Untitled
18"h x 24"w
197050000
Blue sky at top. Reddish hills in CL / C. A little blue in BL. Light tan in CR. A little lavender in C. Neltje painted this when she was taking an art class. The class was at the Banner store, painting landscapes. The teacher said that this painting was the best in the class, so she never finished it - she didn't want to ruin it. Verso. TC, stretcher frame, upside down: 24. Stamped in TL stretcher frame: 18. Stamped in TR and BL stretcher frames: 24. Stretcher can be keyed.
My Salad Days
41.875"h x 29.75"w
198450100
Deckle edge paper. White space throughout. Gray in C / CR / BR. Gray horizontal line in TL / TC. Pale orange in TL / CL. Blue area in C. Verso. TC, upside down: MT 860302. Shrink wrapped.
Leave Me a Note
41.875"h x 29.75"w
198450200
Deckle edge paper. White space throughout. Green area in CL and C / CR. Circle in BC / BR. Vertical blue area in TL / CL. Blue in BR. Verso. Shrink wrapped.
Sometimes I Have No Nerve At All
41.875"h x 29.75"w
198450300
Deckle edge paper. White space throughout. Red / green circle in CR. TL / CL are primarily blues. Reddish lines down C and in BR. Verso. BR: Sometimes I hae no nerve at all 1986 <?> / #17. TR: 17. Shrink wrapped.
Socrates
28.5"h x 20.5"w
198550300
A lot of white space. Green vertical area in CR / BR bleeding over print edge. Blue in TL / TC. Red in TL / CL. Purple in BL. Verso. TL: Socrates. TR: 1985. Tan ink bleeding through. Shrink wrapped.
Fat July
28.5"h x 20.5"w
198550400
A lot of blues. Red in BL. Yellow in C / BC. Orange in TR. Verso. TL: Fat July. TR: 1985. Shrink wrapped.
Wild & Anonymous
29.875"h x 22.25"w
198550800
Deckle edge paper. Background is primarily pinks and grays. Some white space. Blue spots in C / CR. 6 holes punches across top. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. Verso. Mounted on matboard. Shrink wrapped.
Morning Excitement
22.25"h x 29.875"w
198550900
Deckle edge paper. Yellow background. Pink vertical lines throughout. A lot of blues. Circular area in TR. Blue spatter and drops in TC. Verso. Mounted on matboard. Shrink wrapped.
It Don't Make No Difference
41.75"h x 29.688"w
198651000
Deckle edge paper. White space, especially along edges. Circles in TC and CL. Dark yellow in C. Teal in BL. Dark pink in TC / C. BL: 1/1. Verso. TR: 18. BR: It Don't Make No Difference 1986/#18. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. Diamond stamp in BL. Tape in TL and TC.
Untitled
41.813"h x 29.75"w
198651100
Deckle edge paper. White space, especially along edges. Circles in TC and C. Red outline, white inside, in CR. Red squiggle in BC. BL: 1/1. Verso. TL: 1986. TR: 105. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. Diamond stamp in BL.
Untitled
41.75"h x 29.75"w
198651200
Deckle edge paper. White space, especially across B. Circle in TC. Tan with short drips in CR. Dark pink in BL. Purple triangular shape in CL rising to a point in TC. Brown in C. BL: 1/1. Verso. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. Diamond stamp in BL.
Untitled
41.375"h x 29.5"w
198752200
Deckle edge paper. A little white space around edges. Yellow with drips in TL. Dark pink in TC / TR. Black vertical area in TR / CR. Black area in CR / BR. Lavender in BC. BL: <illegible> 87. BR: Neltje / 1/1. Verso. Watermark TR: ARCHES / FRANCE <symbol>.
A Tune Lost
41.813"h x 29.75"w
198752500
Deckle edge paper. White space throughout. Greenish areas in TR and CR. Blue, green, and purple circle in BR. TL quadrant is primarily blues and greenish-gray. Verso. TL: "A tune lost". Watermark BL: ARCHES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Peanut Butter & Balogna (aka Fickle & Fun)
41.75"h x 29.75"w
198753000
Deckle edge paper. White space throughout. Red lines throughout. Orange circle in C. Red and gray in TR. Orange and gray in CL. Verso. TL: 93/87 / Peanut / Butter / and / Bologna. TR: Peanut Butter & Baloney <sic> 93/87. BL: Fickle & Fun 1986 / #93. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Beginning Green
29.938"h x 22.375"w
198754800
Deckle edge paper. White space around edges. Colors are light green, pink, tan, purple, and black. Pink is primarily in TL quadrant and a vertical area in BL. Verso. TL: Beginning Green / 4/87. TR: 54. BL watermark: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. BL stamp is a diamond shape.
Beginning Green II
29.938"h x 22.25"w
198754900
Deckle edge paper. White space around edges. Colors are light green, pink, tan, purple, and black. Almost identical to 1987.548.0, except black vertical line in BR is lighter. Verso. TL: Beginning Green II / 4/87 / 55/87. TR: 55. BL watermark: ARCHES / FRANCE <symbol>. BL stamp is a diamond shape.
Beginning Green III
29.813"h x 22.375"w
198755000
Deckle edge paper. White space around edges. Colors are light green, reds, tan, purple, and black. Dark red in BL. Vertical lines in R in lavender, black, red, and green. Verso. TL: Beginning Green III / 4/87 / 56/87. TR: 56. BL watermark: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. BL stamp is a diamond shape.
Untitled
30"h x 22"w
198851300
Deckle edge paper. White space around edges, narrow on R. Blue "hand" shape in BC / C / CR. Black vertical line in CR / BR edge. BR: 1/1 Neltje 88. Verso. TL: 29/88. TR: 29 11/88. Diamond stamp in BL.
The Mark Remains
30"h x 22"w
198851400
Deckle edge paper. White space across B and in TL. Blue "hand" shape in B half. Red and pink across B. Tan and light green vertically on R edge. BR: 1/1 Neltje 88. Verso, backing board. Nothing.
Yellowstone Art Center.
Untitled
44.125"h x 30"w
198853000
Deckle edge paper. Gray background, darker at T and B. Teal spot in C. Black and white circular shape in B. BR: Neltje 1/1. Verso. TR: 83. BR: 83/88. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>. Diamond shape stamp in BL. Tape across T and B (3 pieces on each side) and 1 piece in CL.
Something Ancient Passes
54.125"h x 48.062"w
199250100
Multiple colors including blues, reds, greens, browns, black. Some white space in corners and bottom edges. Pink drips into white in BC / BR. Signature in red over pink in BR. Verso. TL: Something Ancient passes / N.Y 1992. TC vertical stretcher bar: NELTJE / Something Ancient Passes / Acrylic on Canvas 1992 / 54" x 48" 8. Below: Something / Ancient / Passes / 1992. Stamped on both C stretcher bars: TRI-MAR / ENTERPRISES INC. / HAND-MADE USA. BL vertical stretcher bar: 54 x 48. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Not Accepted - Slide Entered 10th New American Talent - Austin, TX - 9/17/1993. Slide Entered CVAA '94 Exhibition Screening - Jackson Hole, WY - 8/23/93. Accepted - Berkeley Art Center 3/3/93 - 4/24/93 (Slide Entered BAC National - Berkeley CA 1/15/1993). Slide Sent To Elaine Benson Gallery 7/13/93. Not Accepted - Slide Entered in Gallery Screening - Chemeketa Comm. Coll. 1994 Season. Salem, OR. 5/27/1993. Slide Sent to Robschon Gallery - Denver, CO 4/30/93. Not Accepted - Slide Sent to Gallery 44 Boulder, CO 3/15/93. Slide Entered UW Landscape Project 1/8/1993. Slide Sent to Rule: Contemporary & Modern 7/10/92. Exhibited - Nicolaysen 4/15 - 7/5/92. Slide Sent to Lorraine Klein 7/8/92. Slide Sent to Rule: Contemporary & Modern 7/10/92. Slide Entered Matrix Gallery 93-94 Season Screening Sacramento, CA - 9/16/92 . Slide Sent to Goddard College - Cynthia Ross 10/21/92.
When It Comes To Your Own
52.062"h x 40.125"w
199250300
Red area fills TC down to BC, tapering off to a dull point in BC. Edged in darker paint. Background is yellows, red, greens, tans. BR corner is light tan. Verso. TL: When it comes to your / own. NY. 1992. TR: Wh. Sticker on C stretcher bar: NELTJE / When It Comes To Your Own / Acrylic on Canvas 1992 / 40" x 52" 11. And: 40. Stamped twice on C stretcher bars, once under sticker: TRI-MAR / ENTERPRISES INC. / HAND-MADE USA. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Accepted - Goddard College - January 1993. Slide Sent to Rule: Contemporary & Modern 7/10/92. Slide Sent to Lorraine Klein 7/8/92. Slide Sent to Goddard College - Cynthia Ross 10/21/92.
Flushed Field
30.062"h x 30.125"w
199250804
4 pieces. Colors are greens, blues, reds, tans, black. Red area in BR. Greenish area in TL / TC. Some white space throughout. Verso. TL canvas edge: C. C vertical stretcher bar: 30D/92 FLUSHED FIELD. CL canvas edge, with arrows on either side: Outside. CR canvas edge, with arrows on either side: INSIDE. TC and CR stretcher bars, stamped: 30. Stretcher has screws and can be keyed.
Not Accepted - Slide Entered Northcutt Steele Gallery Billings, MT 1/15/1993. Slide Entered UW Landscape Project 1/8/1993. Slide Sent to Stremmel Gallery 8/13/92. Slide Sent to Rule: Contemporary & Modern 8/13/92. Not Accepted - Entered in Canessa Gallery Annual - San Francisco - 8/25/1992 (10/15 - 12/15/92). Not Accepted - Slide Entered Cheekwood National - Nashville - 9/16/92 - (10/15/92 - 2/15/93). Not Accepted - Slide Entered Greater Midwest International VII-CMU- Warrnesburg, MO - 9/16/92 - (12/15/92 - 3/20/93). Not Accepted - Slide Entered Florida National 10/8/92 (3/1/93-5/1/93).
Untitled
10.125"h x 12.625"w
199351300
Deckle edge paper. Red area from CL into C / BC. Red curving area from TC into CR. Blues in TR quadrant into BR. Verso. Nothing.
Untitled
10.125"h x 12.375"w
199351400
Deckle edge paper. Red area from CL into C / BC. Red curving lines (narrow) in a diagonal from TL to BR. Orange above red area in TL into C. Verso. Nothing.
When the Knife Skipped
30"h x 44.125"w
200251100
Top third is blues and purples. Bottom 2/3 is primarily reds. White diagonal spatter from C to BR. A little tan in TR. Verso. TC: When The Knife / Skipped. All 4 corners: 10/02. Watermark BR, backwards: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Not Accepted - "2003 Alexander Rutsch Award & Exhibition Works on Paper" Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY 1/30/03. Not Accepted - "13th NAC," Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 11/22/02. Not Accepted - "26th Annual Art On Paper," Annapolis, MD 1/24/2003. Slide entered in "13th NAC," - State University, Kirksville, MO 11/22/02. Not Accepted - "Westworks 2003," Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY 11/8/02.
What Must I Do To Go Free?
30"h x 44.125"w
200251200
Narrow strip across T is black. Below is wide swath of red with some black. Below is primarily white / gray with red and black. Black area in BR. Verso. TC: What Muse I Do / To Go Free. All 4 corners: 12/02. Watermark BR, backwards: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Gilt Road to Nothing
30"h x 44.125"w
200251300
Top third is primarily blue with a little purple. Bottom 2/3 is red and black with a little white. Small area with white horizontal lines in TL. A little lavender in C. Verso. TC: Gilt Road / To Nothing. All 4 corners: 13/02. Watermark BR, backwards: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Accepted - VEIN OF MEMORY SHOW AT TOUCAN GALLERY SPRING 2003.
Emptying to Swell Again
22.438"h x 29.875"w
200251500
Top quarter is whites and blues. Rest of painting is primarily darker blues. A little red across C. A little yellow in BC. Verso. TC: Emptying / To Swell / Again. All 4 corners: 15/02. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Slide Entered "9th Annual Gulf Coast, " Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX 7/29/03. Not Accepted - Slide Entered "26th Annual Art On Paper," Annapolis, MD 1/24/2003. ** ACCEPTED **Slide Entered "Westworks 2003," Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY 11/8/02.
Your Children Will Wonder
22.313"h x 29.875"w
200251600
Strip across T is blues / greens. Strip across B is black with tan. Rest of painting is primarily tans. Red area across C. Yellow separating top from middle section. A little olive green across T of tan. Verso. TC: Your Children / Will Wonder. All 4 corners: 20/02. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Slide Entered National Prize Show 2004," Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA 12/16/2003. Not Accepted - Slide Entered "18th Annual Competition," U of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 1/24/2003.
I am Cheerful to be Approved of
22.313"h x 29.938"w
200251700
Strip scross top is blues. Next strip is greens. Next strip is reds. Next strip is black. Bottom is tans. A little yellow in CL. Verso. TC: I Am Cheerful / T B Approved Of. All 4 corners: 21/02. Watermark BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Not Accepted - Slide Entered "ANA 32" Holter Museum of Art, Holter, MT 6/3/03. Not Accepted - Slide Entered "26th Annual Art On Paper," Annapolis, MD 1/24/2003. Not Accepted - Slide Entered in CAA National Price Show, Cambridge MA 01/04/03. Not Accepted - Entered "7th Annual National" Memphis/Germantown Art League, Germantown, TN 3/12/02. Not Accepted - Slide entered "34th Annual Juried," Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA 11/22/02.
Ages Advanced and Receded
29.875"h x 22.187"w
200251801
Diptych. Strip across T is blues and olive green. Wide strip below is reds with some black. Below is greens. Narrow strip at B is purples. Verso. TC: Ages Advanced / & Receded / A. CL: Inside / <arrow>. CR: Outside / <arrow>. All 4 corners: 28A/02. Watermark TL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Nothing Remains Except A Doll
14.438"h x 23.563"w
200251900
Top half is reds. Bottom is primarily black with some white, red, and lavender. A little white, primarily in CL / C. A little red in BC. Verso. TC: Nothing Remains / Except A Doll. All 4 corners: 2/02.
Rejected "2003 Alexander Rutsch Award & Exhibition: Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY 1/30/2003.
If We Were Each the Same
14.375"h x 23.438"w
200252000
Top third is reds. Bottom is primarily black with an area of red in CL / BL. A little white space across B. Verso. TC: If we / Were Each / The Same. All 4 corners: 3/02.
Rejected "CAA National Prize Show" Cambridge, MA 1/4/03. Rejected "Abstract 2003" Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY 11/7/2002.
Overgrown with Shadows
14.375"h x 23.438"w
200252100
Top third is reds with a little black. bottom is primarily black / gray with some red and white. BR quadrant has a lot of red and white. Verso. TC: Overgrown / With Shadows. All 4 corners: 4/02.
Entered "9th Annual Gulf Coast" Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX 7/29/2003. "Vein of Memory" Exhibition, Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT Spring of 2003.
For a Time I Turned Away
14.375"h x 23.625"w
200252200
Primarily red and black. Areas of exposed white paper across C, largest area in C / CR. Verso. TC: For A Time / I Turned Away. All 4 corners: 5/02.
"Vein of Memory" Exhibition, Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT Spring of 2003.
Unending Silence
14.375"h x 23.125"w
200252300
Top third is primarily black. Bottom is primarily reds with some black and white. Some white vertical lines in BR. A little white in TR. Verso. TC: Unending Silence. All 4 corners: 6/02.
Not Accepted - "2003 Alexander Rutsch Award & Exhibition Works on Paper" Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY 1/30/03. Not Accepted - "18th Annual Competition," U of Texas @ Tyler, Tyler, TX 1/24/2003. Not Accepted - "Abstract 2003" at Stage Gallery - Merrick, NY 11/7/02. Not Accepted - "2002 National Juried Competition" Long Beach Island Foundation.
Not Everyone Prays for Fire
12.125"h x 14.25"w
200252400
Top third is red. Rest of painting is black, red, green, white. White in C, and a few small areas across B edge. Verso. TC: Not Everyone / Prays for Fire. All 4 corners: 23/02.
Entered "Wyoming Watercolor XVII" Wyoming Watercolor Society, Wheatland, WY 2/4/2003.
Ways To Get By
14.375"h x 23.625"w
200252500
Primarily black and gray with some green and white. A little blue along B edge. Vertical black area in TL with a little green. A little pink across T edge and in CL. Verso. TC: Ways To / Get By. All 4 corners: 8/02.
Rejected "2008 Alexander Rutsch Award & Exhibition" Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY 1/30/2003.
I Never Doubted Money Excused Anything Done to Acquire It.
11.875"h x 14.375"w
200252600
Primarily black with some green, blue, and white. BR has a lot of blue. BL has a lot of green. White area in C / CR. Verso. TC: I Never Doubted / Money Excused / Anything Done To / Acquire It. All 4 corners: 26/02.
Entered "Wyoming Watercolor XVII" Wyoming Watercolor Socity, Wheatland, WY 2/4/2003.
Who Represents Pleasure?
21.813"h x 15.187"w
200252700
White space on edges. Area of red in BR. Dark green is primary color. Spatter from TC to BL. Vertical dark blue in BL. Verso. TC: Who Represents / Pleasure?. All 4 corners: 54A02. Watermark BL, backwards: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Wild Water I
7.75"h x 9.5"w
200252800
Red horizontal area across T. Greenish vertical from TC to C, and CL to BL. Tannish area in BC. Red area in BR. Verso. TC: Wild Water I. Below: Top. All 4 corners: 57A02.
Wild Water II
9.438"h x 7.688"w
200252900
Red horizontal areas across T. Horizontal C / B areas are primarily blue. Red area in BC, on edge. Verso. TC: Wild Water II. All 4 corners: 58A02.
Wild Water III
7.75"h x 9.625"w
200253000
Red horizontal line across C / B. Black vertical line on R. Red / black in CL and CR. Blue, green, and white in C. Verso. TC: Wild Water III. All 4 corners: 59A02.
Today's Pleasure and Tomorrow's Delight I
44.25"h x 30.062"w
200257900
Deckle edge paper. Purple background. Multi-colored. Pink drip in BC. Peach circle in CL. Orange in TR. Verso. All 4 corners 63/02. TC: On The Wrong / Side of the River I. BR, upside down: 63/02. Watermark TR and BL: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Old title: On the Wrong Side of the River I. Rejected - slide sent to Jeff Fields at the Albert Knox Museum 12/17/2004.
When the Great Year Turns
22.375"h x 29.875"w
200259300
Deckle edge paper. Black with a little greenish-yellow across T 1/3. B 2/3 is primarily teal, with white, black, green, and blue. A little greenish-yellow in CL / BL. Verso. BL and BR: 14/02.
Flown Away
30.062"h x 44.25"w
200455900
Deckle edge paper. Heavy black line starts in CL, moves through C, and splits in 2 in TR. Dot spatters throughout. Verso. All 4 corners: 1/2003 <incorrect year>. TL: Flown Away. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Change Your Partner
30"h x 44.187"w
200456000
Deckle edge paper. Black line across T. Dot spatters throughout. Short horizontal black line in C. Verso. All 4 corners: 2/2003 <incorrect year>. TL: Change Your Partner. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Felicitous Cabbage
30"h x 44.125"w
200456500
Deckle edge paper. Large black area in TL quadrant. Short diagonal black line in BR. Curved line of spatter dots in CL. Verso. All 4 corners: 7/2003 <incorrect year>. TC: Felicitous Cabage <sic>. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Nothing Tentative
30"h x 44.187"w
200456600
Deckle edge paper. Heavy black lines throughout. Streaky black lines, horizontal, in TC. Small spatters in C. Verso. All 4 corners: 8/2003 <incorrect year>. TC: Nothing Tentative. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Think Again
30"h x 44.25"w
200456700
Deckle edge paper. Black curving line from C into BR. Circular area in TC / C. CL / BL has large dark area. Verso. All 4 corners: 9/2003 <incorrect year>. TC: Think Again. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Salome's Dance
30"h x 44.25"w
200457000
Deckle edge paper. TL has the most white space. Large black areas. Curving black line from BL to TC. Verso. All 4 corners: 12/2003 <incorrect year>. TC: Salome's Dance. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Accustomed to Your Face
30.062"h x 44.25"w
200457100
Deckle edge paper. Black curving areas, one on L, one on R. Spatters throughout. Area of vertical dot spatters in TL. Verso. All 4 corners: 13/2003 <incorrect year>. TC: Accustomed / To Your / Face. Watermark TL and BR: BFK RIVES / FRANCE <symbol>.
Wind Peak
19"h x 24"w
200457300
Deckle edge paper. Large areas of black, all with spatters radiating out. BR has a grouping of round black dots. Verso. All 4 corners: 15/2003 <incorrect year>. TC: Plenty / Style. Sticker BR: 1.00.
Murmurs
14.75"h x 18"w
200553000
Deckle edge paper. White space throughout. Blue and green diagonal from TL to BR. Tan and black paint are also used. Verso. TC: Murmurs. All 4 corners: 3/2005.
Rejected "Watercolor Wyoming 22nd Annual" Wyoming Watercolor Society, Sheridan, WY 7/11/2007. Rejected "Combined Talents: The Florida International" FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL 2/8/2006. Rejected - Particular Places Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 2/8/2006.
Untitled
18"h x 24.062"w
200750800
Blue curving line from L edge of BL, up into C, over into CR. A blue and red wide curving line from CL over into C, below blue line. Verso. Nothing.
Untitled
18"h x 24"w
200750900
Wide peach line from TL, down across C, ending in CR / BR. Thin black curving lines throughout. Verso. Nothing.
Untitled
17.875"h x 23.938"w
200751100
Peach in background. Slightly curved tan line vertically in C. Blue and black throughout. Red primarily on L side and in TR and BR. Verso. Nothing.