RT Vegas (born 1958- White Plains, New York USA)
”My work is complex yet simple. It can be classified in the outsider art genre, but contains many elements of art brut, graffiti, folk art and cartoon illustration. I like working with mixed media and will paint on most anything. My subject matter includes cartoon figures, monsters, tribal folk, animals, mythological beasts and anything else that pops into my mind.”
A self-taught artist, RT Vegas worked 30 years as a professional Firefighter/EMT in New York...at the same time produced and sold over 3,000 original paintings worldwide. His work has been shown at the Hyaena Gallery in Burbank, California, the Claude Gallery in Eastchester, New York, the Funhouse Gallery in Detroit, Michigan, the Orbit Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Orphanage Gallery in Dayton, Ohio and Kunstwerkstatt in Vienna, Austria.