You can’t take a bite out of Janet Rickus’s artworks, although you may want to. A true virtuoso of still life paintings, Rickus creates impeccable Photorealistic depictions of fruits, vegetables and tableware staged on linen-draped tables that would leave even the world’s greatest chefs jealous of her expertise with the art of presentation.
For Rickus, capturing the lifelike qualities of each food requires an incredible amount of concentration, precision and patience. It did not, however, require formal training. The artist is mostly self-taught and has worked to grow her skills for over three decades dating back to her inaugural exhibitions in the early 1990s.
Rickus has had solo and group exhibitions at Hoorn-Ashby Gallery in New York City and has shown her work at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, which is near her hometown of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Rickus was a recipient of an artist grant from the Mass Cultural Council in 2006.
Evident in her meticulous arrangements of colors and shapes, Rickus knows what she likes to paint and how she likes to paint it — she uses only natural light and everything is painted its actual size. Despite her parents owning a grocery store when she was a child, Rickus’s choice of subject has everything to do with textures and stability. Produce is the ultimate portrait subject — unique and completely unmoving so that she gets every delicious detail just right.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Janet Rickus paintings.
Without Envy: Monochromatic Green Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Janet Rickus. Janet Rickus (b. 1949, Chicopee, MA) received her education from Central Connecticut State University. However, when it comes to painting she ...
Canvas, Oil
ROSE-RIMMED - Realism / Contemporary Kitchen Still Life / Potatoes
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Janet Rickus. Janet Rickus (b. 1949, Chicopee, MA) received her education from Central Connecticut State University. However, when it comes to painting she ...
Oil, Panel
COMPANIONABLE - Realism / Still life / Kitchen / Bright Color
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Janet Rickus
Canvas, Oil
Red Clad Still Life Painting, Oil on Canvas, Realism, Framed, 20x30
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Janet Rickus
Canvas, Oil
NESTING - Still Life / Contemporary / Realism / Bird
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Janet Rickus
Canvas, Oil
Wine Bottles and Fruit on Table
By Zygmund Jankowski
Located in Gloucester, MA
Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...
Canvas, Oil
$4,630
H 9.85 in W 9.85 in D 1.97 in
Anemones in Enamel Can - 21st Century Contemporary Still-Life Painting
By Ingrid Smuling
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is painted by Dutch Painter Ingrid Smuling. The now 77-year-old artist is still most in her element when she is painting in her beautiful studio in the middle of The...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,859
H 19.69 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Clutter- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life painting with cutter plug
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Hidden Gardens Oil Painting
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Created using a bright, rich palette, Hidden Gardens further explores Hirst’s obsession with lush landscapes and playing with perspective. These densely-layered works bridge traditio...
Canvas, Oil
$2,547
H 5.99 in W 10.99 in D 1.19 in
Lemniscate - 21st Century Contemporary Realistic Still life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Erik van de Beek (Dutch artist) Lemniscate 15,2 x 27,9 cm ( framed included 19,2 x 31,9 cm) Oil paint on wood panel Artist Erik van de Beek lives and works in Nijmegen. The modest N...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,968
H 19.3 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Home- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting with Roses
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Home 49 x 41 cm Framed: 54x 46 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint still...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,959
H 11.42 in W 8.27 in D 1.19 in
Judas Medal- 21st Century Still-life painting of a tin with dry Judas Medal
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,731
H 15.75 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Ranunculus- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Ranunculus 40x 41 cm Framed: 45x 46cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint s...
Oil, Wood Panel
$10,686
H 33.47 in W 39.38 in
Still-Life in Studio - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Ksenya Istomina
By Ksenya Istomina
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life in Studio 85 x 100 cm (framed in a black wooden frame 95 x 110 cm) Oil on canvas Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'. S...
Oil, Canvas
$2,500
H 38 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
«Sh*t Happens» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
By Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
Shit happens sometimes. In this piece, the artist wanted to create an unsettling and claustrophobic space where people feel most private and vulnerable. Inspired by artist Tala Madani, she created a cartoon figure to act as the voyeur, a bright and unwelcome disturbance that cannot be ignored. Samantha Van Heest...
Canvas, Oil
$2,731
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.97 in
Pretty in Pink- 21st Century Still-life painting, Pink Peonies in a Square Vase
By Erik van Elven
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Erik van Elven is a modern painter with a romantic and impressionistic style. Both his brushstrokes and use of color are fresh and done in a fluid way. Erik started years ago to pa...
Oil, Panel
$3,384
H 7.09 in W 7.88 in D 1.97 in
Chinese Dolls- 21st Century Contemporary Still-Life Painting
By Ingrid Smuling
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is painted by Dutch Painter Ingrid Smuling. The now 77-year-old artist is still most in her element when she is painting in her beautiful studio in the middle of The...
Oil, Wood Panel
CHEEK TO CHEEK - Still Life, Pumpkins, Minimalist
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Janet Rickus
Canvas, Oil
BEING GREEN II - Contemporary Realism / Still Life / Fruit
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original painting by Janet Rickus
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 16 in W 26 in
KEEP A LID ON IT, Cups on a Table, Sugar Pot, Green, Blue, Yellow, Still-Life
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects. Painted only from life, Rickus' paintings are...
Canvas, Oil
Bosc Pears and Pottery
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects. Painted only from life, Rickus' paintings are...
Canvas, Oil
Custard Cups
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects. Painted only from life, Rickus' paintings ar...
Canvas, Oil
6 + 6
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects. Painted only from life, Rickus' paintings are...
Canvas, Oil
Borrowed Series XI
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects. Painted only from life, Rickus' paintings are...
Canvas, Oil
Tulips
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects.
Oil
You're the Cream In My Coffee
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects.
Oil
Pitchers, Lemons, Kumquats
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
A still life painting of pitchers, lemons, and kumquats.
Canvas, Oil
Borrowed Series VI
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects.
Canvas, Oil
Six Pieces of Pottery
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes and vibrant fruits and other objects.
Canvas, Oil