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Trees and Music, Mentors, Friends, and Family
Ron Pokrasso

Artist's Statement

I often describe my art making process as a stream of consciousness. Similar to the way I live my life, one thing leads to another and then another and before I know it I’m on to something new that was never part of an original plan. If I knew where I was going I’d be lost.

Over the past few years the images of trees have re-emerged as integral elements in my work. So has music, a longtime passion of mine that has also lead to weekly jam sessions in my studio. Trees and music were thus a logical starting point as I began to prepare for this exhibition.

Things were cruising right along and about the time that we all began to shelter in place, I took a short detour to create three small portraits of my favorite college professors for a fundraiser. While working on these I felt a very satisfying spiritual connection spending time with each of them. I also thoroughly enjoyed the simplicity of the drawing process. Over the next few weeks as it became clear that sheltering was going to last a while, I simultaneously found myself missing the connection to my closest friends and family. This opened the door to the portrait series. But there needed to be a twist.

Comments about Covid-19 and sheltering have been abundant in letters to the editor in our local newspaper. In one, the writer commended Santa Feans for their adherence to mask wearing but also lamented missing the hidden smiles behind them. This brought me to the idea of creating masks that pictured these smiles. Portrait drawings were completed and then photographed to make photopolymer plates. For each impression printed onto paper a second impression was printed onto fabric. These fabric prints were then cut out and fashioned into masks that fit perfectly over the portrait.So let us continue to connect with one another, enjoy these portraits, and remember to wear your mask in public.

My dear friend and photographer David Hoptman, the subject of one of the portraits, was very helpful in providing some of the photographs.
View Artist's Talk Here
Please Note: pieces in this exhibit are no longer for sale in our gallery

Picture
Migration
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, chine collé, intaglio on paper
26"x29"
$1,500
Picture
Weekend Visit
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio, collage on paper mounted to wood
26"x36"
$3,800

Picture
New Space for a Small Tree
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, chine collé, intaglio, drawing on paper
22"x25"
$1,250


Picture
Simple Tree Inverted Dome
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio, drawing on paper
24"x20"
$1,150
Picture
Remedy for Meanness
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, chine collé, intaglio on paper
26"x21"
$1,250
Picture
Baby Grand Tree
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, chine collé, intaglio, drawing on paper
26"x21"
$1,250

Picture
Middle C Tree
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, chine collé, intaglio on paper
30"x25"
$1,500

Picture
Lamp Tree
Ron Pokrasso
Digital inkjet, intaglio on paper
32"x23"
$2,250
Picture
Tune for a Blue Green Wave
Ron Pokrasso
Intaglio, monotype, collage on paper
30"x25"
$1,500

Picture
New Lamp Tree
Ron Pokrasso
Intaglio, collage, monotype on paper
32"x23"
$2,250
Picture
New Life for Winged Victory
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio, collage on paper mounted to wood, drawing, acrilyc
30"x38"
$4,560
Picture
David
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250

Picture
Charlie
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250
Picture
Leah
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250
Picture
Lou
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250

Picture
Mirko
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,100
Picture
Niki
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Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250
Picture
Robert
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,100

Picture
Ryan
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250
Picture
Adam
Ron Pokrasso
Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,250
Picture
Jack
Ron Pokrasso

Monotype, intaglio on paper with temporary collage
25"x19"
$1,100

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