Rick Rotante

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Rick Rotante is a professional artist. He attended the school of Art and Design in New York City. Early in his career he was tutored by two instructors from Pasadena Art Center where he learned new techniques. After graduation he did a two year stint in New York City advertising. When he moved to California he was inducted into the California Art Club while working for Walt Disney Pictures and Television in Burbank. 

Rick is very active in the art community. You can find more about this artist through his websites Rickrotantefineart.com, his Blog, “Musings from the Easel” which are essays on the life of an artist, his painting videos on YOUTUBE.COM, and @Rickrotante on FB and Instagram.

Rick offers private lessons at Raven Art Studio, currently oil painting on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 1pm - students need to call to register and bring their own materials. Call to register 909-233-0425. 

2021 was a whirlwind. With everything happening it was hard to keep my mind on work.

I had to leave my gallery in New Mexico, move back to California and try and keep working even while galleries were shutting down. In retrospect, when thinking back on all this, there were moments when revisiting what I have been doing the last 40 years, I realized I had become static. Stale. During this dismal period, I felt I was in survival mode and not thinking creatively. 

But the thing I notice now, the thing I discovered, was I needed to grow. Everything around me had changed and I had to change as well.

Change, of any kind, is difficult. We get comfortable and become complacent doing the same things. I decided to try something new and completely different and scary. Create a new style of painting. It was not easy. But with time and determination and exploration, it became reality. 

RICK ROTANTE - Releases new book.

Prominent artist and popular art instructor, Rick Rotante is no stranger to the easel and brush. If you are looking for some good reading and solid information to improve your skills, consider reading "There Are No Flesh Tones" recently published by Rick Rotante. Word has it that there is more to look forward to as he is just finishing a second book, coming out soon.

Rick will be doing a series of "master copies" to improve his skills, something to keep an eye out for when they exhibit them in the Mountain Arts Gallery soon. 

Also and more importantly, I had to continue teaching. Having to show others what you know is a marvelous technique for personal growth.

Below are some of the results in this new style. I hope you like it.

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