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Artist Statement:
The "In the Garden" series
first came to mind when I was
camping at a nude camp site
with my
girlfriend-at-the-time. I had
happened to bring along some
art books and came across one
of the countless early
paintings of Adam and Eve,
nude and surrounded by forest.
The similarity (and
differences) between art and
our real life circumstances
influenced a few exploratory
sketches.
In the camping trips that
followed, I brought some wood
panels that I had cut into
different shapes and beveled,
a fairly extensive palette of
acrylics in small tubes, and,
not just art books, but books
of antiques, and a big coffee
table book of photography
taken of San Francisco
landmarks. This is how the
series started....
On one level, knowledgeable
viewers may appreciate "visual
quotes" from art historical
sources as diverse as Bosch,
Hicks, and Rousseau.
But, in a more important
sense, what evolved was a
world of idyllic imagination,
where all the world's problems
were solved - at least, in
paint... Humans of all races
and sexual preferences are
shown to be SO in harmony with
nature that they've moved
their furniture outside and
the San Francisco Bay Area
seems...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
GALLERIES AND ART SPACES
(Partial List)
2009
Art Queen, Joshua Tree, CA
Hi-Desert Nature Museum,
"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,"
Yucca Valley, CA
2008
Art Queen, “Many Mansions,”
Joshua Tree, CA
29 Palms Art Gallery,
“Transformations II,” Twenty
Nine Palms, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery,
“Creature Feature,”Twenty Nine
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS, ARTICLES,
ETC. (partial list)
2008
Desert Wide Calendar –
08/21-27/2008 - Cover title
“Roadside artistry” with three
inserts of Livingston art.
First page article, “Meet Mr.
And Mrs. Artist.”
PE.com (Press Enterprise News)
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http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blog
s/environment/2008/07/draft-onl
y-1.html - “What...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Rik Verlin Livingston At Zono Art Productions Biography:
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Age
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51
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Art |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Reading and Comics, Yoga, Nature, Biking, Hiking |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Early cartoons and comics
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| Favorite Work of Art |
The sky and clouds..:)
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Early: Comics, cartoons, mythology, fantasy, Regionalism
Later: Renaissance and Pre-Renaissance, Surrealism, Pop, Hairy Who, Bay Area Funk, Lowbrow |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Good question. No other artists in the family. I just seemed to be born that way. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts - Painting and Sculpture, 1987, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing, Cum Laude, 1983, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008
1st Place, cash award. California Desert Coalition “Green Path” Poster contest
2nd Place, “Creature Feature,” Exhibit, A Roadside Attraction Gallery, Twenty Nine Palms, CA
1992
Special Service Award - Whitney Young Child Development Center
1987
Accepted: Artist-in-Residence Program -Nevada State Council on the Arts
1984-1985
San Francisco Art Institute Grant
1983
Mabel F. Gillespie Scholarship Award
Clayton Staples Scholarship Award
Miller Art Scholarship Award
A FEW GRAPHICS REFERENCES
Publicis Dialog -Illustrations for Sprint Phone Advertisements, in Paint and Adobe Illustrator
Carlisle Co -Toy Designs
Slots.com, Inc. -'Skin' and 'Rollers' for web slot machine game
Spensley.com -Character development for Flash animation series, Cartoon Illlustrations and Computer Graphics for t-shirts, web, and print
Cardazone Design Associates -Line Drawings by hand, Illustrator and Photoshop
Roam Publishing -Designed painted book cover
Whitney Young Child Development Center, Inc. -Designed Awards utilizing computer enhanced child-drawn art, Cartoon Illustrations for Advertisements, Awards, Political Posters, and more
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