Richard Hricko: October Large While Baskin may be directly

While Baskin may be directly alluding to these works

visually linking the urgency of battle to the vital work of moving troops and matériel by rail

and the railroad corridor that connected the village to surrounding towns

he presents these figures in ways that make their arms and torsos seem elongated

A well-balanced piece by the esteemed Frank Weston Benson

Richard Hricko: October Large While Baskin may be directlyWood engraving on paper. 1978. Edition 2 5. Handcrafted wood frame with acid free, archival materials all done expertly in house. Richard Hricko is a printmaker whose work presents composite details of the natural and built environment that honor nature, industry and the course of decay and recovery. Influenced by the tradition of ruins in Italian art, he similarly expresses the passage of time and invokes longing and the pathos of things forgotten