Ric began his art training after returning to college from a year away working as a school custodian. He packed four years of art classes into two and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado as a certified teacher of Fine Arts.
As an Art Teacher Ric taught all grades in his first teaching experience in Troy, NY. He would later return to teach in his childhood school in Westchester County, NY
Georgia Watercolor Master Tony Couch is Ric’s muse
New to Georgia since 2005, this former Bucks County, Pennsylvania artist calls Snellville home.
Ric has been juried into shows in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia. He was just juried into the 2007 International Exhibit of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society.
He and Leigh Anne (a portrait artist and art teacher in Gwinnett County schools) have been married 31 years. They have four children and two grandchildren
Over the years Ric has developed logos, brochures, and book covers along with painting for pleasure and profit.
He has been creating watercolors exclusively for the past seven years. His work is in numerous private collections aand currently in galleries in Stone Mountain, Long Beach Island and Monroe.
He has donated pieces for fund raising for The Relay for Life, churches and the 10th anniversary of the I.O.C.’s Atlanta Games and Buffalo's Queen City Farms.
