Abstract

(c)Ralf Schulze 1982

Found recently from back in college days!
Ink and water color on light gray paper.
8.5 x 11 or so.

My Mother!

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

I did this in college. it is charcoal and chalk on gray paper. It has been in a portfolio for years and years, slightly folded and the charcoal was never fixed.

It is very much a likeness of my Mom who is Still enjoying life with my Dad and their friends on Long Island!

She is the greatest Mom ever!

Object

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

I did this in College.

its 19 inches x 24 inches.
watercolor, India ink and color pencils on paper.

I still have it and if you like it, please make an offer.

(it has a tear near bottom left)

Portrait of a Self Portrait

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

In the tradition of  Norman Rockwell once removed. I made this quick sketch of my pal Michal Rezanka (we shared a college studio) doing his own self-portrait.

Alaska

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

I went to Alaska with a good friend one summer during my college days.  This is a Painting I did from on of the few photographs I took.

It is of the dirt road I walked everyday returning from work to the campsites I lived at near the Mendenhall Glacier.

I worked at the Brown Bear Cafe in Juneau that summer!

OLd Art Class Drawing

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

An old Art class nude drawing. Wax crayon on paper.

22" x25"

My Old Tribute To Jasper Johns

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

One of my old College paintings.  It was fun mixing up the wad of yellow oil paint and going up on a ladder to drop it on the 3 ft. x 3 ft. canvas! 

College Crayon art!

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

I remember doing this in the hall outside of the South Campus art studio I shared with Mik Rez!

It is around 4 ft x 5.5 ft, crayon on paper.  I was doing the weird abstract textured shapes in a landscape, even then!
( the brightness in the center is from a flash camera)

Old Abstract Landscape

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

This is what I remember of this painting:

1st - all I have is this digital image which is probably scanned from a photograph or slide that I may or may not have somewhere.

2nd - It is oil paint on stretched canvas and approx 15" x15"

3rd - I don't really know where it is: Possibly in Germany, because I think I gave to my Grandmother many years ago.

That's it.

Gorilla and Newt in the Big Room!

I found the photo that I based my ink and watercolor drawing on way back in 1982. Cool!

(c) 1982 Ralf Schulze

The Old Bearded Guys

Another Pen and Ink.  Back during college. Approx. 12 in. x 18 in. framed and underglass at my Parents home on Long Island.  It is based on an old old "master" but I forgot what or who.

BOOK, BULB, BOTTLE and BRUSH

I made this way back in college days. 1982 I was very interested in Philip Guston's work and especially his changes in style. To me he was like the David Bowie of fine art. I painted this on paper 46 inches x 62 inches (Approx 4 feet x 5 feet) with acrylicl gesso and cheap tempera paints. I signed it " Ralf Guston"
What a weirdo. I haven't tried to search yet, but I believe this is based on one of his actual paintings, probably titled; "Book, Bulb, Bottle and Brush"

A fun little artistic history of mine.

The Original big dry pastel work is approx 9 ft x 6 ft (3 meters x 2 meters). I did it in college (1982) on grey theater backdrop paper. I wish I knew where it was now. I showed it in my first solo show on campus at the Student Union Gallery at Stony Brook (that's where the photo of Mik Rez and I was taken).
From that photo (probably in 1983) I drew the picture (image is 10 in. x 13 in.) using india ink, prismacolor pencil highlights and (originally) black marker which has faded through the years showing pinkish/orange/yellow tints...
I just found the drawing a few days ago and had to make 2 scans and meld them together on the computer. Comments welcome!