Combining my two passions

Combining my two passions

Fine art and graphic design are two of my great passions. I feel fortunate that I am able to work at them everyday. Occasionally I have the opportunity to combine the two as I did recently for a New Jersey client, the second of two I’ve done for him.. I completed a...
Giving your art

Giving your art

As a regular columnist with The Rickie Report, an online news source for artists in Palm Beach County and beyond, I respond to questions that pertain to visual communication, extending some of the basic information covered in my book, “Graphic Design Exposed.” The...
Applesauce – a keepsake memory

Applesauce – a keepsake memory

Two weeks ago my daughter asked if I might send her some paintings for her new, larger apartment. She inquired about a nearly finished piece from the keepsake series. I haven’t added a piece to the series in a while because I’ve been concentrating on...
Water Lilies

Water Lilies

Every year I choose a recently created painting to be featured on my annual holiday card. This year I am thrilled with the painting, “Water Lilies.” The water lily painting was inspired by a small pond with water lilies at Zichron-Yachov Park in Israel....

Precious Painting Moves to Texas

I recently sold a small painting to the University of Texas Health Science Center NE in Tyler, Texas. The painting was a a favorite of mine and hung in my studio. It is one of two drybrush portraits that I completed of my son, Joel, when he was ten or eleven years...
Summer Art Show Opening

Summer Art Show Opening

I will be participating in a summer art show at the Artists of Palm Beach County Gallery and Studios.  As a founder of this group, along with Mark Gierok and Terre Rybovich, I am proud of all we have accomplished. It gives me great pleasure to participate in Artists...