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Dominique Rickard was born in Troyes sur Aube in France's Champagne district. His artistic training began at L'Ecole des Roches near Verneuil sur Avre. Dominique moved to the U.S. in 1956, became an American citizen and earned a B.S. and a M.A. from Columbia University in New York City. He also served four years in the U.S. military as a cryptographer. For twenty years, while working in the wine importing business, Dom painted part-time. He swiched to full-time in 1986. He has had various instructors since then but was most strongly influenced by Hongnian Zhang (Zhang Hong Nian) under whom he studied for four years. He is the sole oil painting instructor at Mount St. Mary's College in Newburg NY. |
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He also has served on the board of directors of the Woodstock Artists Association and has been an "active" member there since 1993. Also read the artist's bio. Favorite Artists: Henri Fantin-Latour (florals), Cezanne (structure, mass & composition), Corot, Daubigny, Inness (landscapes). Artistic goals: Simplicity, Strength, Harmony. |
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"A painting should transcend its subject matter which should serve only as its vehicle. "
"A painting shouldn't be bought unless it strikes the heart."
"In this day of fast everything, it is the duty of the artist to make the viewer stop, and take the time to look around himself."
"An artist spends his life learning how to see. Mankind is served by those artists who can translate their vision to those who tend to ignore everything around themselves. "
"A landscape that is a depiction of a known location is not art. That kind of postcard was despised by Inness and Corot. We must feel the dark dampness of an alley (Sargent), smell the earth of a farming countryside (Troyon, Daubigny), hear the serenity of the Adirondack wilderness (Homer) and sweat from the brutal rays of the sun (Vincent)."
"We buy fruit by the pound, yet it was cezanne who had to teach us the true weight and mass of fruit."
"In modern cinema, our visual senses are assaulted till dulled, then assaulted even more to an infinity of numbness. The job of the artist is to bring the visual senses back to square one, to cultivate again our sensibilities to the everyday things around us."
"I've gone through my impressionistic phase and my abstract phase. Now I get excited whenever the peonies start to bloom."
"There is a huge difference between painting from sensibility and painting for effect."
"I've always had great respect for transitory, disposable art such as ice sculptures, sand sculptures or great culinary presentation. No billions of dollars can allow one to own one of these."
"I've never met a painter, no matter how proficient, who didn't think painting was hard work. I've always marveled at my students, or any painting student, who voluntarily pays to do hard work."
"A small painting is often like a great sauce: Reduction has increased concentration and complexity of flavors."
"I like to paint what I've never painted before. I like the discovery of seeing what I haven't truly looked at before."
"Technique can be acquired by learning, but sensibility is both a genetic and an environmentally acquired quality."
"Poverty and suffering are not necessary stages in becoming a good artist. They just purify him from society's distractions."
"Beautiful does not necessarily mean recognizable. Matthieu's explosive abstracts are beautiful, so are Kandinsky's."
"Are Soutine's bloodied meats beautiful? To an artist they are, but not to someone who wants to decorate the wall above the couch."
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Current Showings: |
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Locust Grove Invitational Fine Art Auction: This major art event organized by the James Cox Gallery to benefit Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site. Many iconic names in Hudson Valley and Woodstock art are participated in the auction to raise funding for this worthy site. We are proud to have participated in this worthwhile event. NOTE: Our works are available for viewing at a number of public locations in the Hudson Valley region. For locations, please inquire. |
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Instruction: |
Oil Painting: Theory and Practice for still lifes, florals and landscapes Schedule: Our class is scheduled for Fall 2008 starting October 8th and and each following Wednesday for 8 weeks from 6:30 to 9:30 at the MSMC Desomond Campus. For a printable version of the MSMC Community Education Schedule with a complete course description follow this link: Spring 2009 Schedule Registration:
Information on registrations and directions to the Desmond Campus may be found
on the MSMC website under
MSMC Community Education Courses. For more information and registration please contact Joan McAdams
at the number listed below.
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Student Work: |
We enjoy teaching and appreciate that we can help both growing and accomplished artists learn to solve problems in painting. We are pleased to showcase selected work accomplished students. Some of the connections lead you to websites of established artists, others to pages on our site where we invite you to enjoy the work of upcoming artists. Student Work We invite you to view the works of one of our accomplished students, Esther McHenry, showing from April 17 through May 30 at: Northern Spy Cafe |
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Recommended Links: |
We are pleased to recommend the following
Art Links for our friends and patrons. If you wish to
recommend an organization of special interest, please let us know.
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