Medium: Woodcut and drypoint
Dimensions: 14 x 9 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1983
Date Finished: 2014
Edition: 9/9 EV

Recommended by Suzannah (Marketing and Communications Manager):

"There is an aching tenderness and familiarity in Ellen Heck’s portraits of young people. Each child is full of peace and personality, and the combination of woodcut and drypoint mediums produces playful blocks of color and precise feathery lines. I was particularly struck by “Two”, a portrait of a child obscured but looking directly out of the page, holding two hearts against their chest. Worked exclusively in grey tones, the child’s expression shows such freedom and soulfulness, an ineffable emotion and state of being that feels unreachable in adult life. The child does not wonder who they are or how they must be in the world. They simply are themself, and have never considered being otherwise."

Medium: Woodcut and drypoint
Dimensions:14 x 9 inches (image) 22 x 15 inches (sheet)

Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1983
Date Finished: 2014
Edition: AP

Recommended by Nikki (Art Photographer / Marketing and Exhibitions Specialist):

Heck’s ability to meld drypoint and woodcut together with perfect registration is incredible. The little girl is focused on tying her heart wing strings, while we watch her busy at work. Children are immensely talented at dreaming and imagining. This piece reminds me that it takes careful consideration and softness to dream, but it is just as important to do as an adult, as it is for a child. 

Medium: Woodcut and drypoint
Dimensions:18 x 12 inches (image) 25 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: American, 1983
Edition: 5/7
Signature: Signed

Signature: Signed

Medium: Woodcut and drypoint
Dimensions: 14 x 9 inches (image)
Artist details: American, 1983
Date Finished: 2014
Edition: 5/9
Signature: Signed

Medium: Sumi ink and gouache
Dimensions: 29 1/4 x 22 inches (image/sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Pacific Northwest, American, 1947
Date Finished: 2009

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager, Marketing Coordinator):

"I am so captivated by Rob Connell's less-is-more, no-nonsense, it-is-what-it-is ink and gouache paintings. There is plenty of texture where there should be, plenty of contrast throughout, and nothing else to get in the way. His skies are often stark white, untouched and overexposed, while his windows are pitch black, completely concealing any interior. This piece has all of Connell's best features topped off with a uniquely pink building, speaking for the under-appreciated textures of our cities."

Medium: Sumi ink and gouache
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 30 inches (image/sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Pacific Northwest, American, 1947
Date Finished: 2015

Medium: Sumi ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions: 29 5/8 x 22 inches (image/sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Pacific Northwest, American, 1947
Date Finished: 2010

Medium: Sumi Ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions: 30 x 21 3/8 inches (image/sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Pacific Northwest, American, 1947
Date Finished: 2013