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Raymond Neher
American Artist, 1943 - 2004

Raymond Neher

Born in New Jersey in 1943, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia University, Raymond Neher moved to California in 1973. Raymond passed away from lung cancer on March 15th, 2004. (Obituary San Francisco Chronicle). An American realist 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. These prints are now strictly limited. Please use the contact form to enquire about availability.

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 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!

compelling distraction to this quest, but nonetheless Raymond did make a worthy attempt at completing the task. Look through Raymond's

Several works by the late artist Raymond Neher are still available for sale. Please contact Ariki Art with details of any specific interest in any of Raymond's works.