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Xian Girl, China
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x12"/20.3x30.48)


Canal View, China
Acrylic/Canvas (8.5"x12"/21.3x30.5)

Beijing Blue
Acrylic/Canvas (12"x24"/30.5x60.9)

Shanghai Alley, China
Acrylic/Canvas (22"x28"/55.9x71.1)


Breaking Through...
Acrylic/Canvas (12"x24"/30.5x60.9)


Tokyo Visitor
Acrylic/Canvas (22"x28"/55.9x71.1)


Yangtze River home, China
Acrylic/Canvas (10"x12"/25.4x30.4)


Yangtze River dancer
Acrylic/Canvas (10"x12"/25.4x30.4)


Hong Kong Woman
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x12"/20.3x30.48)


New Territories, Hong Kong 2001
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x8"/15.24x20.3)


Tai-O, Hong Kong, China
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x12"/20.3x30.48)


Cheungsam 4
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x12"/20.3x30.48)


Yin
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x18"/12.7x45.7)


Yang
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x18"/12.7x45.7)


Suzhou Canal, Shanghai
Oil Pastel/Paper (8"x10"/20.3x25.4)


Beijing Blue sketch
Oilstick on Paper (7"x9"/17.7x22.8)


River View, Japan
Acrylic/Canvas (6"x8"/15.24x20.3)


Ceremony of the Full Moon, Bali
Acrylic/Canvas (30"x48"/76.2x121.9)


Three Traders
Acrylic/Canvas (10"x36"/25.4x91.4)


Thai Seller
MixMedia on Panel (8"x10"/20.3x25.4)


Water
Acrylic/Canvas (28"x56"/71x137)


Geisha, Kyoto, Japan
Acrylic/Canvas (14"x18"/36x 46)


Red Geisha
Acrylic/Canvas (9"x12"/22.8x30.5)


Tokyo Morning
Acrylic/Canvas (12"x16"/30.5x40.6)


Hitting the wall
photograph Great Wall;


Badaling, China
Acrylic/Canvas (10"x32"/25.4x81.28)

Images in this series originated in "The Wall", a solo exhibition in September 2001.

"My focus initially was on boundaries, with images intended to convey both the walls we build and the walls we climb over to explore. My "back" views express both the barriers we create and our shared humanity. The series has evolved into memory paintings of small vignettes observed when travelling in Asia.

From back views, paintings evolved into "no faces" to symbolize our shared humanity however distinct our surroundings might be."

all works and mages © ruth hartman
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