As a child Rick Citta loved to sketch the world around him, creating drawings of buildings, people, trees and flowers. His art education includes studies in high school and college in Wisconsin. He uses acrylics for his mural work, water-based paints for decorative finishes and often pastels for his fine art paintings. Whenever possible he will research and utilize healthy, alternative products/materials for his clients such as non-toxic, low VOC paints, all natural plasters, etc. 

Rick especially enjoys depicting local architecture and scenes throughout the USA, Ukraine and Colombia. He will often work in a representational style with touches of impressionism. Typically he draws inspiration and details from his own photography or from subjects at hand as a plein air painter.

His work has been displayed in Wisconsin and New Mexico USA galleries and coffee shops. In recent years Rick’s pastels have been juried into several national art competitions sponsored by the Pastel Society of North Florida, the online Period Gallery and  the Austin Pastel Society. He is a past member of the Great Lakes Pastel Society, previous President of the Southeast Wisconsin Pastel Society, and a former member of the Museum of Wisconsin Art. 

In Ukraine, November 2010 to January 2011, he had exhibited his acrylic paintings on prepared panels at Nika gallery and Korobchinskiy Art Centre in Odessa. Future exhibitions are in the plans including some figurative work, a new and exciting topical tangent for Rick to revisit and invigorate.

Presently Rick is living in beautiful, stimulating Medellin, Colombia. Arrived October, 2016, and is enjoying the great potential for creative release in such an energized environment and friendly culture. Looking and now featuring an abstract series of paintings for gallery and fabric/product imprint designs. Additionally Rick plans  to renew the figurative painting, pastel efforts as well. 

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So now you know a little about me. The art blog I have created is a natural extension of who I am, my spirit of communication and creative journey. Enjoy the blog and feel free to comment and make suggestions. Thank you.