Nearing the Bridge IVRichard Hricko is a printmaker whose work presents composite details of the natural and built environment that honor nature, industry, and the course of decay and recovery. Influenced by the tradition of ruins in Italian art, he similarly expresses the passage of time and invokes longing and the pathos of things forgotten, but from a uniquely magnified perspective. He embraces new technologies and experimental approaches to his medium as well as the

The doubling is deliberate

In printmaking my overriding interest is in the multiple- not as a way of producing an edition

were used to create the fund that honors him

usually found material in an attempt to create order out of chaos

Video artist Constance (Connie) Coleman uses the camera as a drawing tool

I am committed to the idea that art is a reflection of oneself

swirling lines

The shadow of a bird is seen at the top of the print

There was a need to rebuild cities destroyed as a result of the last world war

Collages and prints in this series are haunting

the imagery reflects the complicated definition of being African American in an increasingly global community

24 x 36 inches