+University Hospitals of Cleveland commissioned "The Nurturary" A 36"x60" Inks and Kaolin painting for their new Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit : view Details of Artwork
+You Tube preview of The Butler Museum exhibiition:
This exquisite relief print entitled "Raptured Landscape" is offered in an edition of 20, custom framed and hand signed and numbered by Cathie Bleck. Printed by accomplished master printmaker Brad Keech from Denver, CO, this limited edition print is floated on black linen fabric and encased in an ebony 3 inch wood frame with museum quality acrylic glazing and includes a certificate of authenticity. View Print details + Purchase
+ "Open Spaces" : The Definitive Art Collection from Cathie Bleck
"Open Spaces" is an artist signed, high-quality limited edition that archives the works of Cathie Bleck, published by Murphy Books and Archived in the Library of Congress
+Collector's limited edition books with artist's limited edition fine art etchings available online. View prints and slipcase in the "Editions".
You can find Open Spaces book at several fine book stores including: Hennessey and Ingalls in California, Rizzoli's in New York City, The New Britain Museum of American Art in Hartford area CT, The Butler Museum in Youngstown, OH and Loganberry Books as well as Appletree Books in Cleveland, OH.
+Press +Lou Zona, Director of The Butler Institute of American Art, 2008 Cathie Bleck is a unique talent. At a time when the visual arts have been dominated by various forms of conceptualism, it's great to find an artist still capable of exciting us on a purely visual level. This is not to say that Bleck's work is not about ideas, it most certainly is. But what attracts us to her imagery is its ability to grab our attention via the brilliant use of light and dark and an innovative approach to depicting familiar themes. Her style is both remarkably original and wonderfully executed. We so often hear the criticism about contemporary art that so much of it is void of demonstrable skill. Cathie Bleck's work is a celebration of skill. It is also shows us that form is still pertinent and all that Cezanne taught us about the manipulation of visual elements is still relevant in the 21st century. The art of Cathie Bleck looks back to a time when the purely visual was held dear; but, it is also about creativity and that level of originality that we have come to associate with our contemporary world. The Butler Institute is proud to host this exhibition of the work of Cathie Bleck . She is clearly an artist who represents the talent, vision and vitality of the best of American art, past and present.
+Douglas Hyland, Director of The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT 2008
Cathie Bleck's inventive, intricate paintings and scratchboard drawings are so immediately arresting that they commend our instant and full attention. On close examination there are interwoven into the design human figures, animals, trees, vines, tendrils and leaves, each with its own significance. When you hear Bleck explain the personal nature and biographical importance of each detail a wondrous tale emerges. However, even without her narrative, the viewer can imagine a mythic arrangement of cosmic forces at work shaping the destiny of the assembled cast of characters. Our early 21st century sensibilities notwithstanding, her art works have a universal appeal that transcends a particular time and place because they delight the beholder. The same can be written of her book illustrations that give life and substance to the abstraction of mere words.
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