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Phil Ralston
Philip Ralston was born in 1953 in Pomona, California, where he
lived surrounded on all sides by infinite orange groves, the playgrounds
and battlefields of his sister, brothers and friends. As the groves
disappeared and his older brothers went off to seminary, Phil
found himself vying with fellow Schwinn Wasp rider Tom Waits for
the primo Progress-Bulletin route, #104. Phil got the route, and
Waits left town around that time. Phil delivered the Prog for
several years, and taught the trade to his younger brother Dave,
who went on to create the widely popular videogame Paperboy. Phil
always went to Catholic schools and spent hundreds and hundreds
of hours at the altar, many of which were logged officially as
he pursued, and achieved, the Ad Altare Dei medal, BSA Troop 104,
Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He always drew pictures, played guitar
and picked up piano in his teens (Leon Russell and Buffalo Springfield
stuff), and took drawing, watercolor, and graphic design (and
English lit) at Loyola-Marymount. His strongest and kindest encouragement
came not from teachers but from friends. He played keyboards in
a band called Pork Pie Hat (covering Dead, J Geils, Allman Brothers,
The Band, and plenty of blues), who appeared in the film Swingin'
Cheerleaders. Strictly personal matters aside, Music remains Phil's
favorite thing in the world.
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Phil Ralston
Right Arm Ticket, 2004
Mixed media on paper
22 x 13 7/8 inches
02563 |
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Phil Ralston
Detail, Burning Bush Circuit Schematic: Rear Panel,
2004
Mixed media on paper
21 x 13 1/2 inches
02560 |
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Phil Ralston
Blu Trap, 2004
Mixed media on paper
20 x 12 1/2 inches
02565 |
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Phil Ralston
Pisgah Doornock, 2005
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 inches
03360 |
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Phil Ralston
Little Rockets, 2005
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 inches
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03363 |
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Phil Ralston
Itinerary for Hamilton, Laird, 2005
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 inches
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03362 |
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Phil Ralston
64 Bars of Trumpet, 2005
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 inches
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03361
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Phil Ralston
Arcanum Acranorum, 2005
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 inches
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02561 |
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Phil Ralston
Untitled, 2006
Mixed media on paper
21 x 13 inches
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03553 |
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Phil Ralston
Tripoli Police Pillbox, 2006
Mixed media on paper
21 x 13 inches
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03551 |
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Phil Ralston
The Only Float in the Whole Parade, 2006
Mixed media on paper
21 x 13 inches
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03552 |
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Phil Ralston
Notion of the most august imagination, 2005
Mixed media on paper
20 x 13 inches
03358 |
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