Dr. Richard Ragle " Carving in Gold " at Agora Gallery

Monday, 20 August 2007 20:23

New York City - The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Dr. Richard Ragle in Deconstructing Reality – A Collective Exhibition, scheduled to run from September 28 through October 18^th. Dr. Ragle’s medical training provides the basis for the exquisite anatomy of his work. Working in gold, silver, bronze, wood and gemstones, he uses his own spiritual recovery over personal struggles to direct his art. The collection will feature a captivating selection of Dr. Ragle’s precious metal sculptures.

It is said that in the face of death, life becomes even more precious. No one knows that better than Dr. Richard Ragle, a board certified osteopathic family practice physician. Delivering babies and assisting in the dying process has provided him with insight and perspectives which are skillfully expressed in masterpiece sculptures.

Once in a gallery outside of Santa Fe New Mexico, a Native American believed his soul to be blessed after viewing Dr. Ragle’s “Logan” sculpture. After deep inhalation and exhalation while touching it, the gentleman explained that he was breathing its energy in, and extending a blessing to it. This was to make it part of himself, and him to it; "in my culture when we see something that blesses our soul, we breathe its energy into our being . . . bless it, and then exhale our blessing onto the piece. In this way it is always a part of us, and we of it."

Obviously, Dr. Ragle succeeds in reaching his goal of opening peoples’ hearts to their own spiritual truths!

Born in Denver, Dr.Ragle currently lives in the majestic mountains of Sandia Park, New Mexico between Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

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