Ric Haynes: Describing the Map

I have created a variety of wild and turbulent geography in my work with a sense of a personal place in a mythic space. The Wild West and the American Civil War are often gateways into my journey as an artist. But, they may morph with a hidden corner of Dracula’s castle or in a swaying hammock on board of the Pequod whaling ship, or on the Titanic or even the ironclad Monitor or Merrimack ships. If I lived in another universe I would rather have had parents who were more closely like Annie Oakley, Mary Shelley, Mabel Stark, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka and Robinson Crusoe than my own biological ones. I am living under the many constellations that I am still following. Ric Haynes: born York, Pennsylvania in 1945. Ford Foundation Grant - Maryland Institute College, 1964-68 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1967 MFA, Vermont College of Norwich University, 2002 Works are included in collections: Museum of Modern Art The Guggenheim Museum Library of Congress Getty Foundation.