found: Rick Bartow, 2002:p. 15 (Richard Elmer Bartow, artist, b. Dec. 1946 in Newport, Ore.)
found: Rick Bartow website, viewed July 10, 2024:About page (Rick Bartow 1946-2016) is considered one of the most important leaders in contemporary Native American art. Although he is best known for his large, expressive pastel and graphite drawings, Bartow was also a prolific painter, mixed media sculptor, and printmaker. In 1969 Bartow graduated from Western Oregon State College with a BA in Secondary Art Eduction. He was a life-long musician and songwriter and an enrolled member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians)
found: Froelick Gallery website, viewed July 10, 2024:Rick Bartow page (Rick Bartow (Wiyot), December 16, 1946-April 2, 2016; Bartow lived and worked in Newport, Oregon. In 1969 he graduated from Western Oregon State College with a BA in Secondary Art Education. Bartow was a Vietnam Veteran, a lifelong musician and songwriter, a widower, an enrolled member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians, and is considered one of the most important leaders in contemporary Native American art)
