Rick garcia artist biography
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About Rick Garcia
Rick Garcia, an award winning Santa Barbara based oil painter has been painting the California central coast since the mid 1990’s but his inspiration harkens back to a much earlier time. Born in 1953, he spent his early years soaking up the beauty of the back country near his grandparent’s ranch in Sebastapol California. The memory of those undeveloped vistas is still a strong influence in his work. Relying on his love of naturlig eller utan tillsats , his interest in the California Plein Air movement as well as his many years in commercial art Rick has created a blend that his fryst vatten own unique vision.
He graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in 1977 and received his formal art training at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland Ca. (1979-1982). For 15 years Rick had been a nationally renowned illustrator and art director during which he and his design firm Garcia, Bickmore and Brown were winners of over 20 addy awards. In the late 1990’s he started the transition
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Rick Garcia
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Art Brokerage: Rick Garcia Cuban-American Artist: Rick Garcia's paintings were regularly shown on the hit TV show "Miami Vice". A 3 story building mural was commissioned and later it was used for TV commercials and International magazine mode shows. In 1990 he was named "ABSOLUT ARTIST of the 90's". Again he was commissioned by ABSOLUT to the "First Station of the Cross, which hung in the Chapel St. Denis in France. Garcia also had a guitar built in the shape of the helt bottle, painted his imagery on it, and "ASOLUT ELECTRIC" was born. This new ad also went on to be published worldwide and soon found its way into the Paul McCartney World Tour Book. Gibson Guitars featured a line of fransk artikel Paul and SG guitars painted by Rick Garcia and he also painted some for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fund raising events. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Garcia was commissioned to create a painting which became a poster to benefit
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Rick Garcia Bio
Rick Garcia, American (1953 - )
In the mid eighties Rick Garcia's paintings were regularly shown on the hit TV show "Miami Vice". They were used for interior shots as well as backdrops. One episode featured an outdoor mural painted on the side of a building, which measured three stories tall by 60's wide. He had seven days to complete it before the shooting was to take place. Later the wall became a backdrop for TV commercials for Eastern Airlines and Coca-Cola, as well as fashion shows for many international magazines.
Don Johnson had Garcia create a personal Christmas card for him. It was featured in USA Today and other newspapers around the world.
Garcia later began to do the work for the music industry, where two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and 60's legend Dion, commissioned his work.
In an unprecedented campaign to discover the top talent in contemporary art, Rick Garcia was soon discovered by ABSOLUT VODKA. In 1990 he was name