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Artist Statement:
After a childhood in rural
Kansas, spent convinced he'd
be a writer --Rick
describes himself as a former
"prepubescent geek who saved
up his money
to buy a thesaurus"--he
suddenly lost all interest in
writing."That was my
creative outlet, and it was
the most important thing to
me. For some reason
it just stopped. I didn't
really give myself an outlet
until I went to school to
do video and computer
graphics. Even at that point,
I had never picked up
a paint brush or drawing
pencil".
The five years he spent
producing videos for Ford
Motor Company were critical
to Rick's development as an
artist. "Through my time in
video production I
learned that my main interest
was in manipulating images to
cause a
connection with a viewer."
This drive eventually led Rick
to explore computer
graphics and animation, and
ultimately brought him to the
fine arts program
at Eastern Michigan
University, where he intended
to major in graphic design.
Consistent with his
inconsistency, he never took a
graphic design course.
Rick's exposure to oil media,
oil pastel on paper, and oil
on canvas led to a
passion that replaced
technology as his ...
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Exhibitions for Rick Wedel:
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Solo Shows
2000 Paintings, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Visual Playgrounds, Duncan & Miller Gallery, Washington DC
1999 Figure This, Plymouth Community Arts Council, Plymouth, MI
1998 Gatherings: B.F.A. Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University
1997 Recent Oil Pastels, Mud House Café Ypsilanti, MI
Group Shows
1998 A Night at the Guggenheim, Citizens Bank Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI
1998 Juried Student Show, Eastern Michigan University
1996 Polemic Art Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University
1995 Six Views Digital, Rendezvous Café, Ann Arbor, MI
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