Rick Seguso
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Rick moved to Titusville in October of 2014 from Palm Beach County where he has lived since 1989. Aside from being a member of The Brevard Cultural Alliance he is also a member of The Titusville Art League. Artist, musician, actor and singer/songwriter Rick Seguso was born in 1949 in Bronxville, New York into a family or artists and athletes. Seguso’s father Arthur was a professional baseball player. His uncle Richard is an accomplished artist. His grandfather Armand, a musician-turned-painter had a freelance career that spanned more than three decades as one of the premier poster artists of his day working for movie giants MGM, United Artist’s and paramount. Armand created iconic posters for many classic films including “Gone With The Wind”, The Philadelphia Story”, “Kismet”, and “For Whom The Bell Tolls”, to name a few. He was a conduit for bringing MGM movie posters international acclaim for their incisive content and resale value.
After a youthful foray into the sports world, it’s not surprising that these seminal influences led Seguso into the creative life of a poet, actor, musician and most importantly – painter. Armand’s early influence, Seguso’s own research and resourcefulness, and studies with internationally known artist Peter Olsen, helped Seguso further his resolve as a painter. Seguso’s work can be found in collection worldwide and has been shown in leading galleries garnering critical recognition and rewards such as the Mary Hulitar award from the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. Equine art, floral, landscapes and portraits are a big part of Seguso’s work but at the heart of Seguso’s eclectic subject matter are his moody and evocative portraits of musicians. With confident and authoritative brushwork, special emphasis is placed on each character’s distinct and individual nature, capturing these images in bold and realistic paintings.
Inspired and influenced by the Old Masters and Post-Impressionists, Seguso’s technique is under-painting in grisaille, and most of his works include varying degrees of glazing, “a technique often overlooked by modern day artist’s but an invaluable tool in creating jewel=like depth and style that is impossible to achieve by just mixing paint”, Seguso says. Seguso’s colorful past includes working for legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen as his Road Manager in the mid 1970’s. He played a pivotal role in the musician’s rise to stardom. Seguso is also a card carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild and has a body of worked as both a stage, film and TV actor. A songwriter/poet for most of his life, Seguso has a new CD of original songs titled “Don’t Give Up”. He has a fan page on Facebook under the CD’s title. It is apropos, amazing and inspiring that despite surviving a serious bout of throat cancer in 2000,