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Artist-in-Residence

Rick Stich

IN STUDIO

Friday, March 25, 2011 through
Saturday, April 23, 2011

ON EXHIBIT

Friday, March 25, 2011 through
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Rick Stich

Santa Barbara painter Rick Stich has discovered his creative fluency in liquid. An avid surfer, Stich finds his inspiration in the color, reflection and movement of water and in its interplay with light and landscape. His swirling, gestural brushstrokes and vivid hues convey not only the illusionist forms and patterns seen both above and below the water but also expose the inter-connectedness between the real and abstract in nature. Ultimately, while it is water in all its manifestations that has provided Stich with a rich field for imagination and study, it is the interaction between humans and the natural world that he hopes to reveal.

Born in Glendale, CA, Stich has had exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Carnegie Art Museum, Edward Cella Art & Architecture, L.A. Louver Gallery, and Ruth Shaffner Gallery. His paintings are held in numerous private and corporate collections, including Bank of America, Eli Broad Foundation, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Solo Exhibitions (through 1980)

2008

Installation at Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA in assoc. with exhibition of Surf Inspired Art

Water Mirrors, Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA

2006

Lacuna Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2001

Lacuna Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1991

Drawing Room Installation, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

1989

L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1986

California Viewpoints, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

1985

Landscape/Reflection, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1982

Handel’s Water Music Installation, Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1982

L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1980

Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions (through 1990)

2008

Collected Works, Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Santa Barbara, CA

2005

The Figure Revisited, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, CA

2004

Blur-Temporary Contemporary, Bekins, Santa Barbara, CA

2003

The Art of Landscape, Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2002

Art in the Parks, Channing Peak Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2001

Group Show, Lacuna Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2000

Santa Barbara Collects, UCSB Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1999

California Dreamin’: Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

1997

Mural Project, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

1992

Mural Project, McLaren Center, Los Angeles, CA

1988

Free-For-All, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

1988

Arpel Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

1987

Ruth Schaffner Collection, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

1986

American/European Painting and Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1985

X-Change, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

1985

American/European Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1983

Dealer’s Choice, Eaton/Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1983

American/European, Part II, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1982

Drawings and Painters, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA; traveled to Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Canvasing L.A., Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1981

Abstractions, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Otis Parson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

A Sense of Individualism, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA

1980

Mask as Metaphor, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Faculty Show, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, C