Some of the galleries and exhibitions where Rich's work has been shown.
One of my objectives is to have as many people as possible see and interact with my work. Afterall, saying something is much more effective if there are listeners. I do this through the traditional method of participating in physical shows and galleries. In addition, digital exhibitions online allow more people to see art than ever before in history."
I have now participated in more than 50 public exhibitions and gallery shows.
I have now participated in more than 50 public exhibitions and gallery shows.
Storytellers
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Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California October 2023 I found Las Laguna Gallery's call for art about people that told a story quite interesting. It prompted me to create this sanguine and Conte drawing of a grandmother reading to a young girl. I call it "Passing the Wisdom of Ages."
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Autumn Landscapes
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Hummingbird and Dragonfly Gallery
Riverside, Calif. September 2023 I very much wanted to show my oil painting "Coventry House," now in a private collection. Fortunately, the owners consented to its being exhibited and Hummingbird and Dragonfly Gallery selected it for this exhibition.
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Influences
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY September 2023 HMVC Gallery asked artists to submit works showing things that have influenced their art. It selected my portrait of the French Impressionist Berthe Morisot for inclusion in the exhibition.
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Spectacular Landscapes
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KBM Gallery
Riverside, Calif. September 2023 My vision for this work was to present a polar bear swimming in a rugged northern landscape. In previous works, I had found that the blanche sur noir technique worked well in depicting moonlit landscapes and seascapes. I also thought that it would work well in drawing a polar bear. I liked the result and very much appreciate KBM Gallery selecting it for its exhibition.
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Small Works
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Blue Door Art Center
Yonkers, New York September 2023 This exhibition, dedicated to small works, allowed me to show some of my more intimate size works. I was very happy that Blue Door selected four of my works.
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Abstract Art
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Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California September 2023 Abstract art has long been a part of my life. It is something that I like to return to on occasion. In "Birth of a Universe" I was inspired by the abstract forms caught in photographs of outer space.
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Childhood Unmuted
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Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut
August 2023 The prompt for this exhibition challenged artists to depict some of the universal experiences of childhood. In this blanche sur noir drawing, I show a child and her Teddy bear companion after the lights go out. On the bed is a book of ghost stories that she has apparently been reading.
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Freestyle
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY August 2023 I spent the early part of my working career in lower Manhattan. In this acrylic painting, I present the atmosphere of Nassau Street at noon on a work day.
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Paint Your Heart Out
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KBM Gallery
Riverside, Calif. August 2023 I was very pleased that KBM Gallery selected one of my still lifes for this exhibition. In my opinion, Manet was right that a lot can be said with a still life and judging from the reaction that I have been getting about my still lifes, mine communicate.
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50 or Older
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Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California August 2023 "The Avenue" (acrylics) investigates the atmosphere of an urban environment.
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Celebration
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New Town Artists Guild
Long Island, N.Y. August 2023 My acrylic painting "New Hope" was selected for this exhibition. Done in an abstract style, the painting bursts forth in exhilaration.
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Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
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Blue Door Art Center
Yonkers, New York July - August 2023 Blue Door selected three of my favorites for their summer exhibition.
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Summer Feel
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY July 2023 The HMVC Gallery has started to show videos of the works in its exhibitions on a giant screen in Times Square. Thus, "Sand Castle" was displayed at the "Crossroads of the World".
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Open
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Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California July 2023 I was particularly pleased that "Tulips and Fruit" was selected for this exhibition because I am particularly fond of the way it turned out.
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Home
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY June 2023 Visiting the Horses was chosen for this exhibition of images relating to the concept of Home.
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Gone Wild
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Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California May 2023 My drawing of an owl I encountered during a visit to a stately home in Scotland was selected for this exhibition.
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Abstract is Abstract
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY May 2023 HMVC Gallery selected Amsterdam Boogie to include in an exhibition on abstraction. This hard-edge, geometric abstraction was inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian that I saw in Amsterdam and works that Valda did in the 1960s.
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Intensive Figure Drawing with Gregg Follender Virtual Exhibition 2023
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Each year, the Art Students League of New York hosts exhibitions of work done by the artists attending its classes. This was the second year that I participated in the show for students of Greg Follender.
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Spring Flowers
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KBM Gallery
Riverside, Calif. April 2023 My still-life "Wine and Flowers" was selected for this exhibition celebrating the coming of Spring.
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Flower Power
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY April 2023 An exhibition on flower art to coincide with the start of Spring. My work "African Lilies and Iris" (oils) was selected for this show.
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Faces and FiguresLas Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California March 2023 A group exhibition focusing on human faces and figures. My gouache portrait of Austrain artist Gustav Klimt was selected for the exhibition.
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Street Scenes
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Maryland Federation of Art
Annapolis, Maryland February thru March 2023 For this exhibition, artists were asked to show "what resonates with you in towns and cities, large and small." Out of 394 total entries by 136 artists, I was one of 43 artists selected.
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Paradise Pink
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HMVC Gallery
New York, NY February 2023 An exhibition celebrating the color pink. My "Pink Mist" was selected.
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15th Annual Members Exhibition
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Blue Door Art Center
Yonkers, New York January - February 2023 My painting "Halifax Afternoon" was selected for this year's members exhibition.
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Rockland Arts Festival 2023
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Rockland Arts Festival
January - February 2023 New York I was happy to be selected as one of the artists participating in this two week series of live and online art events. My drawing "Vision of Denise" was my submission.
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Botanical ArtLas Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California January 2023 "Sunflowers and Hydrangea" (acrylics) was selected for this group exhibition centering on plants and the natural world.
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Hello TomorrowHMVC Gallery
New York, NY January 2023 "Greeting the Dawn" (watercolor) was selected for this group exhibition.
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OutstandingLas Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California December 2022 The Gallery requested that artists submit examples of outstanding works. My "Portrait of a Man (Degas)" was selected and included in the exhibition.
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Holiday ShowBlue Door Art Center
Yonkers, New York December 2022 Two of my floral pieces were included in the Blue Door's holiday exhibition.
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Far Away PlacesLas Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California November 2022 "London in the Rain" was selected to appear at this group exhibition.
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Political StormLas Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California November 2022 The prompt for this exhibition encouraged artists to speak to a current political issue. My painting "Support The Defenders" was one of the paintings selected for inclusion in the exhibition.
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Artistic IndependenceLas Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, California October 2022 This exhibition gave me an opportunity to take some of the principles and techniques that I had use in my Impressionistic landscapes to a further level and into abstraction. This work is called "Natural Abstraction".
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Reflections on the Hudson
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Blue Door Art Center
October 2022 Yonkers, New York The Hudson River has inspired artists for hundreds of years. I have lived close to the Hudson for most of my life and I too have been inspired by its beauty and atmosphere. Therefore, I was very pleased to have two of my works depicting the Hudson selected for this juried exhibition focusing on New York's great river.
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The Color of Nature
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Inside Small Exhibits
September 2022 Marking my return to using oil paints, my painting "Summer Colors" was selected for inclusion in this virtual exhibition.
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Summer Waves
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Blue Door Art Center
August 2022 Yonkers, N.Y. I was very excited that Blue Door Art Center decided to include all of my submissions in their summer members exhibition. |
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Small Works, Big Talent
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Las Laguna Art Gallery
California August 2022 An exhibition of small-size works. My acrylic on paper painting "Challenging the Storm" was selected for the exhibition. |
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Come As You Are
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Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut
July 2022 The theme of this exhibition is the diversity of human body types. My blanche sur noir drawing "Contemplation" was selected for this juried exhibition and was selected for use in some of the publicity for the exhibition. (For an interview regarding this exhibition click here.)
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OAC Members Exhibition 2022
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Ossining Public Library
June 2022 Ossining, N.Y. Organized by the Ossining Arts Council, this exhibition included my acrylic painting "Evening in the Park."
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Mirror, Mirror
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Blue Door Art Center
June 2022 Yonkers, N.Y. For this exhibition of self-portraits, I used the blanche sur noire technique, which is usually used in figure drawings, for a portrait. I believe it resulted in an interesting contemplative image.
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One More Time
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Blue Door Arts Center
April - May 2022 Yonkers, N.Y. In this exhibition, artists were asked to create art by recycling objects that were made for other purposes. My piece "Digital Bloom" recycles a number of found objects including CDs, a Venetian blind wand, frozen food trays and lumber scarps. It was then painted with acrylic paints. It celebrates Spring and the hope that comes with it.
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Shine The Light
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Virtual Exhibition
February - April 2022 Inside Small Exhibits I am grateful that my painting "Riverside" was selected for this juried exhibition focusing on the use of light in small works of art. My painting is acrylics on an 8 by 11 inch panel. It depects the effects of light in a summer scene.
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Bennett Vadnais Student Salon
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Art Students League Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery/Online
March 2022 New York, New York I have been fortunate to attend two classes taught by Bennett Vadnais at the Art Students League. One was in person while the other was online. An ASL tradition is to have an exhibition in the early part of the year of the work done in each instructor's class. Two of my drawings were included in the in-person exhibition at the Harriman Gallery while my painting "Valentine Still Life" was included in the online exhibition.
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The Subjective Portrait
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Rotunda Gallery
February - March 2022 New Rochelle, New York Located in the impressive New Rochelle City Hall, the Rotunda Gallery presents several exhibitions each year. As the title indicates, "The Subjective Portrait explores the many varieties of portraits. I was very pleased that my painting "Young Woman In A Red Gown" was selected for this juried exhibition. See video of the exhibition. 
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Intensive Figure Drawing with Greg Follender Virtual Exhibition 2022
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A tradition at the Art Students League has been to have exhibits each year of work produced in its various classes. Instructor Greg Follender selected two of my works to include in the online exhibition of work from his figure drawing class.
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14th Annual Members Juried Exhibition And Competition
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Blue Door Arts Center
January - February 2022 Yonkers, N.Y. I was very pleased to have two of my figure paintings, "Autumn In The City" and "Lower Sixth" selected for inclusion in this exhibition.
Due to the omnicron outbreak in the New York area, I choose to have these included only in the online portion of the exhibition. |
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Holiday Show
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Art Students League of New York
December 2021 New York, N.Y. An annual sale held in the Phlyis Harriman Gallery at the League's historic building on 57th Street, showing the work of members and students.
I was particularly pleased to have one of my drawings "White on Black No. 4" on the wall of a gallery that has hosted works by so many famous artists. 
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Annual Members Exhibition
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Rye Arts Center
December 2021 - January 2022 Rye N.Y. Located in a wooded are just outside Rye's business district, The Rye Arts Center is a dedicated facility for promoting the arts.
My works included "Bridge at Stone Creek", which is based on a glimpse of a garden I encountered while walking. It appeared quite enchanted. "The Lost Necklace" is a stilllife centered on a mysterious piece of jewelry. Both works are acrylic paintings. |
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Lost and Found
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Ossining Arts Council
December 2021 - January 2022 Ossining, N.Y. This exhibition celebrated the re-opening of the Steamer Gallery in Ossining's historic firehouse.
My three works were a stillife "Cheese, Apples and Flowers," the landscape "By the Pond" and the expressionistic fantasy "Desperate Journey." All three works are acrylic paintings. |
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Gallery Northeast
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November 2021 - March 2023
Kinderhook, N.Y. A medium-size gallery in the emerging art enclave of Kinderhook, Gallery Northeast specialized in Impressionist-style work.
This was directly in line with my three pieces: "Old Kinderhook Bridge", "Stuyvesant Falls" and "Ocean Moonlight". |
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911 Remembered
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Art Students League of New York
September 2021 Virtual Exhibition To mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks, the Art Students League presented an exhibition of works depicting the artists' memories of 9/11.
I was working in an office tower on 9/11. We had a clear view of lower Manhattan and the events as they took place. The magnitude of the disaster came to me, the moment when the South Tower fell. "After the South Tower Fell" (acrylics). |
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This Must Be The Place
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Art Students League of New York
July - September 2021 New York, N.Y. My "Desperate Journey" was selected for this juried exhibition. Painted during the height of the pandemic lockdown, it depects three people struggling to exist in a desolate world.
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Beaux Arts 63
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Women's Club of White Plains
October 2019 White Plains, N.Y. This was a large exhibition that has been held in Westchester for many years.
I showed two works: an impressionistic cityscape "Impression, Sunrise Over the North River" and a nostalgic portrait of someone I knew many years before. 
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Members Exhibition
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Cornell Club of New York
Spring 2019 New York, N.Y. An exhibition by several artists with a connection to Cornell University.
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