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  1. Lalique Crystal Turtle Sculpture, Image 1.

    Lalique Crystal Turtle Sculpture, c. 1988

    Crystal Glass

    2.25 x 5.75 in (5.72 x 14.61 cm)

  2. Kachina Three by Louis Ocepek, Image 2.

    Louis Ocepek

    Kachina Three, 1983

    Color serigraph

    28 x 19.875 in (paper) (71.12 x 50.48 cm)

  3. It Was a Gay and Magnificent Revel [ from the “Mask of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe by Federico Castellon, Image 1.

    Federico Castellon

    It Was a Gay and Magnificent Revel [ from the “Mask of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1969

    Lithograph

    14.875 x 10.875 in (paper) (37.78 x 27.62 cm)

  4. La Bastille (The Bastille) by After Marc Chagall, Image 2.

    After Marc Chagall

    La Bastille (The Bastille), Unknown

    Color lithograph

    20 x 26 in (paper) (50.8 x 66.04 cm)

  5. Large Chinese Blue & White Relief Dragon Qing Vases w/ Ruffled Rim, Image 3.

    Large Chinese Blue & White Relief Dragon Qing Vases w/ Ruffled Rim, 19th Century

    Porcelain

    18 x 7.5 in (45.72 x 19.05 cm)

  6. Large Mother of Pearl Inlay Marble Trinket Box w/ Felt Lining, Image 1.

    Large Mother of Pearl Inlay Marble Trinket Box w/ Felt Lining

    Mother of Peal & Marble

    4.5 x 12 x 8 in (11.43 x 30.48 x 20.32 cm)

  7. Japanese Floral Decorated Porcelain Vase, Image 1.

    Japanese Floral Decorated Porcelain Vase, 1970's/80's

    Porcelain

    diameter of the lip: 5.5" Diameter of the base: 5.75"

  8. L' heure Bleue ( The Blue Hour ) by Georgi Daskaloff, Image 2.

    Georgi Daskaloff

    L' heure Bleue ( The Blue Hour ), nd

    color lithograph

    22.25 x 30 in (paper) (56.52 x 76.2 cm)

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About the artist

Louis Ocepek

American

b. 1942

Louis Ocepek, artist, graphic designer and professor, was born in Detroit and studied design and fine arts at Wayne State University. Following his graduation in 1964, he attended graduate classes at the Art Institute of Chicago and later the University of Iowa. He began his teaching career in 1967 at Montana State University. In 1971 he accepted a position at Portland State University teaching graphic design and screen printing.

Ocepek became a professor at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces in 1985, establishing a flourishing graphic design program, as well as teaching printmaking and other fine art courses. He assisted in establishing the graduate program and served as Department Head for six years. Ocepek was awarded the Westhafer Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2000.

He is a dedicated studio artist, working in a variety of media, exhibiting regularly in group and solo exhibitions throughout the country, including solo exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum and the El Paso Museum of Art. His work is included in the public art collections of Oregon, Washington, Texas and New Mexico.

Ocepek’s design work has been included in many publications and exhibitions, including Graphis International and Graphis International Posters, Zurich, Switzerland, the New York Society of Illustrators, and the International Exhibition of Poster Art in Brno, Czechoslovakia. In 2002, his book, Graphic Design: Vision, Process, Product was published by Prentice Hall Incorporated.

In 2021 Ocepek’s solo exhibition titled Nexus, New Work brought drawing, painting and digital imagery together as limited edition prints.
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Galerie R is a private collection of quality works acquired by owners Rudi and Jean over the last 40 years. Our collection includes a diverse array of international works with a natural attention on American Figurative, American Realism and Social Realism work from the WPA period on. We work with aspiring and established art collectors, art consultants, and art dealers to authenticate and appraise works of art and to expand art collections.