Richard Rodriguez
Richard grew up in the town of Golden, CO. His parents immigrated from Cuba in 1959, making their way from Miami to Colorado. His interest in art began while painting with his mother. Growing up in a modern western setting gave him a gave him a strong foundation for his ideas. He has studied art and architecture at the University of Colorado and Art Students League of Denver (recipient “Big Heart Scholarship”). Richard revels in the fleeting beauty of the overlooked that delivers unexpected grace to the everyday. Brushes, pallet knives, scrapers & squeegees are used with oil paints to create abstract shapes combined with realism on canvas or hardwood panels. “I walk the path between memories and dreams in my paintings”.
Education: University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Colorado, Denver, Art Student’s League of Denver
Selected Publications
- Southwest Art, “The Editor’s Choice for Up and Coming Talent, “Beyond Sunset,” April/May 2022
- Mountain Living, August 2020
- Art & Color “Award of Merit” 2023, 2024
Awards
- 2021 "National Fine Arts Show" Best of show Oil Painting, Lincoln Gallery, CO
- 2021 "Golden Fine Arts Show" Best of Show Oil Painting Golden, CO
- 2021 Cherry Creek Arts " Mountain Living Magazine" advertising image for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival (2 pages)
- 2022 Southwest Art Magazine "Artist to Watch" April / May issue.
- 2022 Arts Students League "Juror's Choice Runner Up" Summer Art Market
- 2023 Western Art Magazine "Award of Excellence" 49th Annual Phippen Museum Western Arts Sale
- 2023 Art & Color Magazine "Award of Merit" Wildlife / Animals
- 2024 50th Annual Western Art Show & Sale Phippen Art Museum “Second Place” Oils
