Roadside Gambler
Artist
Karsten Creightney
(American, born 1976)
Publisher
Zanatta Editions
(American, founded 1989)
Date2013
MediumThree-color linocut
DimensionsUnframed: 23 x 30 inches (58.42 x 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joe and Barb Zanatta in memory of Robert W. Carlson
Object number2013.30
Signed“Creightney 13 on reverse in pencil, lower right
Inscribed33/40 in pencil on reverse lr
ZE13101 in pencil on reverse lower left
Edition/State/Proof33/40
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionYoung boy by the side of the road, on one knee shooting dice. He is barefoot as he has already lost his shoe to the game. His right hand is open as he has released the dice.There are several flowers by the side of the road as well. He is dressed in striped clothing..This is a story influenced by the artist’s work at a juvenile detention facility. A young man has escaped a prison and is gambling by the side of the road. Creightney correlates this scene to his decision to become an artist and uses his own self-portrait as the character of the scene- he says he has escaped the prison of a drudgery job but that the life of an artist is a gamble. The bright blue sky is there as a symbol of hope.
Copyright© Karsten Creightney
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