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R.S. Riddick
Biography
Born and raised in sunny Santa Monica, California, Ron was the son of an art
director at Prudential Insurance—so he had access to the tools of commercial
art. While in high school, he took the extra challenge of night classes at the
Los Angeles Art Center and College of Design, where he found that he was quick
to pick up both classic and new techniques in continuing to improve his skills.
He then left school to work in a printmaking atelier, but it wasn’t until he
began to study with Russian artist Sergei Bongart that he was truly inspired.
He says of Bongart “I sensed something in Bongart I lacked: the gift of
painting from the heart and spirit. But Sergei did more than instruct me in
painting. He shared his love of music, literature, poetry, nature, life and showed
me the historic connections.” Bongart was not the only artistic influence in
Ron’s life—his work is often compared favorably to John Singer Sargent. He has
the same ability to capture on canvas and paper the personality and life of
those he paints. Riddick now makes Tuscon, Arizona his home. His recent
accomplishments include traveling to Europe twice where he invested countless
hours of study in Europe’s finest museums, galleries and collections—and where
he painted on location in cities and in the countrysides of Portugal, Spain,
Italy and France. He shows his work at select galleries and shows throughout
the country and, along with many other awards and accolades, is an Artist of
America Master Painter and a member of the Cowboy Artists of America.
R.S Riddick has been painting the beauty, color
and strength of the Western experience for more than 20 years. From a very
early age he demonstrated creative skills and was encouraged by teachers and
his parents to study art.
Riddick, who grew up in Los Angeles, is a classically
trained artist who studied at Chounaird Institute and the Art Center College of
Design. After a career as an art director and owner of a graphics business, he
began painting professionally. He credits his studies with Russian painter Sergei
Bongart, as teaching him to "paint from life." But it was his
childhood experiences on his uncle's Northern Arizona ranch that built his love
for the animals and people who create the West.
"It is my goal to capture the poetry of the West and
the scenes that evoke the memories of the way things were and still are
today," Riddick explains. "By recording the story of the Western
experience, I can positively touch people's lives."
Riddick was elected into the Cowboy Artists of America in
1997. He has won numerous awards and honors including Artist of the Year Fiesta
De Los Vaqueros in l99l and United States Olympic Equestrian Team Artist of the
Year in 1993. He is an original member of the Oil Painters of America and
recently became a member of the California Art Club. Riddick and his wife,
Nataiie, live In Tucson, Ariz. where they raise and breed Arabian horses, a
favorite subject of many of his works.