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Bruce Ricker Art

American, b. 1945
Bruce Ricker redefines landscape art. Using an epic visionary approach, he combines an educated understanding with a lucid imagination. The results are delightful, unexpected, satisfying, and unique. Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1945, he grew up in Carmel Valley, California in the 1950s, with almost no exposure to television or city life, instead, he spent his leisure time roaming the hills and redwood canyons of rural California. In the early 1960s, he joined the Navy and became a hospital corpsman in Vietnam at the age of 17. When he returned from his service, he studied art at San Francisco State University, however, he left after two years, dissatisfied with a program that seemed to be only an indoctrination in the “proper” ideas about art. Ricker later enrolled in the U.C. Berkeley School of Architecture. Although he benefited from this discipline, he thought he had “too many curves” in him to stick to the straight path of architecture as a career. In the mid-1970s, he began painting seriously and selling his artwork to an increasingly wide audience. “I’m trying,” says Bruce Ricker, “to do the same thing George Lucas does in his movies.” That would be to create a new universe, or at least a new way of seeing what is already here. In doing so, the artist, film director, writer and actor must chart new territory which, when you think about it, is what creative life is all about. “Someone like Lucas,” continues Ricker, “must ask himself, ‘How can I present a city unlike any ever seen before?’ I ask myself this same question before I paint. I am very aware of the standard way of looking at things – the cliché – any my work is all about not falling into that trap.” Over his thirty years as a professional artist, and even longer as a lover of the land, Bruce Ricker’s motifs have become notable for their sharp detail and articulate precision. He prefers to find uncharted territory that’s rich and beautiful… and unexpected, to “give people a view they haven’t seen before. In dreams and in life, nothing is impossible.” (Victor Forbes, Fine Art, 2002)
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Artist: Bruce Ricker
Green Haze
Green Haze

Green Haze

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Green Haze is an acrylic on masonite painting, 10 x 14 inches, signed 'RICKER' lower right corner. Framed in a contemporary dark brown/black frame.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Dragons (Sacred Places)
Dragons (Sacred Places)

Dragons (Sacred Places)

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Dragons is a serigraph on paper with an image size 13 x 13 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. Framed in a contemporary gold-tone frame. Numbered 29/200, from the edition of 500 (there were also 50 Roman on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 Roman on canvas). Framed in a contemporary silver-tone moulding. Ricker created four stunning images for a suite titled ‘Sacred Places’ – all powerful images of earthly splendor. The vistas he paints, almost desolate in a primeval way, are a chorus of voices that sing of the glory of nature. In a style which he calls ‘Epic Visionary,’ he presents a view that is at once new and fresh and yet as deep-rooted and enduring as the pristine landscapes themselves. In the images of ‘Sacred Places,’ Ricker’s harmonious layering and blending of colors, muted blues and greens, contrast with the jutting precipices and craggy outcrops of rock that punctuate each portrait. The effects of the elements are visible and beautiful, creating carved layers in the rock and earth, and weaving a ribbon of shimmering water as a central feature in each work. “…these places…are sacred places – they are sacred because their beauty is so deep and mysterious that we are stopped in our tracks…for the moment, we can’t imagine anything better on earth or in heaven.” – Bruce...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

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Paper, Screen

Carmel Canyon
Carmel Canyon

Carmel Canyon

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Carmel Canyon is a serigraph on paper with an image size 31.5 x 29.5 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. From the edition of 500, numbered 125/200 (there were also 50 Roman on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 AP on canvas). Framed in a contemporary black moulding. Bruce Ricker...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

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Paper, Screen

Mountain Meadows
Mountain Meadows

Mountain Meadows

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Mountain Meadows is a serigraph on paper with an image size 35 x 29 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. From the edition of 500, numbered 155/200 (there were also 50 Roman on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 AP on canvas). Framed in a contemporary silver-tone moulding. An alum of the Berkeley School of Architecture in the sixties, Bruce Ricker...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

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Paper, Screen

River of Mystery
River of Mystery

River of Mystery

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

River of Mystery is a serigraph on paper with an image size 8 x 15 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. Framed in a contemporary gold-tone frame. Numbered XVII/L, from the edition of 500 (there were also 200 Arabic on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 AP on canvas). Framed in a contemporary silver-tone moulding. Ricker created four stunning images for a suite titled ‘Sacred Places’ – all powerful images of earthly splendor. The vistas he paints, almost desolate in a primeval way, are a chorus of voices that sing of the glory of nature. In a style which he calls ‘Epic Visionary,’ he presents a view that is at once new and fresh and yet as deep-rooted and enduring as the pristine landscapes themselves. In the images of ‘Sacred Places,’ Ricker’s harmonious layering and blending of colors, muted blues and greens, contrast with the jutting precipices and craggy outcrops of rock that punctuate each portrait. The effects of the elements are visible and beautiful, creating carved layers in the rock and earth, and weaving a ribbon of shimmering water as a central feature in each work. “…these places…are sacred places – they are sacred because their beauty is so deep and mysterious that we are stopped in our tracks…for the moment, we can’t imagine anything better on earth or in heaven.” – Bruce Ricker...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

View from Cypress Hill
View from Cypress Hill

View from Cypress Hill

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

View From Cypress Hill is a serigraph on gesso board measuring 20 x 36," signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. From the edition of 225, nu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

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Gesso, Screen

Cloth of Light
Cloth of Light

Cloth of Light

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Cloth of Light is an acrylic, alkyd and prismacolor painting on masonite, 8 x 12 inches, signed 'RICKER' lower right corner and framed in a contemporary black and brown moulding.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Acrylic, Alkyd

The Wings of Gaia
The Wings of Gaia

The Wings of Gaia

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

The Wings of Gaia is an acrylic and alkyd painting on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, signed and dated 'RICKER 2000' lower right corner. Framed in a contemporary black frame.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Acrylic, Alkyd

Canyon Rock (Sacred Places)
Canyon Rock (Sacred Places)

Canyon Rock (Sacred Places)

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Canyon Rock is a serigraph on paper with an image size 24 x 18 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. Framed in a contemporary gold-tone frame. Numbered 81/200, from the edition of 500 (there were also 50 Roman on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 Roman on canvas). Framed in a contemporary silver-tone moulding. Ricker created four stunning images for a suite titled ‘Sacred Places’ – all powerful images of earthly splendor. The vistas he paints, almost desolate in a primeval way, are a chorus of voices that sing of the glory of nature. In a style which he calls ‘Epic Visionary,’ he presents a view that is at once new and fresh and yet as deep-rooted and enduring as the pristine landscapes themselves. In the images of ‘Sacred Places,’ Ricker’s harmonious layering and blending of colors, muted blues and greens, contrast with the jutting precipices and craggy outcrops of rock that punctuate each portrait. The effects of the elements are visible and beautiful, creating carved layers in the rock and earth, and weaving a ribbon of shimmering water as a central feature in each work. “…these places…are sacred places – they are sacred because their beauty is so deep and mysterious that we are stopped in our tracks…for the moment, we can’t imagine anything better on earth or in heaven.” – Bruce...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Primordial Splendor
Primordial Splendor

Primordial Splendor

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Primordial Splendor is a serigraph on paper with an image size 30.25 x 30.25 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. From the edition of 500, numbered 161/200 (there were also 50 Roman on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 AP on canvas). Framed in a contemporary black moulding. Bruce Ricker...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

Lake of Dreams (Sacred Places)
Lake of Dreams (Sacred Places)

Lake of Dreams (Sacred Places)

By Bruce Ricker

Located in Greenwich, CT

Lake of Dreams is a serigraph on paper with an image size 24 x 20 inches, signed 'Ricker' lower right and annotated lower left. Framed in a contemporary gold-tone frame. Numbered 86/200, from the edition of 500 (there were also 50 Roman on paper, 200 Arabic on canvas and 50 Roman on canvas). Framed in a contemporary silver-tone moulding. Ricker created four stunning images for a suite titled ‘Sacred Places’ – all powerful images of earthly splendor. The vistas he paints, almost desolate in a primeval way, are a chorus of voices that sing of the glory of nature. In a style which he calls ‘Epic Visionary,’ he presents a view that is at once new and fresh and yet as deep-rooted and enduring as the pristine landscapes themselves. In the images of ‘Sacred Places,’ Ricker’s harmonious layering and blending of colors, muted blues and greens, contrast with the jutting precipices and craggy outcrops of rock that punctuate each portrait. The effects of the elements are visible and beautiful, creating carved layers in the rock and earth, and weaving a ribbon of shimmering water as a central feature in each work. “…these places…are sacred places – they are sacred because their beauty is so deep and mysterious that we are stopped in our tracks…for the moment, we can’t imagine anything better on earth or in heaven.” – Bruce Ricker...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bruce Ricker Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

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Located in Greenwich, CT

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