ruthie osa - print salon share

     When 22 KC print society members got together to share a print that meant something to each of us, STORIES opened up, and it got exciting in the Spencer Room of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Here is Ruthie:

"Doug started chronicling the West Bottoms. Doug is a Kansas City native. As a kid, wanted to be a train engineer, so his dad was always taking him to the West Bottoms on Saturday." Ruthie Osa

S: These surely had to be based of pictures, right?

R: "No, He actually went down to draw these."

S: "He drew these? He actually sat down there and were drawing these? I'm surprised he is alive today. It's rough down there."

R: "Yeah, it is!! But, he is a big guy."

P: "This (print) is 1991."

S: "It was probably rougher then." (laughter)

Osa introduces etching by her husband, Kansas artist, Doug Osa.  One minute video. 

Criticism of compliment? Too much like Rembrandt.
 One minute long.

J: "I have one of Doug's works. And Doug shared with me, it takes between 200 to 250 hours, just to do the plate!! Just amazing."

Ruthie Osa is a member of the Nelson Atkins Print Society.
Osa interview

Print Salon Share took place on March 22, 2014.  

Photos and video by Karl Marxhausen