Rick has been a Department Head at Peters Valley since 1998, prior to which
he was an Artist in Residence/Program Coordinator (also at Peters Valley) since 1991.
He
has been the recipient of both a National Endowment/Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Visual
Arts Fellowship in 1989-1990 as well as a New Jersey State Council for the Arts Crafts
Fellowship, which he recieved in 1982, 1990 and 1993. R
ick is currently an Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Art at Montclair State University.
Artist Statement:
"My work deals with personal visions/dreams that embody the spirits of a
forgotten past or a unknown future. Fusing and patination implies the presence of time and
creates a dialogue between human construction and natural decay. My intent is to evoke a
emotional response to the work; that is familiar, and at the same time alien, of
indeterminate age.
I work in jewelry; as well as sculptural and functional metal work,
but my real interest is making things that have several, if not many different uses."
View some of Rick's work...
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