Jim Richey, just down the road : North Gallery, February 28-May 1, 2011.

              Jim Richey North Gallery February 28 – May 1, 2011
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Jim Richey
Frozen Tears by Jim Richey
Ritters Lane by Jim Richey
Jim Richey Just Down the Road
North Gallery - February 28 – May 1, 2011
April 4, 2011
Photographer Jim Richey, a resident of Alva, captured
images of his surroundings in northwest Oklahoma for
this exhibit titled Just Down the Road. Richey has
traveled throughout the country and abroad and
visited many exotic destinations, but it is his
contention that beauty is all around us if we have the
eyes to see it, even in the plainest of places. "In my
corner of Oklahoma," says the artist, "you will find
the kind of simple beauty that is often ignored by the
passerby – stunning skyscapes, sweeping panoramas,
photogenic abandoned barns and houses, gypsum-capped
buttes, wide rivers and bizarre eroded hoodoo
formations – all illuminated by a wonderful intense
light."
A majority of
Richey's black
and white images
are captured on film with traditional large format
photographic equipment. After development, the
negatives are scanned, adjusted, and printed digitally
using archival inks. His photographic process takes the
best from traditional film and modern digital
technologies.
Richey's interest in
photography first
developed in high
school when he was
a member of the
photo club and
recruited as the
photographer for the
annual yearbook. After college at Northwestern
Oklahoma State University in Alva, Richey spent thirty
years working for Conoco before retiring in 1996;
however, all the while, he had a parallel career in
photography, commercial illustration, and graphic
design. He has illustrated and edited the Methods of
Work column in Fine Woodworking Magazine since 1975.
Richey has studied with Joe Englander and George
DeWolfe and honed his skills at the Santa Fe
Photography Workshops. He draws inspiration from the
writings and works of photographic giants such as Ansel
Adams, Edward Weston, and Paul Strand.
Richey's photography has been exhibited at the
ConocoPhillips Headquarters in Houston, the
Hubbard Museum of the West in New Mexico,
and numerous art shows in Oklahoma, Kansas,
and Colorado. His photographs have received
top honors at Mayfest in Tulsa, the Wichita
Riverfest, and the Paseo Arts Festival in
Oklahoma City. Richey was recently the
featured artist at the Frame Gallery in Alva.
Capitol Exhibitions
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galleries, exhibiting works of
current and past Oklahoma
artists.
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Betty Price Gallery
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on paper by current Oklahoma
artists. Exhibits rotate
approximately every 60 days.
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more information contact Alyson
Moses at 405.521.2931 or
alyson.moses@arts.ok.gov.
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February 3, 2013
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