The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 051, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1978 Page: 3 of 32
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He’s A Product Of ‘Both Worlds’
To bring Jiimseir closer “ Jjle<l ,he ““ (olhs be no» worlds," be sajs T grew op m
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—E BAYTOWN SUN Thursday, December 7. 1978 3-A
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Ruthven went' out and bought a
natural studio, hundreds
acres of it. 7-,
For the past four years he’s
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overlooking Straight Creek Val-
ley. once an Indian trail. Not
far away, his home* is on anoth-
er* 165 acres of, land that he
bought 10 years ago and turned
Bach afterno^^^he'^weaK hf* u Af" fid' 1 would and then walk as far as I could
old artisj who describes himself faJ ii the X'V<? f? the t0 be ou* in the °P€n’'’Ruthven
- me past tour years he’s a< a '':iatent Pion«r ’’ goes into hMoundm He had thXS hh w rt „
painted in a studio on a" bluff'tke woodsin muctl ^ same fortuneWScnow he u;qc .l'd ^obd War ' be
bvetrlonkinu t?t™nht rv.,.-.L- i;„i wav wildlife artist Janies Audm birds and arwhals no mXuf
bon did, .......... man in Xnnati- but gave that up
eerseen. X- m the early 1960s when he be-
Ruthven Is aware that Audu- "He was here before W en- came established as a wildlife
bon worked in the Cincinnati croachment of man." painter. Now, his talents are in
area at one time and may have) l1 am a product- of both demand'that he is running
ders. Tsmmissions for a Ruth-
ven paintmg^run from $2,500 to
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Watercolors are his favorite
Watercolors are his favoril
medium and he is known for
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painting from the inside of an
animal outward, noting muscle
tone and structure. '
Hehas "skinned out" over 1,-
This has helped him obtain ex-
act sizing and muscle tone
Sometimes he live-traps a
bird so he can "look it in the
eye" and see how it feels. " **
"I want to know what makes
it tick," he says.-—---- --
Often when he’s walking he'll I
take a camera with a long
,_ns and always a sketch pad
"I'm not much of a photogra
pher, but I use it as a record-
ing device.” Ruthven ex-
plained. "Sometimes. ,J only
shoot pictures oT feet or how an
animal moves.
When I paint the picture. 1
. t all the parts together? the'
visual, the photo and the emo-
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mifKor. was born in W94 '
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 051, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1978, newspaper, December 7, 1978; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074952/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.