New Updated ! My Work now Available online in Australia  at      http://www.redbubble.com/people/fiat777                                               Rick lives & Paints in the New Jersey Shore area,having a former earlier background in music, singer/drummer/some songwriting & recording too! He reinvented himself, finding he had a real deep interest in drawing pen & ink/sketching then found painting! Others recognized he had talent in fine art, more specifically painting in mixed media..and was hired by a local businessman to do a series of paintings, for a childrens cancer center, then Rick studied on his own.. the lives and works of many of the masters, who left their mark.. on all of us who love art! So through a metamorphosis Rick became a painter, launching out to capture & render the beautiful world that surrounds us.. His Paintings are in homes as far north as Quebec City, Saint Antoine sur Richelieu, in Canada and throughout the U.S.from the East to the west coast ... he invites you to see his work on his    http://www.redbubble.com/people/fiat777     .                                    both his paintings , photographs and commentary ! please come round, and leave a comment too!