Gay Summer Rick

www.gaysummerrick.com

Gay Summer Rick is a contemporary impressionist painter whose landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes are created by layering oil paint on canvas using palette knives rather than brushes to apply paint to canvas. She ‘builds’ her works applying new colors as multiple layers begin to dry. Unexpected vibration in light, color and texture are
revealed within her images.

Growing up in New York, she began her arts education at an early, surrounded by artists and art collectors. A well known local architect, Walter Pleuthner was especially influential in her education. Under his guidance she began to perceive art in different ways. Gay formally studied art and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at the prestigious New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, where she painted and sculpted images on clay forms and vessels. After receiving a Masters degree in Marketing, she continued her art training in California, studying at Brentwood Art Center, Kline Academy of Fine Arts, and in Plein Air Painting workshops with several California Art Club painters. It was in Los Angeles that she ‘found her voice’ as a contemporary impressionist palette knife painter.

“I am inspired by the exquisite beauty in my environment whether at the beach, in the mountains, or in town. The sounds on a street corner, calm of the sand, energy of the ocean, drama of the mountains, and a sky in motion, each leave an impression. To share these moments, I sculpt images layering colors on canvas using palette knives as the vehicle. In creating rich images with deep textural qualities that reveal hints of unexpected vibrating light and color, my objective is to have you, the viewer, transported to this place, or a place of calm, energy, movement, warmth, or comfort. If you find yourself there, I have achieved my goal.”

EDUCATION
B.F.A., Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY
M.B.A., University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington
Painting Workshops, Brentwood Art Center School of Fine Art, L.A. CA
Painting Workshops, Kline Academy of Fine Art, L.A.
Plein Air Painting Workshops, Frank Serrano, Cheryl Kline

AFFLILATIONS
- California Art Club -- Oil Painters of America -- Malibu Art Association –

Gallery Representation:
Malibu Gallery - Malibu, California
Art Rental and Sales Gallery – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS

2010 Schomburg Gallery Malibu Art Assn Juried Exhibit, Bergamot Stn. Santa Monica, CA
2009-2010 Pacific Palisades Library Gallery, Malibu Art Assn Group Exhibit, CA
2009 Malibu Gallery, "New Works", Malibu, California
2009 Malibu Art Association Exhibition at the 38^th Annual Malibu Arts Festival, Malibu,CA
2009 Malibu Lagoon Museum, Adamson House, California State Park, Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition, Malibu, California
2008 Malibu Gallery, Group Exhibition, Malibu, California
2008 Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition at the 37^th Malibu Arts Festival, Malibu, California
2008 Palisades Library Gallery, "The Challenge of Colors", Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition, Pacific Palisades, California. Award: Third Place
2007 Emeritus College Gallery, Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition, “Light and Shadow”, Santa Monica, California. Award: Third Place
2007 Palisades Library Gallery, "Spring Colors", Malibu Art Association Juried Exhibition, Pacific Palisades, California. Award: Honorable Mention
2007 Brentwood Art Center, Painting, Drawing and Mixed Media Group Show, Los Angeles, CA
2006 – 2007 Blinn House, California Art Club Juried Exhibition, Pasadena, California
2006 Emeritus College Gallery, Malibu Art Assn Juried Show, Santa Monica, CA. Award: 3rd Place
2005 Tops Gallery, Malibu, CA
2003 – 2007 Brentwood Art Center, Semi-Annual Group Shows, Los Angeles

* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist