IT’S ART

The Catalog

2012

Ralph LeCompte

The Gallery

fineartamerica.com

ralph-lecompte fine art

Welcome to the gallery. All of the featured art is available from

the artist Ralph LeCompte at fineartamerica.com as well as

ralph-lecompte.artistswebsites.com. All the featured art is the

copyright of the artist.

We live in a cultural wasteland. We have forgotten the joy of creation. We have become

drones. We buy art at Target because it matches the couch and has the same tones as the

wallpaper. We have forgotten what art is. We must try to remember that art is...

Salome

The Blue Ribbon

Gypsy Dance

Her

Her (Detail)

Red Untitled

St. Joan

Maybe Rain

Blue Folded Marilyn

There is something beautiful even in the

most unsettling of images and paradigms.

There are other life narratives. We are all

someone else too. We just let others live

that narrative for us because we are

hesitant to leave the self-made prisons we

have constructed so carefully.

The other life narrative is somewhat

autobiographical. I’ve seen everything I

paint. I sense the beauty in the margins.

Knifethrower’s Girl

Cannonball Queen

Not The Real Tooth Fairy

With Sour Cream, Chives and Elizabeth Taylor

Perfection Achieved

That’s Right Officer

Yardwork History

Snake Girl

Roller Derby Queen

Utopia

Danger Lurks

Come Hither

The game has history. The game has

names long forgotten and names glorified.

The past game has a quiet about it; almost

a haunting. They played the game. They

lived the game. They are gone.

Who was the best? Who was the worst?

Who was the fellow sitting deep in the

bleachers? They had their moment; that

frozen moment in space and time. They

were there. We are here. We become

those who were there before we are gone.

Live in the game. Savor the moment.

The Big Cat

Herman Long

Catcher (Josh Gibson)

Baseball Legend

John McGraw

Fisk

St. Sebastion, Patron of Athletes

Old School Tough

James “Cool Papa” Bell

I am gratified that you took the time to

consider my world view by observing the

images in this body of work.

Prints and some originals of this work are

available at fineartamerica.com

Feel free to inquire about any of these

works of art by contacting me personally.

ralphlecompte@gmail.com

All works are copyrighted by Ralph LeCompte, 2012.

Ralph LeCompte

The Gallery