In Praise of Bristlecone Pines #24, 1/2, 1999–2001
Litho film engraving on Arches paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Art Series: In Praise of Bristlecone Pines/Prints (1–24 Edition)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Abbey, Rita Deanin (2000). In Praise of Bristlecone Pines: A hand-printed artist’s book of twenty-four engravings and a narrative poem. Johannesburg (presently White River), South Africa: The Artists’ Press. ISBN 9780620253482.
Bristlecone Pines don’t decay…they erode like stone.~ RIta Deanin Abbey
In Praise of Bristlecone Pines #24, 1/2, 1999–2001
Litho film engraving on Arches paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Art Series: In Praise of Bristlecone Pines/Prints (1–24 Edition)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Abbey, Rita Deanin (2000). In Praise of Bristlecone Pines: A hand-printed artist’s book of twenty-four engravings and a narrative poem. Johannesburg (presently White River), South Africa: The Artists’ Press. ISBN 9780620253482.
The Bristlecone Pines in Nevada`s Spring Mountains and California`s White Mountains are described as "Timberline Ancients." Abbey`s book, In Praise of Bristlecone Pines, captures the gnarled majestic visions of these natural sculptural forms.
In Praise of Bristlecone Pines #18, 1/2, 1999–2001
Litho film engraving on Arches paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Art Series: In Praise of Bristlecone Pines/Prints (1–24 Edition)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Abbey, Rita Deanin (2000). In Praise of Bristlecone Pines: A hand-printed artist’s book of twenty-four engravings and a narrative poem. Johannesburg (presently White River), South Africa: The Artists’ Press. ISBN 9780620253482.
The Bristlecone Pines in Nevada`s Spring Mountains and California`s White Mountains are described as "Timberline Ancients." Abbey`s book, In Praise of Bristlecone Pines, captures the gnarled majestic visions of these natural sculptural forms.
In Praise of Bristlecone Pines #18, 1/2, 1999–2001
Litho film engraving on Arches paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Art Series: In Praise of Bristlecone Pines/Prints (1–24 Edition)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Abbey, Rita Deanin (2000). In Praise of Bristlecone Pines: A hand-printed artist’s book of twenty-four engravings and a narrative poem. Johannesburg (presently White River), South Africa: The Artists’ Press. ISBN 9780620253482.
It’s a lovely day to visit Rita’s desert garden at the museum.
Terry Tempest Williams`s style of contemplating wind, water, ice, or deep time is palpable in a note she wrote to Rita after visiting her museum in 2020.
"Dearest Rita, You have redesigned and reimagined time for me. Time to create, time to leave time to herself. Time to make beauty. Time to see that everything connects with every else. Rita, it is time for the world to see your work. With love and respect, Terry Tempest Williams."
In Praise of Bristlecone Pines #10, 1/2, 1999–2001
Lithograph film engraving on Arches paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Art Series: In Praise of Bristlecone Pines/Prints (1–24 Edition)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Abbey, Rita Deanin (2000). In Praise of Bristlecone Pines: A hand-printed artist’s book of twenty-four engravings and a narrative poem. Johannesburg (presently White River), South Africa: The Artists’ Press. ISBN 9780620253482.
Terry Tempest Williams`s style of contemplating wind, water, ice, or deep time is palpable in a note she wrote to Rita after visiting her museum in 2020.
"Dearest Rita, You have redesigned and reimagined time for me. Time to create, time to leave time to herself. Time to make beauty. Time to see that everything connects with every else. Rita, it is time for the world to see your work. With love and respect, Terry Tempest Williams."
In Praise of Bristlecone Pines #10, 1/2, 1999–2001
Lithograph film engraving on Arches paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Art Series: In Praise of Bristlecone Pines/Prints (1–24 Edition)
© Robert Rock Belliveau and Rita Deanin Abbey Foundation
Abbey, Rita Deanin (2000). In Praise of Bristlecone Pines: A hand-printed artist’s book of twenty-four engravings and a narrative poem. Johannesburg (presently White River), South Africa: The Artists’ Press. ISBN 9780620253482.
