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It is with deep
sadness that we must report that on the morning of Monday March 15th 2004,
Raymond Neher passed away peacefully at his home after a three year battle
with cancer. Throughout that period, Raymond inspired all of his friends
with his heroic and positive attitude
 and
determination to continue to say "Yes" to life throughout his illness.
Raymond had grown up with a profound desire and passion to be an artist and
committed a large part of his life to painting and print-making. Those
who have collected his art over the years will continue to treasure the
works in their possession, while also holding on to something that truly
represents the essence of all that Raymond wanted to be in life. The
inspiration for Ariki Art originally came from my admiration for Raymond's
work and a desire on my part to promote it for him. It is with regret
that Ariki Art is currently not able to offer for sale his artworks
displayed on the website although we continue to display them in celebration
of his life as an artist. -- John Corney
Obituary San
Francisco Chronicle
Landscape artist Raymond Neher offers
for sale fine art acrylic landscape
paintings and limited edition
monoprints in his the online gallery at Ariki Art. The subject
matter of Neher's works range from United States
roadscapes, international
cityscapes, and dramatic
seascapes and landscapes
from around the world. The majority of Neher's works are acrylic on
canvas, but he also offers a small collection of limited edition
monoprints and
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in New Jersey in 1943, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia
University, Raymond Neher has lived in California since 1973. A
painter and a printmaker, his works on canvas and paper have been exhibited
in gallery and museum shows from coast to coast and are included in private
collections from Los Angeles to Rome. During the past twenty-five
years, he has created photo-realist landscapes, roadscapes, and
cityscapes while traveling the world from Interstate 5 in California’s
central valley to the fiords of the Straits of Magellan. Since 1993 he
also has turned his talents to recording the fanciful flora and fauna and
landscapes of the imaginary
Republic of
Cadatonia in monoprints.
The Cadatonia Special Species series of
monoprints is based on the childhood memories of the artist when he used to
spend the summer vacations at the Jersey shore and conjured the sun-drenched
mythical land of Cadatonia with its fanciful flora and fauna. This series of
seven monoprints is printed on 18" x 18" paper with an embossed border done
by the artist. To the sides are Cadatonia palms, above are seagulls flying
by. Below each print is a short text detailing the particular flora
and fauna depicted in the work. The text is available in either English or
French. Neher printed 12 of each print in the series, and almost all have
now been sold. The prints are available individually. Remember, these prints
are now strictly limited, so don't delay in placing your order for one or a
complete set of the
Cadatonia
Special Species Series of Monoprints.
Raymond Neher's roadscape paintings came of
an ambition to drive the 50 States and document each one in a painting. This
ambition was never fully realized as travel overseas became a more and more
compelling distraction to this quest, but nonetheless Raymond did make a
worthy attempt at completing the task. Look through Raymond's
roadscape art and perhaps
you'll even recognize a landmark yourself such as the one crossing the Red
River from Texas on Interstate 35, where a welcoming sign leaves no doubt
that being in Oklahoma is going to be OK!
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