Ruth Franklin isn't trying to make art that is trendy or pretty. Every day (including weekends & most holidays), she arrives at her studio before dawn with a singular goal: to make a good painting. She has the inexhaustible & highly self-disciplined work ethic of a soldier (her father was a D-day veteran!). She doesn't require any creature comforts beyond a thermos of coffee and a pack of cigarettes. When Franklin is at her easel, she enters a zenlike state and exhibits a monomaniacal determination. Her pictures, whether created with charcoal, pastels or paint, are always discernable & distinctive. In short, Ruth Franklin is the real deal. Her current show at steve mckenzie's includes 20 new paintings & charcoal drawings.
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9/15/2015 05:01:57 pm
As expected Ruth, the new works looking great - wish I could be there. Kosmo Vinyl
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9/16/2015 02:13:03 pm
She's one of the most dedicated artists I know, and deserves to be much more widely recognised. I hope this makes that much more of a possibility. One of THE best.
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9/16/2015 04:34:51 pm
Looks like it's going to be a sold out show. Wish I could make it.
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