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Artist Statement:
My aim is to capture fleeting
moments of time and reorder
them to reflect my own
perceptions. This is elusive
and therefore challenging, as
my motifs walk, glance up or
over, dance and run; they
exist in the street, or even
on a stage or theatrical
venue. Movement and imparting
life to my subjects is a key
element in my work, and I use
stable geometric elements to
anchor them, because they are
prone to flying off the page.
As an artist what also
intrigues me is the depiction
of a thinking human being—the
individual who is rational,
alert, at work and at rest, in
relation to other people, or
alone, lost in thought. I
treat pictorially those inner
moments of the mind, because
to me they are alive, and they
do move as well.
Watercolor has been my primary
vehicle of expression and
lends itself to the depiction
of movement. Recently I have
been experimenting with oil on
canvas, working on a larger
scale to achieve a marriage of
opposites: drama and casual
gesture wedded to color and
form. My passion is to depict
the world around me in vivid,
glowing colors. My goal is to
create paintings ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
“Eclectica,” Gallery
Gabrichidze & Brussels,
Belgium, 2007
“Summer Show,” 1212 Gallery,
Richmond, Richmond, Virginia,
2007
“Fall Arts Gala,” Art Works
Studios & Galleries, Richmond,
Virginia, 2006
“Exhibition for the Arts,”
1212 Gallery, Richmond,
Virginia, 2006
“Winter Scenes,” Cocoa Bar,
Brooklyn, New York, 2005
NYC Citywide Open Studios,
Brooklyn, New York, 2005
“The...
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Richard H. Fox Biography:
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Age
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48
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
History, Art Criticism, Travel |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Fauvism - (1898 - 1908)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Honore Daumier
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| Favorite Work of Art |
not provided
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Brilliant Fauvist color and Expressionism |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Native New Yorker. From my earliest days I wanted to draw and paint. I was born in 1960 and was raised in Rosedale, Queens. I moved to Brooklyn, and, after several years of attempting to write plays, I came back to painting as my most successful method of bringing characters to life.
Travel. My travels in Europe, especially in Italy, France, England, Spain, and the Low Countries, have given me a first-hand appreciation of some of the world’s finest artworks. French and Italian artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in particular have inspired me to depict the mores and sights of today—a living history in paint. I reapply compositional structures and techniques I’ve seen in works of the past to suit a modern representational mode of expression.
Art Career. Concentrating on honing my skills as a draughtsman in the media of watercolor and oil, I sketched and painted consistently over a fifteen year period, participating in two group shows in Massachusetts in 1989. Subsequently I have taught watercolor painting for the GMHC in 1996–98, and have also designed the covers and illustrated the interiors of books for major book publishers. My paintings are represented in collection of the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York, and in private collections in New York, San Francisco, Paris, and Luxembourg.
University Education. I studied art and art history at Queens College, exposing myself to literature and philosophy as well. I never went to school to learn how to make money, but rather to immerse myself in the liberal arts, and to learn how to think. (Whether I succeeded I’ll leave for others to judge.) I received my B.A. in 1982. |
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