Ralph M Larmann
@ralphmlarmann.bsky.social
Professor of Art, University of Evansville
Author, Thames & Hudson
Artist concerned about the Environment
Author, Thames & Hudson
Artist concerned about the Environment
Ralph M Larmann, A Polity Played, 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #politics #deception #agoodshow #conartist #politician #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #tricked #scammed #Figure #Played #noangel #voters #dangling #illusion #artsky #revealing
January 28, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Ralph M Larmann, A Polity Played, 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #politics #deception #agoodshow #conartist #politician #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #tricked #scammed #Figure #Played #noangel #voters #dangling #illusion #artsky #revealing
Ralph M Larmann, A Neighborhood of Citizens United, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #SCOTUS #landscape #swirling #poormasses #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #CitizensUnited #justice #Corrupt #corporationsarepeople #Supreme #Neighborhood
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Ralph M Larmann, A Neighborhood of Citizens United, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #SCOTUS #landscape #swirling #poormasses #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #CitizensUnited #justice #Corrupt #corporationsarepeople #Supreme #Neighborhood
Gateways to Art, Journal for Museum and Gallery Projects, and Thames & Hudson Introduction to Art by DeWitte, Larmann, & Shields. Published by Thames & Hudson #BookSky #ArtSky #art #textbook #artbook #college #UnitedKingdom #UK #collegeart #AParthistory #Ralph #Larmann #5thedition #globalart
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Gateways to Art, Journal for Museum and Gallery Projects, and Thames & Hudson Introduction to Art by DeWitte, Larmann, & Shields. Published by Thames & Hudson #BookSky #ArtSky #art #textbook #artbook #college #UnitedKingdom #UK #collegeart #AParthistory #Ralph #Larmann #5thedition #globalart
Ralph M Larmann, Equinox, 1993. Acrylic on tapered panel, 48 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #climatechange #balance #chickenleg #figure #landscape #flooding #springrain #Equinox #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #stadium #baseball #flagpole #powerplant #redsmoke
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Equinox, 1993. Acrylic on tapered panel, 48 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #climatechange #balance #chickenleg #figure #landscape #flooding #springrain #Equinox #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #stadium #baseball #flagpole #powerplant #redsmoke
Ralph M Larmann, River Story, 2003. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 26 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #landscape #figure #canoe #birdhouse #heron #River #Story #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #narrative #bridge #flags #pinkwater #ripples #pinksky #redcanoe #oar #freshwater #nude
January 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ralph M Larmann, River Story, 2003. Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 26 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #landscape #figure #canoe #birdhouse #heron #River #Story #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #narrative #bridge #flags #pinkwater #ripples #pinksky #redcanoe #oar #freshwater #nude
Ralph M Larmann, Resurrection, 1994. Acrylic paint on shaped panel, 48 x 40 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artsky #selfportrait #Resurrection #erection #microwave #dinner #Sunday #armsraised #Hallelujah #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #choir #explosion #spurt #squirt #handsraised
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Resurrection, 1994. Acrylic paint on shaped panel, 48 x 40 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artsky #selfportrait #Resurrection #erection #microwave #dinner #Sunday #armsraised #Hallelujah #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #choir #explosion #spurt #squirt #handsraised
Ralph M Larmann, Bottom Dwellers, 2002. Acrylic on panel, 24 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #artsky #camp #landscape #stormy #springrains #Stormyskies #fisherman #catfish #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #Midwest #changingskies #boat #windy #vest #longshadows #heron #river
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Bottom Dwellers, 2002. Acrylic on panel, 24 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #artsky #camp #landscape #stormy #springrains #Stormyskies #fisherman #catfish #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #Midwest #changingskies #boat #windy #vest #longshadows #heron #river
Ralph M Larmann, The Saturated Solution, 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #flooding #sealevelrise #JacksonSquare #NOLA #catfish #Ralph #Larmann #Saturated #Solution #FrenchQuarter #hurricaneskies #toxicwaste #Evansville #Indiana #muddy #climate
January 21, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Ralph M Larmann, The Saturated Solution, 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #flooding #sealevelrise #JacksonSquare #NOLA #catfish #Ralph #Larmann #Saturated #Solution #FrenchQuarter #hurricaneskies #toxicwaste #Evansville #Indiana #muddy #climate
Arts Indiana cover, February 1994. Ralph M Larmann, Fall from Grace, 1993. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #figure #foreshortening #artmagazine #Indiana #temptation #vertical #Ralph #Larmann #Indianapolis #Evansville #Newfields #IndianaStateMuseum #reversed
January 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Arts Indiana cover, February 1994. Ralph M Larmann, Fall from Grace, 1993. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #figure #foreshortening #artmagazine #Indiana #temptation #vertical #Ralph #Larmann #Indianapolis #Evansville #Newfields #IndianaStateMuseum #reversed
Ralph M Larmann, Fall from Grace, 1993. Acrylic on panel, 48 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #notsexuallyexplicit #figure #temptation #dangling #Graceland #Fall #Grace #hotdog #hotdogvendor #Satan #Ralph #Larmann #ArtsIndianacover #flyingpigs #mansion #foreshortening #gateways
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Fall from Grace, 1993. Acrylic on panel, 48 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #notsexuallyexplicit #figure #temptation #dangling #Graceland #Fall #Grace #hotdog #hotdogvendor #Satan #Ralph #Larmann #ArtsIndianacover #flyingpigs #mansion #foreshortening #gateways
Ralph M Larmann, Yemoja, 1998. Charcoal on Arches cover, 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #drawing #charcoal #figure #Yemoja #river #rivergoddess #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #African #grief #thoughtfulness #strength #fertility #power
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Yemoja, 1998. Charcoal on Arches cover, 24 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #drawing #charcoal #figure #Yemoja #river #rivergoddess #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #African #grief #thoughtfulness #strength #fertility #power
Ralph M Larmann, Gaia in Twilight, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #agingbeauty, #MotherEarth #toucan #orange #scarab #figure #notsexuallyexplicit #Gaia #palm #landscape #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Evansville #climate #twilight
January 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Gaia in Twilight, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #agingbeauty, #MotherEarth #toucan #orange #scarab #figure #notsexuallyexplicit #Gaia #palm #landscape #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Evansville #climate #twilight
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
January 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Offering, 1994. Acrylic on shaped panel, 48 x 70 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #Venus #Mercury #art #painting #Offering #chicken #delivery #Greek #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #fire #putti #landscape #figure #MtOlympchick #eveningsky #artsky #humor #energy #columns #nudity
January 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Oil Mech Bay, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #Olmec #Gulf #Bay #oil #oilplatforms #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #oilspill #environment #pelican #tankers #seascape #OlmecHeads #redsmoke #redoil #petroleum #burning
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Oil Mech Bay, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #Olmec #Gulf #Bay #oil #oilplatforms #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #oilspill #environment #pelican #tankers #seascape #OlmecHeads #redsmoke #redoil #petroleum #burning
Ralph M Larmann, Tobacco Bottoms, 2004. Acrylic on panel, 40 x 60 inches. Collection of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana. #art #painting #artsky #landscape #tobacco #barn #smokestacks #countryroad #OhioRiverValley #Evansville #Ralph #Larmann #smoking #lungs #river #greensky #brown
January 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Tobacco Bottoms, 2004. Acrylic on panel, 40 x 60 inches. Collection of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana. #art #painting #artsky #landscape #tobacco #barn #smokestacks #countryroad #OhioRiverValley #Evansville #Ralph #Larmann #smoking #lungs #river #greensky #brown
Ralph M Larmann, Suspension Valley, 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #color #artsky #landscape #River #toxic #power #industrialization #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #Suspension #Valley #chemicalsuspension #heron #smoke #bridge #environment
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Suspension Valley, 2017. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #color #artsky #landscape #River #toxic #power #industrialization #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #Suspension #Valley #chemicalsuspension #heron #smoke #bridge #environment
Ralph M Larmann, Coalopolis, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Collection of Indiana State University, Terre Haute. #art #painting #artsky #badair #unsafeair #polluted #smoke #smokestacks #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #TerreHaute #Indiana #powerplants #climatechange #Temples #landscape #coal
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Coalopolis, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Collection of Indiana State University, Terre Haute. #art #painting #artsky #badair #unsafeair #polluted #smoke #smokestacks #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #TerreHaute #Indiana #powerplants #climatechange #Temples #landscape #coal
Ralph M Larmann, Gaiacide, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #landscape #figure #MotherEarth #Gaia #environment #figurescape #artsky #greesky #yellowsky #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #UEvansville #cut #behead #clouds #smoke #pollutants #toxic #nuclearwaste
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Gaiacide, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #landscape #figure #MotherEarth #Gaia #environment #figurescape #artsky #greesky #yellowsky #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #UEvansville #cut #behead #clouds #smoke #pollutants #toxic #nuclearwaste
Ralph M Larmann, Gothic America, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #Gothic #America #Evangelicalindustrialcomplex #smokestacks #Ralph #Larmann #Swope #TerreHaute #Indiana #dark #DarkAges #landscape #darksky #joylessness #poverty #famine #disease
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Gothic America, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #Gothic #America #Evangelicalindustrialcomplex #smokestacks #Ralph #Larmann #Swope #TerreHaute #Indiana #dark #DarkAges #landscape #darksky #joylessness #poverty #famine #disease
Ralph M Larmann, Aftermath's (Green Sky), 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #workingtogether #aftermath #greensky #firstresponders #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #landscape #figures #allcolors #inclusive #diversity #equity #DEI #catastrophe
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Aftermath's (Green Sky), 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #artsky #workingtogether #aftermath #greensky #firstresponders #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #landscape #figures #allcolors #inclusive #diversity #equity #DEI #catastrophe
Ralph M Larmann, Sandbaggers, 2003. Acrylic on panel, 48 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #flooding #sandbags #sandbaggers #figures #landscape #rainscape #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #workers #orange #poncho #rivercrest #houses #deluge #levee #artsky #climatechange #rainy
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Sandbaggers, 2003. Acrylic on panel, 48 x 32 inches. Courtesy of the artist #art #painting #flooding #sandbags #sandbaggers #figures #landscape #rainscape #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #workers #orange #poncho #rivercrest #houses #deluge #levee #artsky #climatechange #rainy
Ralph M Larmann, Augusta, 1990. Shaped pigmented paper pulp painting, 36 x 54 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #Augusta #SavannahRiver #nuclear #radiation #powerplant #glow #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #golf #Masters #governmentfacility #paperpulp #fore #sportswashing #artsky
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Augusta, 1990. Shaped pigmented paper pulp painting, 36 x 54 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #Augusta #SavannahRiver #nuclear #radiation #powerplant #glow #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #golf #Masters #governmentfacility #paperpulp #fore #sportswashing #artsky
Ralph M Larmann, Lagoon, 1989. Shaped pigmented paper pulp painting, 48 x 62 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #paper #pulp #painting #paperpulp #lagoon #toxicwaste #holdingpond #Fernald #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #SWOhio #powerplant #environment #artsky #pollution #chemicalspill #nuclearwaste
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Lagoon, 1989. Shaped pigmented paper pulp painting, 48 x 62 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #paper #pulp #painting #paperpulp #lagoon #toxicwaste #holdingpond #Fernald #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #SWOhio #powerplant #environment #artsky #pollution #chemicalspill #nuclearwaste
Ralph M Larmann, Fernald, 1988. Shaped pigmented paper pulp painting, 42 x 82 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #paper #pulp #painting #nuclear #leak #toxic #environment #plutonium #government #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #Fernald #Ohio #power #escaping #poison #nuclearwaste #Glowing
January 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Ralph M Larmann, Fernald, 1988. Shaped pigmented paper pulp painting, 42 x 82 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #paper #pulp #painting #nuclear #leak #toxic #environment #plutonium #government #Ralph #Larmann #Evansville #Indiana #Fernald #Ohio #power #escaping #poison #nuclearwaste #Glowing