Art
"The Light" 17x22 Print by Peter Ralston
- Item Number
- 136
- Estimated Value
- 500 USD
- Sold
- 250 USD to marvinthewondercat
The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION (tax ID 01-0499730) on behalf of the winner.
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
A beautiful 17x22 inch print by renowned Maine photographer Peter Ralston, The Light features storm clouds and a rainbow behind the Indian Island Lighthouse.
Artist’s Statement
My photographs are my statement.
I don’t pretend or aspire to be terribly intellectual about what I do. I just poke around the nooks and crannies of this coast, always with my camera. That’s about it. I’m not overly concerned about what I’m doing being considered “fine art.” As far as I’m concerned, I’m just storytelling albeit straight from the heart. These are the places I’ve been and people I’ve met, and sometimes there’s metaphor not far beneath the surface.
Bio
Peter Ralston grew up in Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania, worked for a decade as a freelance photojournalist, and then began photographing the coast of Maine in 1978, drawn especially to the working communities that define the coast’s enduring character.
Instrumental in forming the Island Institute in 1983, Peter Ralston served as its executive vice-president until 2010. His work has been reproduced in many books and magazines, featured repeatedly on network television and has been exhibited in galleries, collections and museums throughout the United States and abroad.
Peter and his wife, Terri, opened Ralston Gallery in Rockport, Maine, in 2011, selling his photographs as well as the work of his lifelong friends, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth. He is currently working on a major book about the Maine coast.
Although, as a young man, Ralston studied very briefly under Ansel Adams, he acknowledges the greater artistic influence of a lifetime of association with the Wyeths – close friends and incisive mentors.
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