December 2020 - Ted Braggins
Ted Braggins, "Pondside Morning", Monotype, 24x34 in.
To enter Braggins' world is to experience the work of an artist who radiates calm, is sensitive to nature and appreciates the physical contours nature and people together have wrought.
On the other hand, this usual calm has been upended during this very disturbed period for our nation: failed by its government to adequately protect its citizens from the pandemic while creating confusion, chaos and cruelty that drives feelings of frustration, sadness and despair. Hope is his solace with the knowledge that the landscape can provide refuge through reflection.
Braggins has approached both of these responses with his considerable skill in printmaking. From monotypes to mixed print media, he creates one of a kind images, often hand colored.
This exhibition of two opposite ends of a world view will hang at ArtGallery 71, Rhinebeck, December 4-January 3, accompanied by large and small artworks by the membership.
