Richard Ficker

Oil

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http://www.richardficker.com

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Biography

Richard is a resident of Merritt Island. With the exception of a painting class he took in high school, Richard is a self taught artist. He has always paid great attention to light, shadow, shape, and form, but didn’t start painting until 2002 just prior to his 49th Birthday. Depending on his present inspiration his paintings and subject matter will vary. He will paint the surreal that may have been inspired through dreams and fantasies, or landscapes and foliage inspired by his surroundings. Richard also enjoys painting portraits and the human form. He also receives inspiration from water. As a lifelong surfer, he has always lived around water. Water represents movement, fluidity, is reflective and translucent. Creating water in a painting can be every artist’s dream or in turn can be a nightmare. Richard enjoys painting just about anything.

If you have the opportunity to inspect his artwork you may find hidden secondary images, and things that are not what they seem to be at a quick glance. Sometimes Richard may incorporate hidden images just to amuse himself and sometimes as the premise of the painting. “I hope you enjoy my artwork as much as I did creating it”, says Ficker. You may have also seen his artwork at many of the local art shows and festivals or go to his website at www.yessy.com/RichardFicker