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About Raoul

Baltimore City
Raoul Middleman was born in Baltimore in 1935. He has a BA in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, and has attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Skowhegan, and The Brooklyn Museum Art School. He has been teaching Painting and Drawing at The Maryland Institute College of Art since 1961. His murals of the different aspects of horseracing, done with his class at The Maryland Institute, are on permanent display at The Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore. He was President of the National… more
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Watercolors

Watercolor is great for travel. Watercolor in general exploit the accidental and the fortuitous. For example, the series done on wayward camping trips to Southern Utah tries to reconcile the unpredictable properties of the medium with the absolute audacity of the colors of the high desert. Seascapes reconcile rock to water to sky and icons of synchronicity. 
  • The Canyon Climb
    The Canyon Climb
    Watercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2000
  • Desert View
    Desert View
    Watercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2002
  • Dark Encroachment
    Dark Encroachment
    Watercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2001
  • Capital Reef
    Capital Reef
    Watercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2001
  • Joshua
    Joshua
    Watercolor on Paper, 18"x24", 2001
  • Still Sea
    Still Sea
    Watercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 in., 2014
  • Breakwater High Tide
    Breakwater High Tide
    Watercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
  • Late Afternoon
    Late Afternoon
    Watercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
  • Warren Point
    Warren Point
    Watercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
  • Front Beach
    Front Beach
    Watercolor on Paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2016
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    • Portraits and Figures

    Some artists think that a likeness to the sitter is not important, so long as it resolves into a good painting. But for me likeness is tantamount. The expression of character or essence of the sitter is a most elusive abstract notion that the portraitist is trying to "capture". The painting is always going in and out of likeness. The trick is knowing where to stop it.
    • Grace Hartigan
      Grace Hartigan
      Oil on Canvas, 60 x 84 inches, 1995
    • Uncle Sid
      Uncle Sid
      Oil on Canvas, 72 x 72 inches, 1986
    • Miss Walsh
      Miss Walsh
      Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016
    • George Edel
      George Edel
      Oil on Canvas, 40 x 70 inches, 1990
    • Girl with Gloves
      Girl with Gloves
      Oil on Canvas, 40 x 28 inches, 1995
    • Open Jacket
      Open Jacket
      Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016
    • Sammy
      Sammy
      Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 inches, 1992
    • Abram Bibi
      Abram Bibi
      Oil on Canvas, 54 x 54 inches, 1996
    • Meghan
      Meghan
      Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2016
    • Strawberry Blonde
      Strawberry Blonde
      Oil on Canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2012
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    • Cityscapes

    Most people think of landscape as honeybees and flowers and the circuitry of hurtling clouds in the midst of summer splendor. But the splintery wharfs and abandoned factories along the harbor have another kind of beauty, nature transforming all that funky detritus into icons of enchantment. In the spring of 2001, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council invited me as Artist-in-Residence to the 92nd floor of The World Trade Center. The bank of windows overlooked downtown Wall Street to the bridges along the East River connecting to Brooklyn. I painted 21 paintings. Just a few months after my residency ended, the first insidious plane came through the very windows that provided my overlook.
    • View from the World Trade Center
      View from the World Trade Center
      Oil on Canvas, 60 x 36 inches, 2001
    • View from the World Trade Center 2
      View from the World Trade Center 2
      Oil on Canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2001
    • View from Brooklyn
      View from Brooklyn
      Oil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
    • The Yellow Shovel
      The Yellow Shovel
      Oil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
    • Port Covington
      Port Covington
      Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 1994
    • Fairfield
      Fairfield
      Oil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
    • FNC
      FNC
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 1995
    • Industrial Yard
      Industrial Yard
      Oil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1995
    • Abandoned Lot
      Abandoned Lot
      Oil on Paper, 30 x 40 inches, 1994
    • Eastside Fog
      Eastside Fog
      Oil on Canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 2001
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    • Self Portraits

    The Self is not ossified in some permanent immutable casement, always the same, but rather manifests itself as fragments of an expandable continuum. Just as a circle can be described by an infinite number of tangents in the trajectory of its rotation, so can the Self. Startled by the jolt of introspection, self portraiture is all about the discovery of the multiplicity of one's being, shifting through the masks of time.
    • Red Collar
      Red Collar
      Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 2015
    • Maroon Self Portrait
      Maroon Self Portrait
      Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2014
    • Studio Round Mirror
      Studio Round Mirror
      Oil on Board, 24 x 16 inches, 1996
    • Self Portrait Jockey Silk
      Self Portrait Jockey Silk
      Oil on Canvas, 40 x 28 inches, 2003
    • Self Portrait in Fedora
      Self Portrait in Fedora
      Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2013
    • Studio Self Portrait
      Studio Self Portrait
      Oil on Canvas, 50 x 50 inches, 1983
    • Self Portrait on Terre Verte
      Self Portrait on Terre Verte
      Oil on Canvas, 18 x 12 inches, 2013
    • Self Portrait Against Studio Ceiling
      Self Portrait Against Studio Ceiling
      Oil on Canvas, 84 x 42 inches, 1990
    • Self Portrait in Red Shirt
      Self Portrait in Red Shirt
      Oil on Paper, 40 x 30 inches, 1995
    • Self Gaze
      Self Gaze
      Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16 inches, 2014
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    • High Desert

    The landscape of the West has always fascinated me since childhood, such as memories of the Saturday Western movies with Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy and later a two-year stint as a ranch-hand in Montana. The opportunity to paint the Southwest and all its monumental glory has allowed me to collate fantasy with observational verity. 
    • Between Bluffs
      Between Bluffs
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
    • Desert Slope
      Desert Slope
      Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 inches, 2016,
    • Canyon Edge 1
      Canyon Edge 1
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
    • Canyon Edge 2
      Canyon Edge 2
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
    • Canyonland
      Canyonland
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
    • Desert Morning
      Desert Morning
      Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2016
    • Desert Trail
      Desert Trail
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
    • Juniper Sky
      Juniper Sky
      Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2016
    • Approaching Storm
      Approaching Storm
      Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2016
    • Canyon Wall
      Canyon Wall
      Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, 2016
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